Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
933 WWUS83 KJKL 181902 SPSJKL Special Weather Statement National Weather Service JACKSON KY 302 PM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024 KYZ112-114>117-181930- Clay KY-Breathitt KY-Perry KY-Owsley KY-Leslie KY- 302 PM EDT Tue Jun 18 2024 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN OWSLEY...NORTHWESTERN LESLIE...NORTHWESTERN PERRY...SOUTHWESTERN BREATHITT AND NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM EDT... At 301 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Buckhorn Lake S.P., or 10 miles northwest of Hyden, moving northwest 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... Buckhorn, Altro, Turin, Bush Branch, Mistletoe, Dryhill, Shoal, Southfork, Kaliopi, Cowcreek, Chestnut Gap, Ricetown, Copebranch, Wolf Coal, Confluence, Beech, Whoopflarea, Dalesburg, Mosley Bend, and Canoe. THIS INCLUDES Hal Rogers Parkway between mile markers 41 and 51. 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. If on or near Buckhorn Lake State Park, 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. Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until this storm passes. && LAT...LON 3722 8332 3714 8346 3744 8374 3756 8343 TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 153DEG 16KT 3730 8346 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ VORST