SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 827 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 830 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
NUMEROUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE AREA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN
THREE QUARTERS AND ONE INCH OF RAIN. UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAIN
COULD FALL OVERNIGHT. AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE THE MOST INTENSE SHOWERS
AND HIGHER RAINFALL RATES COULD SEE SOME NUISANCE FLOODING SUCH AS
OVERFLOWING CULVERTS AND DITCHES AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW WATER
CROSSINGS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 402 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT WITH ONE TO TWO
INCHES LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS ON WEDNESDAY. SOME URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WHEREVER
HEAVIER SHOWERS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS.
THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS THE POTENT COLD
FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STRONGER SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORMS TOWARDS DAWN ON WEDNESDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH
BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
FOR A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MORNING...LIKELY EXTENDING INTO
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL
REMAIN LIKELY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE THEN POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM
DEPARTS FROM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW...OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.
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