HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 540 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY THIS MORNING. THE
PRECIPITATION MAY FALL AS SOME LIGHT SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN
THROUGH MID MORNING. AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 64
CORRIDOR HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF RECEIVING THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION
AND THE PRECIPITATION THERE SHOULD FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW...WHILE
SOME LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER MAY RECEIVE ONLY RAIN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...THIS
SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING A THREAT OF WINDY CONDITIONS AND STRONG WIND
GUSTS. OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON
TUESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY NEAR THE VA BORDER AND ACROSS THE EASTERN
SECTIONS OF THE BLUEGRASS. GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES
FROM AROUND DAWN ON WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE COULD BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS...WEAKLY ROOTED TREES OR TREES
IN LOOSE SOIL AS WELL AS LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.
THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AS THE SYSTEM
DEPARTS ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN WITH ANOTHER WEAK SYSTEM
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 423 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE...
AN AREA OF MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE
WEAKENING WITH TIME. HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY 6 AM...WITH PRECIPITATION POSSIBLY BECOMING ALL SNOW FOR
AN HOUR OR TWO. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION SHOULD OCCUR. AS
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM THROUGH MID MORNING...A LITTLE BIT OF
FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING...
CHANGING ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN.
THIS PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE SLICK OR ICY SPOTS ON SOME ROADWAYS...
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW
WHEN THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES. THOSE TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING
SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA ROOM BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THE
ONE IN FRONT OF YOU.
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