HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 455 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 800 PM EST SAT DEC 19 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 THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF
5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY DAWN...EXCEPT UP TO A FOOT OF
SNOW ABOVE 3000 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 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
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.
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