WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 356 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS WEEKEND...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS STRENGTHENING ACROSS FLORIDA AND IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING. A DEEP LAYER
OF MOISTURE IS MOVING INTO THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES FAVORABLE FOR
ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING. AS A RESULT...A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...ALONG THE WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA
BORDERS IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE MOST SNOWFALL WHILE AREAS FURTHER
WEST WILL SEE LESS.
KYZ087-088-118-120-190500-
/O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.091218T2100Z-091220T1100Z/
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
356 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
* A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY
THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING
TO LIGHTER SNOW SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED
AREA. BY LATE TOMORROW MORNING...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE TOMORROW AND
TOMORROW NIGHT. ELEVATIONS ABOVE 3000 FEET CAN EXPECT AS MUCH AS 16
TO 20 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS ON HIGHER ELEVATION
ROADWAYS SUCH AS U.S. 421...119 AND KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 160. THE HEAVY
WET SNOW WILL ALSO LIKELY BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER OUTAGES WILL
BE POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. KEEP IN MIND
THAT SLIGHT CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM MAY HAVE IMPACTS ON
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY.
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