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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service JACKSON KY
402 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

KYZ110-113-118-120-172045-
Floyd KY-Pike KY-Knott KY-Letcher KY-
402 PM EDT Sun Aug 17 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LETCHER...EAST
CENTRAL KNOTT...SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD AND SOUTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTIES
THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

At 402 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Jonancy, or 12 miles southwest of Pikeville,
moving south at 20 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...
Whitesburg, Jenkins, Wheelwright, Fleming-Neon, Winters, Horn, Colly,
Beefhide, Cromona, Payne Gap, Sergent, Lester, Democrat, Dorton,
Ermine, Buckhorn Hollow, Lowndes, Adamson, Neon Junction, and Whitco.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. Highway 23 in Lethcher County between mile markers 1 and 7.
 U.S. Highway 23 in Pike County between mile markers 0 and 14.

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.

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LAT...LON 3723 8249 3719 8259 3715 8263 3712 8272
      3709 8273 3708 8272 3707 8273 3705 8272
      3703 8275 3705 8289 3743 8275 3738 8247
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 011DEG 16KT 3732 8262

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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JP