485  
WWUS83 KJKL 050123  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
923 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2026  
 
KYZ085>087-112-114>117-050145-  
WHITLEY KY-CLAY KY-BREATHITT KY-KNOX KY-PERRY KY-BELL KY-OWSLEY KY-  
LESLIE KY-  
923 PM EDT SAT APR 4 2026  
   
..A GUSTY LINE OF SHOWERS WILL IMPACT BELL...KNOX
 
EASTERN  
OWSLEY...WESTERN LESLIE...NORTHWESTERN PERRY...SOUTHEASTERN  
WHITLEY...BREATHITT AND CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...  
 
AT 922 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING GUSTY LINE OF SHOWERS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM RICETOWN TO HECTOR TO JONSEE TO BARBOURVILLE TO  
GATLIFF. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BARBOURVILLE, JACKSON, PINEVILLE, MANCHESTER, HYDEN, BUCKHORN,  
BRIGHTSHADE, SOUTHFORK, VARILLA, SWAN LAKE, COWCREEK, GOOSE ROCK,  
NOCTOR, CRANES NEST, BLANCHE, HERRON, WASIOTO, AVIS, COTTONGIN, AND  
FLAT LICK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
HAL ROGERS PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 55.  
INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 5.  
U.S. HIGHWAY 25 EAST IN BELL COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 18.  
U.S. HIGHWAY 25 EAST IN KNOX COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 18.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3765 8324 3748 8314 3730 8323 3712 8339  
3667 8360 3661 8417 3684 8402 3703 8388  
3717 8381 3744 8370  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0122Z 235DEG 38KT 3740 8363 3717 8365 3706 8377 3687  
8387 3666 8401  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
JP  
 
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