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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
402 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
KYZ085>087-082030-
WHITLEY KY-KNOX KY-BELL KY-
402 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BELL
CENTRAL KNOX AND
CENTRAL WHITLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 402 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PERKINS, OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSBURG, MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
ELYS, JULIP, ARTEMUS, SWAN LAKE, CLATE, BIRDSEYE, GAUSDALE, KING,
JARVIS, LOUDEN, GIRDLER, AVIS, PROVIDENCE, FLAT LICK, PERMON, WILTON,
HIMYAR, LUCKY, BIMBLE, AND ROCKHOLDS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND
18.
U.S. HIGHWAY 25 EAST IN BELL COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 18.
U.S. HIGHWAY 25 EAST IN KNOX COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3672 8412 3683 8418 3701 8383 3676 8370
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 247DEG 19KT 3680 8406
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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