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Issued: 2:12 AM Aug. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT POWELL...SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY...NORTHEASTERN ESTILL AND SOUTHWESTERN MENIFEE COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM EDT... At 1011 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Westbend, or 7 miles northwest of Stanton, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Stanton, Frenchburg, Jeffersonville, Camargo, Clay City, Campsites in the Indian Creek area of the Daniel Boone National Forrest, Pilot, Means, Levee, Bowen, Cornwell, Cedar Groves, Slade, Bean, Waltersville, Fagan, Virden, Patsey, Tabor, and Cobhill. THIS INCLUDES Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway between mile markers 12 and 33. 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. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN; MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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