Special Weather Statement
NWS Jackson KY ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southwestern Bell And South Central Knox Counties Through 600 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 525 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Brush Creek, or near Barbourville, moving south at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Barbourville, Pineville, Artemus, Wallsend, Swan Lake, Hubbs, Birdseye, Ingram, Bryants Store, Wheeler, Fourmile, Clear Creek Springs, Wasioto, Avis, Yeager, Davisburg, Flat Lick, Myrick, Swanpond, and Himyar. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... U.S. Highway 25 East in Bell County between mile markers 8 and 18. U.S. Highway 25 East in Knox County between mile markers 1 and 11.
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. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
Affected areas
- Knox County, KY
- Bell County, KY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Jackson KY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~43s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V6JD61GF8WNHJDQA6R5J9A
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7ce23184b62258ed06824a68f28312d20878ae53.001.1
- 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.5732
- 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 182125 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN BELL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KNOX COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T21:25:00-00:00...storm...346DEG...15KT...36.82,-83.85 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Knox County, KY
- Bell County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021121 |
| SAME | 021013 |
| UGC | KYZ086 |
| UGC | KYZ087 |
- Polygons
- 36.65,-83.94 36.68,-83.88 36.69,-83.88 36.72,-83.94 36.86,-83.93 36.9,-83.79 36.69,-83.64 36.65,-83.94