HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1126 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 230 AM EST SUN DEC 20 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 OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 5 INCHES OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED BY DAWN.
THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS
TRAVEL TONIGHT AND ALSO COULD 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 2 TO 4 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 434 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 445 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA BETWEEN
4:35 PM AND 6 PM. REPORTS OF TWO AND HALF INCHES OF SNOWFALL FROM
THIS BAND HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED FROM PINEVILLE AND MIDDLESBORO.
SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THIS
BAND MOVES NORTH. AREAS NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR AND THE HAL
ROGERS PARKWAY AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MOUNT STERLING TO MCKEE TO
LONDON WILL SEE THE MOST INTENSE SNOW THROUGH 6 PM. INSPITE OF THE
WARM GROUND...THE SNOW WILL FALL FAST ENOUGH AT SOME LOCATIONS FOR
ONE TO TWO INCHES TO ACCUMULATE.
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