Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
926 WWUS83 KJKL 180006 SPSJKL Special Weather Statement National Weather Service JACKSON KY 806 PM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024 KYZ051-052-060-106-180030- Rowan KY-Menifee KY-Morgan KY-Bath KY- 806 PM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MORGAN... SOUTHEASTERN BATH...NORTHEASTERN MENIFEE AND SOUTHERN ROWAN COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT... At 806 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Hamm to Ratlitt. Movement was northwest at 15 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... Morehead, Salt Lick, Blairs Mills, Olympia Springs, Yale, Christy, Bangor, Cogswell, Ratlitt, Zilpo, Scranton, Pelfrey, Hamm, Crix, Farmers, Brandy, Paragon, Bluestone, Clearfield, and Young Springs. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. If on or near Cave Run Lake, get out of the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm. && LAT...LON 3823 8337 3808 8372 3795 8356 3808 8328 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 154DEG 12KT 3811 8332 3800 8358 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ GEERTSON