Special Weather Statement

At 514 AM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Lucky Stop to near Richmond to near Harrodsburg. Movement was southeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include... Mount Sterling, Stanton, Irvine, Mount Vernon, Beattyville, McKee, Frenchburg, Campton, Boone, Jeffersonville, Camargo, Clay City, Fincastle, Ravenna, Campsites in the Indian Creek area of the Daniel Boone National Forrest, Pilot, Bummer, Bowen, Cornwell, and Kimbrell.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway between mile markers 13 and 55. Interstate 75 in east central Kentucky between mile markers 61 and 72.