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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
608 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
KYZ113-115-118-082245-
PERRY KY-KNOTT KY-LETCHER KY-
608 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LETCHER
SOUTHEASTERN
PERRY AND SOUTHEASTERN KNOTT COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT...
AT 608 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
RED STAR, OR 10 MILES WEST OF WHITESBURG, MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
WINTERS, OSCALOOSA, VAN, LETCHER, COLLY, ISOM, PREMIUM, TRAILER,
COLSON, SERGENT, LESTER, REDFOX, DEMOCRAT, ERMINE, WHITESBURG,
ARMINTA, JEREMIAH, WHITCO, CARBON GLOW, AND SOUTHDOWN.
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
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3705 8308 3718 8309 3729 8274 3707 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 260DEG 21KT 3713 8301
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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