Special Weather Statement
NWS Jackson KY ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northwestern Harlan And Southeastern Leslie 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 526 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Bledsoe, or 8 miles north of Harlan, moving southeast at 10 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... Harlan, Loyall, Clovertown, Rosspoint, Bledsoe, Kitts, Baxter, Mozelle, Pine Mountain, Sunshine, Ages, Coxton, Golden Ash, Chappell, Elcomb, Grays Knob, Harlan Gas, Putney, Spruce Pine, and Napier.
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
- Harlan County, KY
- Leslie County, KY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Jackson KY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m36s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M30BF8Y3VTEY7J3Y7BYFNS00
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.79f9e299e50140f996ef00abe37dc1e510a647b8.001.1
- 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.5655
- 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 202126 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN HARLAN AND SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T21:26:00-00:00...storm...295DEG...11KT...36.96,-83.38 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Harlan County, KY
- Leslie County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021095 |
| SAME | 021131 |
| UGC | KYZ088 |
| UGC | KYZ117 |
- Polygons
- 36.92,-83.47 37.03,-83.4 36.96,-83.15 36.79,-83.31 36.92,-83.47