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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
637 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
KYZ102-272315-
CARTER KY-
637 PM EDT WED MAY 27 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN CARTER COUNTY THROUGH
715 PM EDT...
AT 637 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
HEAD OF GRASSY, OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLIVE HILL, MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 20 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...
OLIVE HILL, CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, GESLING, GRAHN, SOLDIER, AND
GLOBE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND
166.
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 3833 8332 3833 8327 3834 8323 3835 8324
3842 8324 3845 8321 3839 8299 3823 8309
3824 8313 3826 8316 3827 8318 3823 8322
3819 8323 3819 8326 3822 8329 3821 8330
3832 8334
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 296DEG 17KT 3839 8335
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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