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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1120 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
KYZ069-080-110>117-060400-
JACKSON KY-LEE KY-CLAY KY-BREATHITT KY-PERRY KY-FLOYD KY-KNOTT KY-
OWSLEY KY-LAUREL KY-LESLIE KY-
1120 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LAUREL...OWSLEY
NORTHERN LESLIE...PERRY...SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON...KNOTT...WEST CENTRAL
FLOYD...SOUTHERN BREATHITT...SOUTHEASTERN LEE AND CLAY COUNTIES
THROUGH MIDNIGHT EDT...
AT 1120 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM DUMONT TO SEBASTIAN TO FALL ROCK TO LEVI
JACKSON S.P.. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 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...
LONDON, HAZARD, MANCHESTER, HINDMAN, HYDEN, BOONEVILLE, ESTILL, PIPPA
PASSES, WAYLAND, BUCKHORN, TURIN, ELIC, TRAVELLERS REST, BUCK,
FARISTON, HANDSHOE, SOUTHFORK, EMMALENA, COWCREEK, AND GLO.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 59.
INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND
45.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 5.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN KNOTT COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN LAUREL COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 11.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN PERRY COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 15.
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 3705 8431 3736 8399 3753 8371 3752 8297
3749 8293 3752 8289 3752 8277 3737 8282
3704 8343
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 265DEG 42KT 3752 8338 3734 8359 3722 8380 3708
8406
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MARCUS
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