PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – Following the storms that swept through the area earlier this week, Pike County officials are planning to help residents be more informed of impending weather situations.
The Pike County Fiscal Court and Pike County Emergency Management has obtained a grant to provide weather radios to Pike County residents at no cost.
Judge Executive Ray Jones II says, “With the severe weather we’ve had in the last few years, it is important to stay prepared.”
All radios are preset to residents’ areas to provide direct weather-related forecasts, watches and warnings from the National Weather Service.
Distribution centers will be at the following locations:
- Shelby Valley Senior Center on April 10th
- Blackberry Senior Center on April 11th
- Kimper Senior Center on April 16th
- Belfry Senior Center on April 17th
- Elkhorn City Senior Center on April 25th
All distribution centers will be providing sign-up sheets and radios between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
