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WWUS83 KJKL 081300  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
900 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
KYZ088-115-117-118-081345-  
PERRY KY-HARLAN KY-LETCHER KY-LESLIE KY-  
900 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HARLAN  
EAST  
CENTRAL LESLIE...LETCHER AND SOUTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES THROUGH 945  
AM EDT...  
 
AT 859 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
SLEMP, OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF HAZARD, MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WINTERS, BIG FORK, OSCALOOSA, LEATHERWOOD, VAN, ARTHUR, VIPER, DALEY,  
LETCHER, COLLY, PREMIUM, TRAILER, SERGENT, LEWIS CREEK, KINGDOM COME  
S.P., GILLEY, ERMINE, CLUTTS, MAGGARD, AND WHITESBURG.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3703 8333 3720 8327 3718 8298 3717 8298  
3718 8296 3717 8273 3702 8276 3701 8279  
3701 8283 3699 8284 3698 8287 3693 8286  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1259Z 276DEG 23KT 3708 8312  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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