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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
435 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
KYZ079-080-082115-
LAUREL KY-PULASKI KY-
435 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL AND EAST
CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 435 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOMERSET, MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
FERGUSON, GRADE, RUTH, ELIHU, SHOPVILLE, BALDROCK, MOUNT VICTORY,
DYKES, ROCKCASTLE SPRINGS, BENT, SOMERSET PULASKI AIRPORT, SOMERSET,
AND BILLOWS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN PULASKI COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND
40.
LOUIS B. NUNN PARKWAY
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 KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3719 8432 3716 8430 3717 8430 3717 8429
3698 8428 3705 8468 3716 8468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 267DEG 26KT 3711 8463
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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