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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
206 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
KYZ030-034-038-171830-
JEFFERSON KY-SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-
206 PM EDT FRI JUL 17 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN SPENCER
WEST
CENTRAL SHELBY AND EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM
EDT...
AT 206 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
JEFFERSONTOWN, MOVING EAST AT 15 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...
LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSONTOWN, MIDDLETOWN, DOUGLASS HILLS, HURSTBOURNE,
ANCHORAGE, HURSTBOURNE ACRES, ST. REGIS PARK, BLUE RIDGE MANOR, AND
WOODLAND HILLS.
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.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3812 8538 3811 8543 3812 8543 3811 8545
3810 8557 3823 8563 3829 8545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 253DEG 11KT 3819 8555
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
BUMGARDNER
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