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WWUS83 KJKL 082322  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
722 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
KYZ110-113-082345-  
FLOYD KY-KNOTT KY-  
722 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL KNOTT AND SOUTHERN FLOYD  
COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...  
 
AT 721 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
GARNER, OR NEAR HINDMAN, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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...  
EAST MCDOWELL, DRY CREEK, RAVEN, BOSCO, MOUSIE, LEBURN, HANDSHOE, HI  
HAT, HINDMAN, ESTILL, GLO, KITE, MCDOWELL, BURTON, IVIS, LARKSLANE,  
GARNER, VEST, BUCKHORN HOLLOW, AND PIPPA PASSES.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN KNOTT COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 20.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR  
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3726 8293 3740 8303 3755 8281 3738 8264  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 243DEG 16KT 3735 8290  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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