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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1034 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026
KYZ079-080-084-085-020300-
MCCREARY KY-WHITLEY KY-LAUREL KY-PULASKI KY-
1034 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LAUREL
SOUTHEASTERN PULASKI...CENTRAL MCCREARY AND NORTHWESTERN WHITLEY
COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM EDT...
AT 1034 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR MOUNT VICTORY TO BLUE HERON. MOVEMENT WAS
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LONDON, WHITLEY CITY, PARKERS LAKE, CUMBERLAND FALLS S.P., HUXLEY,
DEERING, MOUNT VICTORY, KRUPP, BUNCH, HIGHTOP, YOUNGS CREEK, WIBORG,
BARK CAMP, RYE, BLUE HERON, HONEYBEE, MARSHES SIDING, HOLLY BAY REC.
AREA, BEULAH HEIGHTS, AND GROVE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 75 IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY NEAR MILE MARKER 42.
KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 80 IN LAUREL COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 10.
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 3717 8411 3679 8422 3663 8458 3701 8444
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 233DEG 33KT 3698 8441 3667 8455
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
GEERTSON
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