371  
WWUS83 KJKL 020144  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
944 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
KYZ044-050>052-060-020215-  
ROWAN KY-MONTGOMERY KY-MENIFEE KY-FLEMING KY-BATH KY-  
944 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MONTGOMERY...BATH  
NORTHWESTERN  
MENIFEE...FLEMING AND WEST CENTRAL ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 944 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM COWAN TO MOUNT STERLING. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT  
30 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...  
MOUNT STERLING, FLEMINGSBURG, OWINGSVILLE, FRENCHBURG, MARSHALL,  
JEFFERSONVILLE, CAMARGO, SHARPSBURG, SALT LICK, FAIRVIEW, CLAY LICK,  
LEVEE, RAMEY, PECKS RIDGE, WYOMING, PEASTICKS, OLYMPIA SPRINGS, FLAT  
CREEK, ODESSA, AND BOURBON FURNACE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS  
107 AND 133.  
 
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.  
 
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 3849 8359 3844 8358 3841 8353 3797 8356  
3796 8398 3800 8401 3818 8399 3832 8384  
3836 8388 3835 8390 3837 8390 3836 8392  
3843 8397 3847 8396 3849 8393 3846 8385  
3852 8364  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 255DEG 20KT 3843 8390 3805 8393  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
GEERTSON  
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