{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.1f8a68d58206a3b7ae0038000ea9b182052aacd8.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Special Weather Statement issued July 20 at 6:38PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-20","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.1f8a68d58206a3b7ae0038000ea9b182052aacd8.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Jackson KY"},"word_count":182,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Special Weather Statement: Special Weather Statement issued July 20 at 6:38PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY\n\n**Severity:** Moderate\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Expected\n**Areas:** Knox; Bell; Harlan; Clay; Leslie\n**Issued by:** NWS Jackson KY\n**Sent:** 2026-07-20T18:38:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-20T18:38:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-20T19:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 638 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong\nthunderstorms over Kettle Island, or near Pineville, moving northeast\nat 15 mph.\n\nHAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around\nunsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is\npossible.\n\nLocations impacted include...\nPineville, Wallins Creek, East Pineville, Sandy Fork, Mary Alice,\nWallsend, Varilla, Coldiron, Ponza, Beverly, Stony Fork Junction,\nBlack Snake, Field, Erose, Kentenia, Tacky Town, Saylor, Straight\nCreek, Blanche, and Mills.\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...\nU.S. Highway 25 East in Bell County between mile markers 8 and 18.\nU.S. Highway 25 East in Knox County near mile marker 1.\n\n## Instructions\nIf outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.\n\nTorrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to\nlocalized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded\nroadways."}