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Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service JACKSON KY

321 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025

 

KYZ087-088-261945-

Bell KY-Harlan KY-

321 PM EDT Thu Jun 26 2025



...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HARLAN AND EASTERN

BELL COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT...



At 320 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong

thunderstorms along a line extending from near Tacky Town to Callaway

to Oaks to Hutch. Movement was east at 10 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...

Wallins Creek, East Pineville, Varilla, Coldiron, Ponza, Stony Fork

Junction, Black Snake, Kentenia, Tacky Town, Straight Creek, Cary,

Binghamtown, Cubage, Rella, Meldrum, Hutch, Blackmont, Balkan,

Miracle, and Pathfork.



THIS INCLUDES U.S. Highway 25 East in Bell County between mile

markers 1 and 12.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 



Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead

to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded

roadways.



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LAT...LON 3669 8372 3679 8367 3693 8356 3691 8349

      3690 8351 3688 8346 3689 8345 3689 8338

      3680 8338 3667 8342 3667 8353 3662 8364

      3658 8369 3658 8372

TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 266DEG 8KT 3687 8352 3680 8356 3670 8358 3663

8361



MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH



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MARCUS

