HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 618 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LARGER CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE...POSSIBLY TO
BANKFULL OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS IN RESPONSE TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL
THAT FELL ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. AREA RIVERS SUCH AS THE SOUTH
FORK OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER...THE MAIN STEM OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER...THE
RED RIVER AND THE CUMBERLAND RIVER WILL EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES
AND WILL RUN HIGH THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT.
WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH
THIS MORNING AND REMAIN AT THOSE LEVELS THROUGH THE DAY. GUSTS UP TO
60 MPH ARE EXPECTED FOR A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD 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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