761  
WWUS83 KJKL 011814  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
214 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
KYZ068-079-080-083-084-011845-  
MCCREARY KY-WAYNE KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-LAUREL KY-PULASKI KY-  
214 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN WAYNE  
SOUTHWESTERN  
LAUREL...PULASKI...NORTHEASTERN MCCREARY AND SOUTHWESTERN ROCKCASTLE  
COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...  
 
AT 213 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SCIENCE HILL TO SOMERSET TO DELTA.  
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 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...  
SOMERSET, SCIENCE HILL, BURNSIDE, SAND SPRINGS, SLOANS VALLEY,  
BOBTOWN, PONGO, BRONSTON, WOODSTOCK, HUXLEY, WABP, MOUNT VICTORY,  
HANSFORD, DABNEY, VALLEY OAK, SOMERSET PULASKI AIRPORT, BUNCH,  
KIDDER, HOGUE, AND WELLHOPE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 50 AND  
58.  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN LAUREL COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 4.  
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN PULASKI COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND  
40.  
LOUIS B. NUNN PARKWAY  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD  
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3735 8428 3719 8420 3697 8426 3693 8431  
3691 8431 3685 8471 3708 8467 3721 8477  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 251DEG 33KT 3723 8466 3710 8459 3688 8466  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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