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Special Weather Statement
Issued: 11:52 PM May. 8, 2025 – National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN FLOYD AND CENTRAL PIKE COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT... At 751 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Beaver, or 8 miles southwest of Pikeville, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... East McDowell, Melvin, Fishtrap Lake, Hi Hat, Garden Village, Phyllis, Wheelwright, McDowell, Burton, Toonerville, Marrowbone, Beaver, Virgie, Buckhorn Hollow, Raccoon, Osborn, Orkney, Biggs, Rockhouse, and Ligon. THIS INCLUDES U.S. Highway 23 in Pike County between mile markers 9 and 26. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for southeastern Kentucky. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN; MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 7:30 PM May. 8, 2025 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 240 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY LAUREL MCCREARY PULASKI ROCKCASTLE WAYNE WHITLEY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY BELL BREATHITT CLAY FLOYD HARLAN JACKSON KNOTT KNOX LEE LESLIE LETCHER OWSLEY PERRY PIKE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANNVILLE, BARBOURVILLE, BEATTYVILLE, BOONEVILLE, BRODHEAD, BURNSIDE, COAL RUN, CORBIN, CUMBERLAND, ELKHORN CITY, HARLAN, HAZARD, HINDMAN, HYDEN, JACKSON, JENKINS, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MCKEE, MIDDLESBORO, MONTICELLO, MOUNT VERNON, PIKEVILLE, PINEVILLE, PIPPA PASSES, PRESTONSBURG, SOMERSET, SOUTH WILLIAMSON, STEARNS, WHEELWRIGHT, WHITESBURG, WHITLEY CITY, AND WILLIAMSBURG.
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