HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 607 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION STARTING THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A 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.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY CARRYING
OVER INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-TO-SOUTH
ROADWAYS...SUCH AS US 23 AND INTERSTATE 75...MAY HAVE EXTREME
DIFFICULTY TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS
LIKELY...WHILE WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD LEAD TO DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES AND UNSECURED OBJECTS AND PROPERTY. WIDESPREAD AND
POSSIBLY PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE A POSSIBILITY.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM
DEPARTS FROM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
SNOW...OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
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