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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
119 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
KYZ029-034>036-038>041-045>047-280600-
SHELBY KY-BULLITT KY-MERCER KY-SCOTT KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-
FRANKLIN KY-SPENCER KY-WASHINGTON KY-NELSON KY-ANDERSON KY-
119 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SPENCER...SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY
NORTHEASTERN NELSON...NORTHWESTERN MERCER...WOODFORD...SOUTH CENTRAL
SCOTT...ANDERSON...NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL BULLITT...
WEST CENTRAL FAYETTE AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM
EDT...
AT 119 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SHELBYVILLE TO NEAR TAYLORSVILLE TO NEAR
SHEPHERDSVILLE. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 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...
LEXINGTON, FRANKFORT, SHELBYVILLE, SHEPHERDSVILLE, LAWRENCEBURG,
VERSAILLES, TAYLORSVILLE, CARDINAL HILL, MEADOWTHORPE, AND DUNBAR
HIGH SCHOOL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3810 8441 3799 8461 3800 8466 3795 8468
3792 8473 3778 8519 3797 8575 3807 8545
3824 8513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 282DEG 44KT 3819 8513 3807 8538 3797 8568
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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