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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
902 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
KYZ107-109-110-112-060130-
BREATHITT KY-FLOYD KY-JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-
902 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON
NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...NORTHEASTERN BREATHITT AND CENTRAL MAGOFFIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT...
AT 902 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LAKESVILLE, OR NEAR SALYERSVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
PAINTSVILLE, PRESTONSBURG, SALYERSVILLE, MASON, FITZ, OIL SPRINGS,
GIFFORD, FALCON, CARVER, BURNING FORK, COLLISTA, DOTSON, WEST
ROYALTON STATION, CARVER STATION, SWAMP BRANCH, RICEVILLE, CLIFF,
GAPVILLE, GYPSY, AND BRAINARD.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
BERT T. COMBS MOUNTAIN PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 69 AND 76.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 14 AND 20.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN JOHNSON COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 7.
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 3760 8320 3772 8326 3787 8285 3764 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0102Z 256DEG 26KT 3770 8307
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
VORST
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