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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1056 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
KYZ068-069-079-080-111-112-114>116-060330-
JACKSON KY-LEE KY-CLAY KY-BREATHITT KY-PERRY KY-OWSLEY KY-
ROCKCASTLE KY-LAUREL KY-PULASKI KY-
1056 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT LAUREL...OWSLEY
NORTHWESTERN
PERRY...NORTHERN PULASKI...JACKSON...SOUTHERN ROCKCASTLE...
SOUTHWESTERN BREATHITT...SOUTHWESTERN LEE AND NORTHERN CLAY COUNTIES
THROUGH 1130 PM EDT...
AT 1055 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM MUMMIE TO PEOPLES TO NEAR BILLOWS TO SOMERSET
PULASKI AIRPORT. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 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...
SOMERSET, LONDON, MOUNT VERNON, MANCHESTER, MCKEE, BOONEVILLE,
BUCKHORN, TURIN, DONARO, TRAVELLERS REST, FARISTON, SOUTHFORK,
COWCREEK, SHOP BRANCH, FOGERTOWN, TYNER, PRIVETT, EARNESTVILLE, MOUNT
VICTORY, AND MERSHONS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 17.
INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 33 AND
59.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN LAUREL COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 11.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN PULASKI COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND
40.
LOUIS B. NUNN PARKWAY
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
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
SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3702 8478 3731 8443 3744 8408 3754 8385
3745 8322 3731 8339 3731 8342 3729 8343
3729 8347 3727 8349 3699 8419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 265DEG 29KT 3742 8386 3728 8404 3717 8434 3705
8463
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MARCUS
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