SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 956 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF
THE MORNING...
PATCHY LIGHT SNOW AND DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE REST OF THE MORNING. WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...
PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES ARE RISING...
AND WILL EVENTUALLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING EVERYWHERE BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. WHILE LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATION
IS ANTICIPATED... SLICK SPOTS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED ON AREA ROADWAYS
AND SIDEWALKS UNTIL TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. THOSE
TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA ROOM
BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE ONE IN FRONT OF YOU.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 540 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS MORNING. THE
PRECIPITATION MAY FALL AS SOME LIGHT SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
THROUGH MID MORNING. AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 64
CORRIDOR HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION
AND THE PRECIPITATION THERE SHOULD FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...WHILE
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER MAY RECEIVE ONLY RAIN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...THIS
SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING A THREAT OF WINDY CONDITIONS AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON
TUESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY NEAR THE VA BORDER AND ACROSS THE EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE BLUEGRASS. GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES
FROM AROUND DAWN ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE COULD BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS...WEAKLY ROOTED TREES OR TREES
IN LOOSE SOIL AS WELL AS LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.
THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AS THE SYSTEM
DEPARTS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN WITH ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
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