850  
WWUS83 KJKL 020158 RRA  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
958 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
 
KYZ058-068-069-020230-  
JACKSON KY-ESTILL KY-ROCKCASTLE KY-  
958 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ESTILL  
WESTERN  
JACKSON AND CENTRAL ROCKCASTLE COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EDT...  
 
AT 958 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
MUELLERSVILLE, OR OVER MOUNT VERNON, MOVING EAST 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...  
MOUNT VERNON, MCKEE, CARICO, SAND SPRINGS, DONARO, BUMMER,  
THREELINKS, ROBINET, SHOP BRANCH, BRADSHAW, HORSE LICK, ROUNDSTONE,  
CLIMAX, RENFRO VALLEY, DISPUTANTA, BRAZIL, HURLEY, SHIRLEY, PINE  
HILL, AND SAND HILL.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE  
MARKERS 55 AND 68.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3753 8421 3752 8420 3757 8411 3756 8409  
3758 8409 3760 8404 3735 8392 3732 8411  
3734 8412 3731 8414 3727 8435 3743 8443  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0158Z 248DEG 21KT 3738 8430  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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