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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1142 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...
NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
WEST CENTRAL LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN OWSLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.
* AT 1142 PM EDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER SUBLIMITY CITY, OR NEAR LONDON, MOVING EAST AT 45
MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TAKE COVER NOW!
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR 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...
LONDON AROUND 1145 PM EDT.
CANE CREEK AROUND 1150 PM EDT.
BLACKWATER AROUND 1155 PM EDT.
MANCHESTER AROUND 1200 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
HOUSE AND HECTOR.
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.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3698 8423 3719 8426 3732 8356 3696 8350
TIME...MOT...LOC 0342Z 262DEG 37KT 3709 8410
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
VORST
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