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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
420 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
KYZ085-086-082045-
WHITLEY KY-KNOX KY-
420 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL KNOX AND
NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...
AT 420 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CLIO, OR 7 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSBURG, MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERKINS, CORBIN, MOORE HILL, CLIO, GOLDBUG, DEERING, WALDEN,
ROCKHOLDS, WOODBINE, KRUPP, FABER, WOFFORD, AND YOUNGS CREEK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 15 AND 25.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3678 8431 3690 8429 3694 8405 3677 8404
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 271DEG 11KT 3684 8422
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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