Morehead, KY Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT POWELL...MONTGOMERY...
NORTHWESTERN MORGAN...SOUTHEASTERN BATH...NORTHWESTERN ESTILL...
MENIFEE...SOUTHWESTERN ROWAN AND NORTHWESTERN WOLFE COUNTIES THROUGH
645 PM EDT...

At 614 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Farmers to Olympia Springs to Walkers Crossing
to near Klondike to 7 miles southwest of Winchester to Nicholasville.
Movement was southeast at 45 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...
Mount Sterling, Stanton, Owingsville, Frenchburg, Marshall, Henry,
Jeffersonville, Camargo, Clay City, Wellington, Salt Lick, Campsites
in the Indian Creek area of the Daniel Boone National Forrest, Zag,
Levee, Bowen, Cornwell, Kimbrell, Rothwell, Pekin, and Omer.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway between mile markers 13 and 36.
Interstate 64 in eastern Kentucky between mile markers 112 and 128.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in JACKSON KY.

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

...A FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...The Flood Watch include the Kentucky counties of Elliott,
Fleming,  Rowan, Johnson, Martin, Floyd, Magoffin, Morgan, and
Pike.

* WHEN...The Flood Watch is in effect through early Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of creeks,
streams, and other low lying and flood prone locations.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash
Flood Warnings be issued.

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