150  
WWUS83 KJKL 190428  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
1128 PM EST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
KYZ087-088-109-110-112-113-115-117-118-120-190530-  
BREATHITT KY-PERRY KY-FLOYD KY-PIKE KY-KNOTT KY-BELL KY-MAGOFFIN KY-  
HARLAN KY-LETCHER KY-LESLIE KY-  
1128 PM EST THU DEC 18 2025  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT HARLAN...SOUTHEASTERN BELL
 
 
LESLIE...LETCHER...PERRY...KNOTT...FLOYD...CENTRAL BREATHITT...  
WESTERN PIKE AND SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM  
EST...  
 
AT 1127 PM EST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM GUAGE TO WENDOVER TO NEAR CUBAGE. MOVEMENT WAS  
EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
PIKEVILLE, HAZARD, PRESTONSBURG, WHITESBURG, HARLAN, HINDMAN, HYDEN,  
LETCHER, ESTILL, BATH, CUMBERLAND, JENKINS, COAL RUN VILLAGE, LOYALL,  
EVARTS, WHEELWRIGHT, FLEMING-NEON, LYNCH, MARTIN, AND PIPPA PASSES.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 46 AND 59.  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 14.  
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 23 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 12.  
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN LETHCHER COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 7.  
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 5, BETWEEN  
MILE MARKERS 9 AND 12, NEAR MILE MARKER 14, AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS  
23 AND 32.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3715 8342 3764 8332 3763 8249 3719 8258  
3712 8272 3705 8272 3703 8275 3698 8287  
3690 8287 3685 8301 3685 8307 3674 8314  
3670 8334 3667 8343 3667 8351 3663 8362  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0427Z 273DEG 33KT 3759 8320 3715 8334 3665 8353  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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