999  
WWUS83 KJKL 082304  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
704 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
KYZ087-088-082330-  
BELL KY-HARLAN KY-  
704 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN AND SOUTHERN  
BELL COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...  
 
AT 704 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
NOETOWN, OR NEAR MIDDLESBORO, MOVING EAST AT 25 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...  
EAST PINEVILLE, VARILLA, SHELALY, PONZA, BLACK SNAKE, CUBAGE,  
BINGHAMTOWN, CLEAR CREEK SPRINGS, MELDRUM, HUTCH, BLACKMONT, BALKAN,  
NOETOWN, DAVISBURG, MIRACLE, PATHFORK, CALVIN, MOLUS, CALLAWAY, AND  
FERNDALE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 25 EAST IN BELL COUNTY BETWEEN MILE  
MARKERS 1 AND 12.  
 
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 3659 8386 3668 8389 3668 8388 3669 8388  
3682 8348 3667 8343 3667 8353 3664 8358  
3662 8364 3658 8369  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 255DEG 22KT 3663 8378  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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