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Special Weather Statement for Montgomery; Bath; Powell +6 more

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Bath, Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more
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At 711 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Grassy Lick to Levee to near Bean to Nada to Glencairn to Grannie to War Creek to Curt. Movement was east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Torrential Rainfall and Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds...

What the bulletin says to do

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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At 711 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Grassy Lick to Levee to near Bean to Nada to Glencairn to Grannie to War Creek to Curt. Movement was east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Torrential Rainfall and 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, Jackson, Owingsville, Frenchburg, Campton, Marshall, Simpson, Jeffersonville, Camargo, Fincastle, Wellington, Sharpsburg, Campsites in the Indian Creek area of the Daniel Boone National Forrest, Buck, Bowen, Cornwell, Rothwell, Pekin, and Pine Ridge. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway between mile markers 24 and 61. Interstate 64 in eastern Kentucky between mile markers 105 and 125.

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    Special Weather Statement issued August 13 at 7:11PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Jackson KY. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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