492  
WWUS83 KJKL 062134  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
534 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2026  
 
KYZ110-113-062200-  
FLOYD KY-KNOTT KY-  
534 PM EDT MON JUL 6 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN KNOTT AND CENTRAL  
FLOYD COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT...  
 
AT 534 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
RAVEN, OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF HINDMAN, MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.  
 
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...  
ESTILL, WHEELWRIGHT, MARTIN, PIPPA PASSES, WAYLAND, EAST MCDOWELL,  
HIPPO, HANDSHOE, GLO, PRINTER, ALUBA, MCDOWELL, BETSY LAYNE, IVIS,  
HONAKER, BLUE MOON, ORKNEY, HUNTER, BOLYN, AND DEMO.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN FLOYD COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 9.  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN KNOTT COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 16 AND 20.  
U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN FLOYD COUNTY NEAR MILE MARKER 1.  
 
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 3727 8273 3730 8295 3750 8291 3754 8288  
3755 8289 3759 8289 3755 8262  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 193DEG 22KT 3739 8283  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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