Special Weather Statement
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Carter County Through 800 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 717 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Head of Grassy, or near Carter Caves State Park, moving southeast at 30 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Grayson, Olive Hill, Grayson Lake State Park, Carter Caves State Park, Gesling, Denton, Carter, Grahn, Willard, and Hitchins. This includes Interstate 64 in Kentucky between mile markers 154 and 173.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Carter County, KY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~47s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2T3S8A8CJ3Q6VBTQDCJD80V
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.46863ef0d7ea256cf3259d4e844c943c198be88b.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Charleston WV
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRLX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8910
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS81 KRLX 181117 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CARTER COUNTY THROUGH 800 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T11:17:00-00:00...storm...317DEG...28KT...38.41,-83.19 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Carter County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021043 |
| UGC | KYZ102 |
- Polygons
- 38.34,-83.23 38.42,-83.24 38.47,-83.19 38.49,-83.19 38.5,-83.16 38.49,-83.12 38.27,-82.79 38.25,-82.79 38.19,-82.87 38.17,-82.95 38.18,-82.99 38.2,-83.01 38.2,-83.04 38.18,-83.05 38.23,-83.09 38.24,-83.14 38.27,-83.17 38.25,-83.19 38.33,-83.26 38.34,-83.23