SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 239 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 1015 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...
A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE COAL FIELDS UNTIL 10
PM TONIGHT. AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...OVER THE GREAT LAKES
REGION...IS THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR THE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS
EASTERN KENTUCKY TODAY. LOOK FOR THE GUSTY WINDS TO EXTEND INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. MOST LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED THEIR HIGHEST
WIND GUST OF THE DAY...WITH THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF THE COAL
FIELDS SEEING THEIR PEAK GUSTS FROM THIS SYSTEM THROUGH 4 PM. LOOK
FOR SUSTAINED WINDS TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH
WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTY UNTIL LATE EVENING.
HERE ARE SOME PEAK WINDS RECEIVED ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH
230 PM AT MESONET...AWOS AND ASOS LOCATIONS...
SITE COUNTY PEAK WIND
BMBL KNOX 41 MPH
BNVL OWSLEY 41 MPH
BTCK JOHNSON 30 MPH
MRHD ROWAN 40 MPH
OLIN JACKSON 43 MPH
QKSD BREATHITT 44 MPH
WLBT MORGAN 50 MPH
LOZ LAUREL 49 MPH
JKL BREATHITT 55 MPH
SME PULASKI 48 MPH
FGX FLEMING 56 MPH
IOB MONTGOMERY 48 MPH
K22 FLOYD 49 MPH
7KO PIKE 41 MPH
1A6 BELL 33 MPH
HAZ PERRY 45 MPH
EKQ WAYNE 49 MPH
AND HERE ARE SOME PEAK WINDS FROM RAWS SITES AROUND EASTERN KENTUCKY...
STATION COUNTY PEAK WIND
TRIANGLE MTN ROWAN 59 MPH
SOMERSET PULASKI 47 MPH
YELLOW CREEK BELL 36 MPH
KOOMER WOLFE 50 MPH
JULIAN CARROLL BREATHITT 44 MPH
PEABODY CLAY 45 MPH
BIG SANDY MARTIN 45 MPH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 937 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 1245 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS AS WELL AS SOME AREA RIVERS WILL RUN
HIGH TODAY.
WIND FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL BE BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH THIS MORNING
AND REMAIN AT THOSE LEVELS THROUGH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO
60 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM AROUND MIDDAY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WIND
SPEEDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...BUT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL REMAIN LIKELY INTO THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS.
SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM DEPARTS FROM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS LATE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE KENTUCKY...RED AND CUMBERLAND RIVERS WILL
EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.
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