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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
742 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
KYZ107-109-110-112-113-115-119-120-060015-
BREATHITT KY-PERRY KY-MARTIN KY-FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-KNOTT KY-JOHNSON KY-
MAGOFFIN KY-
742 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MARTIN...SOUTHERN JOHNSON
NORTH
CENTRAL PERRY...NORTHWESTERN KNOTT...FLOYD...BREATHITT...NORTHWESTERN
PIKE AND SOUTHERN MAGOFFIN COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...
AT 741 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM MEALLY TO DOTSON TO DAISYDELL TO SEBASTIAN'S
BRANCH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE 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...
PAINTSVILLE, PRESTONSBURG, JACKSON, MASON, ESTILL, MARTIN, WAYLAND,
WARFIELD, ALLEN, PILGRIM, BUCK, OAKLAWN ESTATES, HANDSHOE, DAVELLA,
GLO, WHITEHOUSE, PISO, NOCTOR, COLLISTA, AND WEST ROYALTON STATION.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 3 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 3 IN JOHNSON COUNTY KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 3 IN MARTIN
COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN KNOTT COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 20.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 21.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN JOHNSON COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 13.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN PIKE COUNTY NEAR MILE MARKER 32.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3758 8252 3745 8278 3732 8330 3749 8354
3765 8328 3774 8301 3790 8283 3784 8241
3781 8240 3782 8239 3776 8233 3776 8231
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 286DEG 16KT 3779 8271 3766 8286 3753 8312 3745
8347
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MARCUS
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