HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1101 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 1015 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
A COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION IN ITS WAKE. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OF
30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...ESPECIALLY
IN HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS THUS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7PM EST.
IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING RAPIDLY IN THE WAKE OF THE
COLD FRONT. LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET WILL EXIT THE BLUEGRASS
REGION OF KENTUCKY BY EARLY AFTERNOON...AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO FILTER IN ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH-
CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE SNOW
SQUALLS AND SUDDENLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...HOWEVER
LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A COUPLE OF WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THIS
TIME PERIOD. THE FIRST SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THE SECOND ONE WILL AFFECT
THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME...ATMOSPHERIC
TEMPERATURES NEAR THE SURFACE ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WARM ENOUGH FOR
PRECIPITATION TO FALL AS RAIN...THOUGH A MIX OF RAIN/SNOW IS
POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF WIND DAMAGE FROM STRONG
WINDS TODAY...AS WELL AS ANY RECORDED WIND GUSTS OR TREES OR POWER
LINES DOWNED. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT INSTANCES OF
SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
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