HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1126 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 230 AM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO EAST KENTUCKY. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY DAWN...EXCEPT FOR 10 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED ABOVE 2500 FEET.
TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS ON HIGHER ELEVATION
ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. 421...119 AND KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 160. THE HEAVY
WET SNOW WILL ALSO BRING DOWN TREES...MAKING POWER OUTAGES A
POSSIBILITY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE EXCEPT FOR 5
TO 8 ABOVE 2500 FEET.
SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1024 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 1030 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN SINCE AROUND 3:30 PM IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA BORDERS. 1 TO 2
INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 10:30 PM AND
12:30 AM. HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AS THE SNOW
CONTINUES TO ACCUMULATE.
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