Lejunior Post Office, KY Weather Warnings
Tornado Watch issued May 27 at 3:35AM EDT until May 27 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Jackson KY TORNADO WATCH 327 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY MARTIN IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY HARLAN LETCHER PIKE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF COAL RUN, CUMBERLAND, ELKHORN CITY, HARLAN, INEZ, JENKINS, PIKEVILLE, SOUTH WILLIAMSON, AND WHITESBURG.
National Weather Service
Special Weather Statement issued May 27 at 3:24AM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 323 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Dunlow to Beaver to Whitco to Louellen to 7 miles northeast of Rutledge. Movement was east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Pikeville, Whitesburg, Harlan, Inez, Letcher, Estill, Bath, Cumberland, Jenkins, Coal Run Village, Loyall, Elkhorn City, Evarts, Wheelwright, Fleming-Neon, Lynch, Martin, Pippa Passes, Benham, and Forest Hills. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... Kentucky Highway 3 in Martin County between mile markers 2 and 9. Kentucky Highway 80 in Floyd County between mile markers 2 and 10. U.S. Highway 119 in Pike County between mile markers 1 and 24. U.S. Highway 23 in Floyd County between mile markers 1 and 11. U.S. Highway 23 in Lethcher County between mile markers 1 and 7. U.S. Highway 23 in Pike County between mile markers 0 and 32. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 600 AM EDT for southeastern and northeastern Kentucky.
National Weather Service
