SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1040 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...
PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS DAMAGING WINDS.
BETWEEN 945 AM AND 1030 AM EST WINDS GUSTED TO 49 MPH AT LONDON AND
MONTICELLO. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN
KENTUCKY THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH EXPECTED BETWEEN 11 AND
4 PM.
A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL ALSO SWEEP ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 11
AM AND 2 PM. THE SHOWERS WILL HELP TO INCREASE WINDS AS THEY MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA. THE SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO AREAS FROM PAINTSVILLE TO
JACKSON TO LONDON BY 1130 AM EST...AND MOVE INTO AREAS FROM PIKEVILLE
TO HARLAN BY 1 PM.
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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