052  
WUUS53 KJKL 172055  
SVRJKL  
KYC095-133-172130-  
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0153.260817T2055Z-260817T2130Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
455 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
SOUTHWESTERN LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
 
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 455 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BAILEY CREEK,  
OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARLAN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
EVARTS AROUND 500 PM EDT.  
HOLMES MILL AROUND 510 PM EDT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO  
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3686 8332 3700 8322 3701 8320 3691 8288  
3690 8287 3687 8291 3686 8299 3685 8301  
3685 8307 3683 8310 3680 8310 3678 8313  
3676 8313  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 297DEG 27KT 3690 8318  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
DJ  
 
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