608  
WWUS83 KJKL 020420  
SPSJKL  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
1220 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
 
KYZ085>087-116-020500-  
WHITLEY KY-CLAY KY-KNOX KY-BELL KY-  
1220 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2026  
   
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BELL...KNOX
 
SOUTHEASTERN  
WHITLEY AND SOUTHERN CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM EDT...  
 
AT 1219 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CLATE, OR NEAR BARBOURVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
15 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...  
BARBOURVILLE, PINEVILLE, MIDDLESBORO, JULIP, BRIGHTSHADE, VARILLA,  
SWAN LAKE, PONZA, GOOSE ROCK, BLACK SNAKE, GAUSDALE, EROSE, CRANES  
NEST, BLANCHE, CUBAGE, RELLA, DIXIE, WASIOTO, ICE CLIFF, AND AVIS.  
 
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.  
 
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3659 8411 3699 8401 3698 8396 3700 8393  
3704 8392 3719 8356 3711 8354 3704 8355  
3701 8351 3693 8351 3692 8349 3685 8348  
3681 8351 3678 8349 3673 8350 3670 8346  
3667 8346 3667 8351 3664 8361 3658 8369  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 243DEG 15KT 3679 8396  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
GREIF  
 
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