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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1217 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
WEST CENTRAL LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
EAST CENTRAL CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* AT 1216 AM EDT, A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER BOHO, OR NEAR MANCHESTER, MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
HECTOR AROUND 1220 AM EDT.
BOBS FORK AROUND 1225 AM EDT.
HOSEA AROUND 1230 AM EDT.
HYDEN AROUND 1235 AM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
WOOTON AND FREW.
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 3722 8382 3727 8354 3726 8353 3727 8352
3735 8304 3708 8300 3705 8379
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 262DEG 36KT 3715 8369
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
VORST
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