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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
853 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
KYZ110-120-060130-
FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-
853 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL FLOYD AND NORTHWESTERN
PIKE COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...
AT 853 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ALPHORETTA, OR 9 MILES SOUTH OF PRESTONSBURG, MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 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, PRESTONSBURG, ESTILL, COAL RUN VILLAGE, MARTIN, WAYLAND,
ALLEN, EAST MCDOWELL, ENDICOTT, BOSCO, COAL RUN, GLO, PRINTER,
LANGLEY, ARKANSAS, ALUBA, MCDOWELL, BETSY LAYNE, IVEL, AND HONAKER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
U.S. HIGHWAY 119 IN PIKE COUNTY NEAR MILE MARKER 1.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 18 AND 32.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM 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 3742 8250 3745 8283 3746 8283 3747 8284
3747 8286 3748 8286 3763 8287 3769 8252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 266DEG 28KT 3755 8277
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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