599  
WWUS83 KLMK 181822  
SPSLMK  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY  
222 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
 
KYZ029-030-038-045-181845-  
JEFFERSON KY-BULLITT KY-SPENCER KY-NELSON KY-  
222 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SPENCER...NORTHWESTERN NELSON  
 
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON AND EASTERN BULLITT COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM  
EDT...  
 
AT 221 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7  
MILES EAST OF SHEPHERDSVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...  
BARDSTOWN, TAYLORSVILLE, MOUNT WASHINGTON, LEBANON JUNCTION,  
BLOOMFIELD, FAIRFIELD, WAKEFIELD, YODER, WATERFORD, AND HIGHGROVE.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3784 8572 3816 8549 3807 8520 3775 8545  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 297DEG 22KT 3797 8557  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
SRW  
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