Special Weather Statement
NWS Jackson KY ยท US
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Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southwestern Estill...Northern Jackson...Northeastern Rockcastle And Southwestern Lee Counties Through 400 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 327 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Locust Branch, or 10 miles southwest of Irvine, moving southeast at 25 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... McKee, Morrill, Threelinks, Kings Station, Kerby Knob, Waneta, Blackburn, Clover Bottom, Jinks, Winston, Brazil, Hurley, Shirley, Sandgap, Leighton, Drip Rock, Witt, Blanton Flats, Alumbaugh, and Arvel.
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
- Estill County, KY
- Rockcastle County, KY
- Jackson County, KY
- Lee County, KY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Jackson KY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~37s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TZW03ME1V964403QS3HWGN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b6086623ddaf98738411c677c678c46cdbd63e13.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Jackson KY
- AWIPS ID
- CAPJKL
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2552
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSJKL |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS83 KJKL 181928 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN ESTILL...NORTHERN JACKSON...NORTHEASTERN ROCKCASTLE AND SOUTHWESTERN LEE COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T19:27:00-00:00...storm...316DEG...23KT...37.59,-84.11 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Estill County, KY
- Rockcastle County, KY
- Jackson County, KY
- Lee County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021065 |
| SAME | 021203 |
| SAME | 021109 |
| SAME | 021129 |
| UGC | KYZ058 |
| UGC | KYZ068 |
| UGC | KYZ069 |
| UGC | KYZ111 |
- Polygons
- 37.52,-84.2 37.56,-84.16 37.57,-84.09 37.65,-84.13 37.67,-84.09 37.68,-84.1 37.71,-84.09 37.55,-83.78 37.5,-83.86 37.52,-83.88 37.49,-83.88 37.33,-84.13 37.52,-84.23 37.52,-84.2