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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1107 PM EDT FRI MAY 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
EAST CENTRAL PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKCASTLE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT.
* AT 1107 PM EDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER RUTH, OR NEAR SOMERSET, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE
HOMES WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO HOMES,
BUSINESSES, AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MOUNT VICTORY AROUND 1115 PM EDT.
BUNCH AROUND 1125 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
LONDON, LEVI JACKSON S.P. AND LESBAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT, A LARGE, EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE, TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY
BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME, OR IN
A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3715 8464 3724 8397 3718 8396 3717 8397
3715 8395 3697 8391 3699 8462
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 264DEG 38KT 3707 8452
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
VORST
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