Special Weather Statement 5:33 p.m. Thursday, April 2

April 03, 2025

Special Weather Statement

National Weather Service JACKSON KY

446 PM EDT Thu Apr 3 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN POWELL...LAUREL...

OWSLEY...SOUTHERN ESTILL...JACKSON...SOUTHEASTERN MENIFEE...LEE...

WESTERN WOLFE AND NORTHWESTERN CLAY COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM EDT...

At 446 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along

a line extending from Jinks to Middlefork to near Bunch. Movement was

east at 35 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...

Pilot, Turin, Travellers Rest, Fariston, Southfork, Cowcreek, Shop

Branch, Fogertown, Tyner, Privett, Earnestville, Pine Ridge, Bush,

Mershons, Shepherdtown, Herron, Hooker, Alumbaugh, Byron, and Evelyn.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...

Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway between mile markers 34 and 44.

Hal Rogers Parkway between mile markers 1 and 21.

Interstate 75 in east central Kentucky between mile markers 31 and

47.

Kentucky Highway 80 in Laurel County between mile markers 5 and 11.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM EDT for south central

and southeastern Kentucky.

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN

MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH