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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
815 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
KYZ107-109-110-112-113-119-120-060045-
BREATHITT KY-MARTIN KY-FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-KNOTT KY-JOHNSON KY-
MAGOFFIN KY-
815 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MARTIN...SOUTHERN JOHNSON
NORTHWESTERN KNOTT...FLOYD...NORTHEASTERN BREATHITT...NORTHWESTERN
PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT...
AT 815 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WARFIELD TO NEAR MCCOMBS TO
NEAR LUNAH. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 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...
PIKEVILLE, PAINTSVILLE, PRESTONSBURG, INEZ, MASON, COAL RUN VILLAGE,
MARTIN, FOREST HILLS, WARFIELD, ALLEN, META, PILGRIM, OAKLAWN
ESTATES, VAIL, DAVELLA, LANCER, PISO, BURNING FORK, COLLISTA, AND
WEST VAN LEAR.
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 2 AND 14.
U.S. HIGHWAY 119 IN PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 24.
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 5.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3749 8249 3747 8331 3774 8303 3792 8248
3790 8247 3791 8247 3788 8242 3781 8240
3782 8239 3776 8233 3776 8231 3774 8233
3770 8230 3767 8230 3766 8224 3764 8222
3765 8218
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 267DEG 25KT 3784 8239 3763 8262 3752 8318
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
VORST
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