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WWUS83 KJKL 090031  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
831 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
KYZ109-110-112-113-090100-  
BREATHITT KY-FLOYD KY-KNOTT KY-MAGOFFIN KY-  
831 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN KNOTT
 
SOUTHWESTERN  
FLOYD...EAST CENTRAL BREATHITT AND SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN COUNTIES  
THROUGH 900 PM EDT...  
 
AT 831 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER ELMROCK, OR 9 MILES NORTH OF HINDMAN, MOVING EAST  
AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
EAST MCDOWELL, MELVIN, DRY CREEK, RAVEN, BOSCO, MOUSIE, VAIL, HIPPO,  
HANDSHOE, HI HAT, GUNLOCK, ESTILL, GLO, PRINTER, LANGLEY, KITE,  
WHEELWRIGHT, MCDOWELL, BURTON, AND LARKSLANE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN KNOTT COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 10 AND 20.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR  
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3731 8269 3730 8270 3728 8271 3741 8310  
3755 8308 3755 8266  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 277DEG 20KT 3747 8301  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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