493  
WWUS83 KJKL 060153  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
953 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025  
 
KYZ068-069-079-080-060230-  
JACKSON KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-LAUREL KY-PULASKI KY-  
953 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LAUREL
 
NORTHERN  
PULASKI...JACKSON AND ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...  
 
AT 953 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM MORRILL TO NEAR DABNEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50  
MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MOUNT VERNON, MCKEE, BOONE, SCIENCE HILL, DONARO, BUMMER, ROBINET,  
GUM SULPHUR, SHOP BRANCH, BANDY, PRIVETT, HORSE LICK, SPIRO, CLIMAX,  
RENFRO VALLEY, DISPUTANTA, MERSHONS, HAZEL PATCH, PINE HILL, AND CAMP  
WILDCAT.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 42 AND  
72.  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN LAUREL COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 10.  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN PULASKI COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND  
40.  
 
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  
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3736 8456 3733 8451 3748 8445 3747 8438  
3754 8435 3751 8426 3752 8420 3754 8419  
3746 8387 3743 8384 3714 8413 3715 8484  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 274DEG 42KT 3754 8420 3717 8459  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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