WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 753 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM
CST/ SUNDAY.
* RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL
CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY LATE EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY. HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS IN THE BLUEGRASS REGION WILL
EXPERIENCE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW FIRST AND WILL RECEIVE THE
MOST SNOW ACCUMULATION.
* THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT
AND NOON SATURDAY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE BY
SATURDAY MORNING...WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS BRINGING UP TO
ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BY SATURDAY NIGHT. DESPITE A
BREAK IN THE SNOWFALL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY SOME
MELTING OCCURRING...SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SUNDAY MORNING WILL
RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS ESPECIALLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 75.
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES
FALLING TO AROUND FREEZING. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND
SLUSHY BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW OR ICE COVERED BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES POSSIBLE AS WELL. TRAVEL WILL BE MOST HAZARDOUS
IN THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE BLUEGRASS...MAINLY EAST OF A
LEXINGTON TO LIBERTY LINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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