WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 401 PM EST WED DEC 16 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING.
* A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
WITH THE MIX CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BETWEEN 7 PM AND MIDNIGHT FRIDAY
NIGHT. HIGHER TERRAIN IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY IS EXPECTED
TO SEE THE CHANGEOVER FIRST WITH LOWER ELEVATIONS SHORTLY
THEREAFTER. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL ON FRIDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW
SHOWERS LINGER THROUGH LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 4 TO 6 INCHES IN MUCH OF THE WATCH
AREA. HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY WHERE 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. UP TO A FOOT OF SNOW
CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
* ENOUGH SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL THAT ALL SURFACES...INCLUDING
ROADWAYS...CAN EXPECT TO BE COVERED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS AND DIFFICULT. VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW BANDS. A HEAVY
AND WET SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL...WHICH COULD LEAD TO MORE DOWNED
LIMBS AND TREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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SCHOETTMER
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