# Special Weather Statement: Rockcastle; Pulaski; Laurel — retained record

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source: [us-gov-api](https://highsignal.app/data/us-gov-api) (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)  published 2026-09-21 22:26 ingested 2026-09-22 02:49

[original source ↗](http://www.weather.gov/)

## extract

Special Weather Statement — Rockcastle; Pulaski; Laurel
Severity: Moderate. Certainty: Observed.
At 1025 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Billows, or 14 miles east of Somerset, moving
northeast at 15 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...
Mount Vernon, Sand Springs, Wood Creek Lake, Pongo, Spiro, Wabp, Lake
Linville, Hansford, Renfro Valley, Valley Oak, Bunch, Hazel Patch,
Pine Hill, Camp Wildcat, Wellhope, East Bernstadt, Sand Hill,
Billows, Burr, and Maretburg.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
Interstate 75 in east central Kentucky between mile markers 43 and
64.
Kentucky Highway 80 in Laurel County between mile markers 1 and 8.
Kentucky Highway 80 in Pulaski County between mile markers 27 and
40.

## retained text

The historical document was shared with another weather alert and cannot be attributed to this record. The original extract is preserved above; the exact alert link was not retained.