378  
WWUS81 KRLX 181117  
SPSRLX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV  
717 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026  
 
KYZ102-181200-  
CARTER KY-  
717 AM EDT FRI SEP 18 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CARTER COUNTY THROUGH 800 AM  
EDT...  
 
AT 717 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
HEAD OF GRASSY, OR NEAR CARTER CAVES STATE PARK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT  
30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GRAYSON, OLIVE HILL, GRAYSON LAKE STATE PARK, CARTER CAVES STATE  
PARK, GESLING, DENTON, CARTER, GRAHN, WILLARD, AND HITCHINS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 64 IN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 154 AND  
173.  
 
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 3834 8323 3842 8324 3847 8319 3849 8319  
3850 8316 3849 8312 3827 8279 3825 8279  
3819 8287 3817 8295 3818 8299 3820 8301  
3820 8304 3818 8305 3823 8309 3824 8314  
3827 8317 3825 8319 3833 8326  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 317DEG 28KT 3841 8319  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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