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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
243 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
KYZ071>078-081-082-280830-
RUSSELL KY-METCALFE KY-MONROE KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-CUMBERLAND KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-ADAIR KY-CLINTON KY-
243 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026
..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN CLINTON...MONROE
RUSSELL...CENTRAL SIMPSON...ALLEN...SOUTHERN WARREN...CUMBERLAND...
SOUTHERN BARREN...METCALFE AND SOUTHERN ADAIR COUNTIES THROUGH 330 AM
CDT...
AT 242 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR JAMESTOWN TO 11 MILES SOUTH OF MEMPHIS
JUNCTION. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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...
GLASGOW, COLUMBIA, SCOTTSVILLE, TOMPKINSVILLE, JAMESTOWN, EDMONTON,
BURKESVILLE, LESLIE, FRANKLIN, AND RUSSELL SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
THESE STORMS 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3664 8617 3676 8674 3686 8667 3712 8520
3704 8489 3700 8484 3695 8491 3696 8495
3692 8496 3686 8506 3679 8502 3678 8505
3662 8588
TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 285DEG 42KT 3702 8517 3678 8651
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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