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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1058 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2026
KYZ044-050>052-161530-
ROWAN KY-MONTGOMERY KY-FLEMING KY-BATH KY-
1058 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...BATH
FLEMING AND CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 AM EDT...
AT 1058 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR TOLLESBORO TO PECKS RIDGE TO NEAR BETHEL
TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIDEVIEW TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF PARIS. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT STERLING, MOREHEAD, FLEMINGSBURG, OWINGSVILLE, MARSHALL,
SHARPSBURG, SALT LICK, FAIRVIEW, RAMEY, PECKS RIDGE, WYOMING,
PEASTICKS, FLAT CREEK, TRIPLETT, ODESSA, BOURBON FURNACE, HILDA,
PEBBLE, SHARKEY, AND MUSES MILLS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
105 AND 149.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
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.
LAT...LON 3852 8363 3848 8358 3843 8358 3838 8345
3840 8341 3830 8333 3827 8332 3815 8351
3803 8385 3805 8404 3811 8408 3832 8384
3836 8388 3835 8390 3837 8390 3836 8392
3844 8397 3847 8389 3846 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 1458Z 270DEG 48KT 3855 8362 3836 8379 3825 8391 3818
8412 3811 8429
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
MARCUS
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