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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
551 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
KYZ084-085-082215-
MCCREARY KY-WHITLEY KY-
551 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY AND
SOUTHWESTERN WHITLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...
AT 551 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MARSHES SIDING, OR OVER WHITLEY CITY, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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...
BON, AYERS, MARSHES SIDING, DUCKRUN, BEULAH HEIGHTS, ZION HILL,
LIBERTY, REDBIRD, STEARNS, JELLICO CREEK, PINE KNOT, KRUPP, BOUNTY,
WILLIAMSBURG, HOLLYHILL, WHITLEY CITY, AND WIBORG.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 10 AND 14.
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 3671 8458 3683 8454 3677 8411 3659 8425
TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 287DEG 29KT 3675 8448
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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