Special Weather Statement
NWS Jackson KY ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact East Central Letcher County Through 315 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 250 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Payne Gap, or 9 miles east of Whitesburg, moving east at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Jenkins, Neon Junction, Fishpond Lake, Burdine, Potters Fork, Payne Gap, Gaskill, Whitaker, Dunham, Haymond, Tolliver Town, Wright, and Cromona. THIS INCLUDES U.S. Highway 23 in Lethcher County between mile markers 1 and 4.
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. To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service office in JACKSON KY.
Affected areas
- Letcher County, KY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Jackson KY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m6s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32MXE40KM1TPAQTQ1N5SQX7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.eb0c470f0e81e6934c083cae377a61b4dca3de16.001.1
- 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.1527
- 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 211850 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL LETCHER COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T18:50:00-00:00...storm...274DEG...12KT...37.15,-82.65 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Letcher County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021133 |
| UGC | KYZ118 |
- Polygons
- 37.17,-82.62 37.15,-82.63 37.15,-82.65 37.13,-82.7 37.13,-82.73 37.18,-82.73 37.2,-82.61 37.2,-82.56 37.17,-82.62