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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
222 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
KYZ050>052-058>060-068-069-108-111-160715-
ROWAN KY-JACKSON KY-MONTGOMERY KY-MENIFEE KY-LEE KY-ESTILL KY-
ROCKCASTLE KY-BATH KY-POWELL KY-WOLFE KY-
222 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT POWELL...MONTGOMERY...BATH
ESTILL...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON...NORTHERN ROCKCASTLE...MENIFEE...
LEE...ROWAN AND WOLFE COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM EDT...
AT 222 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER RICHMOND, MOVING EAST AT 50 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...
MOUNT STERLING, MOREHEAD, STANTON, IRVINE, MOUNT VERNON, OWINGSVILLE,
BEATTYVILLE, FRENCHBURG, CAMPTON, MARSHALL, JEFFERSONVILLE, CAMARGO,
CLAY CITY, FINCASTLE, RAVENNA, WELLINGTON, SALT LICK, CAMPSITES IN
THE INDIAN CREEK AREA OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FORREST, PILOT,
AND BUMMER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
BERT T. COMBS MOUNTAIN PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 52.
INTERSTATE 64 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 149.
INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 62 AND
71.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHEASTERN AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3832 8334 3820 8328 3809 8331 3804 8343
3787 8351 3781 8339 3766 8343 3732 8449
3733 8450 3748 8444 3757 8409 3781 8410
3781 8412 3782 8409 3783 8400 3793 8397
3810 8406 3822 8370 3817 8364 3828 8351
TIME...MOT...LOC 0622Z 253DEG 44KT 3771 8427
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
GREIF
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