Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
400 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013
KYZ118-120-200845-
LETCHER-PIKE-
400 AM EDT MON MAY 20 2013
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
THROUGH 445 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING...
EASTERN LETCHER AND
SOUTHERN PIKE.
AT 400 AM EDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM SPEIGHT TO MCROBERTS TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF MAYKING...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITESBURG TO 12
MILES NORTHEAST OF WHITESBURG TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTON...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...JENKINS AND
BURDINE AROUND 405 AM EDT...MYRA AROUND 410 AM EDT...SHELBY GAP
AROUND 415 AM EDT...LOOKOUT AROUND 435 AM EDT...ASHCAMP AROUND 440
AM EDT...
RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP
TO ONE AND ONE QUARTER INCHES PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY.
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PELTON