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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1018 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
KYZ106-107-109-119-060300-
MARTIN KY-JOHNSON KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MORGAN KY-
1018 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL MARTIN
EAST
CENTRAL MORGAN...JOHNSON AND NORTHERN MAGOFFIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1100
PM EDT...
AT 1018 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER BLOOMINGTON, OR NEAR SALYERSVILLE, MOVING
NORTHEAST 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, SALYERSVILLE, MASON, HALEBURG, FITZ, OIL SPRINGS,
BETHANNA, GIFFORD, FALCON, LOGVILLE, WHITEHOUSE, WONNIE, BURNING
FORK, MEALLY, COLLISTA, WEST VAN LEAR, WILLIAMSPORT, OFFUTT, ELNA,
AND BUFFALO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
BERT T. COMBS MOUNTAIN PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 73 AND 76.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN JOHNSON COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 3 AND 16.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
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 3784 8259 3770 8304 3778 8322 3798 8302
3796 8299 3800 8296 3797 8285
TIME...MOT...LOC 0218Z 241DEG 26KT 3781 8312
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MARCUS
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