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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
502 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026
KYZ118-052130-
LETCHER KY-
502 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LETCHER COUNTY THROUGH
530 PM EDT...
AT 502 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER FISHPOND LAKE, OR 7 MILES EAST OF WHITESBURG.
THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
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...
WHITESBURG, JENKINS, FLEMING-NEON, WINTERS, HORN, OSCALOOSA, VAN,
COLLY, PREMIUM, CROMONA, TRAILER, PAYNE GAP, SERGENT, LEWIS CREEK,
ERMINE, LOWNDES, MAGGARD, ADAMSON, NEON JUNCTION, AND WHITCO.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN LETHCHER COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS
1 AND 5.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3701 8293 3713 8292 3721 8277 3721 8259
3720 8256 3715 8263 3712 8272 3708 8272
3707 8273 3705 8272 3701 8279 3701 8283
3698 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 273DEG 3KT 3713 8270
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
MARCUS
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