971  
WWUS83 KJKL 120013  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
813 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026  
 
KYZ088-110-113-115-118-120-120100-  
PERRY KY-FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-KNOTT KY-HARLAN KY-LETCHER KY-  
813 PM EDT WED MAR 11 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HARLAN...LETCHER
 
 
EASTERN PERRY...KNOTT...SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD AND PIKE COUNTIES THROUGH  
900 PM EDT...  
 
AT 812 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM EMMALENA TO MALLIE TO SACKETT TO PREMIUM TO  
GORDON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
PIKEVILLE, WHITESBURG, HINDMAN, LETCHER, BATH, CUMBERLAND, JENKINS,  
COAL RUN VILLAGE, ELKHORN CITY, WHEELWRIGHT, FLEMING-NEON, PIPPA  
PASSES, WAYLAND, BLACKEY, ELIC, CODY, VAN, CARR CREEK, COLLY, AND  
EMMALENA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN KNOTT COUNTY NEAR MILE MARKER 1, AND BETWEEN  
MILE MARKERS 3 AND 12.  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN PERRY COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 15.  
U.S. HIGHWAY 119 IN PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.  
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN LETHCHER COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.  
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 28.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3727 8235 3723 8250 3712 8272 3705 8272  
3701 8278 3694 8314 3713 8306 3722 8305  
3735 8317 3757 8237 3745 8210  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 250DEG 47KT 3735 8307 3730 8291 3720 8288 3712  
8293 3701 8303  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
MARCUS  
 
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