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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1200 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2025
KYZ086-088-109-110-112>118-120-060445-
CLAY KY-BREATHITT KY-KNOX KY-PERRY KY-FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-KNOTT KY-
OWSLEY KY-MAGOFFIN KY-HARLAN KY-LETCHER KY-LESLIE KY-
1200 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2025
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL HARLAN
NORTHEASTERN KNOX...SOUTHEASTERN OWSLEY...LESLIE...NORTHWESTERN
LETCHER...PERRY...KNOTT...CENTRAL FLOYD...SOUTHERN BREATHITT...WEST
CENTRAL PIKE...SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN AND EASTERN CLAY COUNTIES
THROUGH 1245 AM EDT...
AT 1200 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM EASTERN TO MOSLEY BEND TO EROSE. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 35 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...
PIKEVILLE, HAZARD, HINDMAN, HYDEN, ESTILL, BATH, COAL RUN VILLAGE,
PIPPA PASSES, WAYLAND, VICCO, BUCKHORN, BLACKEY, ELIC, META, BIG
FORK, CODY, BUCK, HANDSHOE, BRIGHTSHADE, AND EMMALENA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 29 AND 59.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 6.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN KNOTT COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 20.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN PERRY COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9 AND 15.
U.S. HIGHWAY 119 IN PIKE COUNTY MILE MARKER 10 AND NEAR MILE MARKER
13.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3.
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 26 AND 32.
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
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3751 8357 3754 8276 3761 8236 3739 8270
3698 8317 3692 8351 3694 8351 3695 8359
3694 8357 3691 8358 3689 8371
TIME...MOT...LOC 0400Z 253DEG 30KT 3752 8280 3727 8335 3692 8360
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
VORST
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