Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
641 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

KYZ088-118-212330-
LETCHER-HARLAN-
641 PM EDT TUE MAY 21 2013

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 730
PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING...

   SOUTHERN LETCHER AND
   NORTHEASTERN HARLAN.

AT 641 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF
KINGDOM COME STATE PARK....OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF HARLAN...MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...KINGDOM COME
S.P. AROUND 700 PM EDT...LINEFORK AROUND 705 PM EDT...LYNCH AROUND
710 PM EDT...PARTRIDGE AROUND 715 PM EDT...AND OSCALOOSA AROUND 720
PM EDT.

RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR...GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS.

DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM. TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER THEN LIGHTNING IS CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE A HAZARD.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY.

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GREIF
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