HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1022 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 130 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3AM AND 9AM. LOCATIONS ALONG PINE...BLACK AND
THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEY
LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THESE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE
THE HIGHER RISK OF SEEING THE STRONGEST WINDS. SOME THE HIGHER
ELEVATION VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE
COMMUNITIES OF CUMBERLAND...EOLIA...CLOVER...AND SHELALY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT CHRISTMAS DAY.
WINDS OF THIS SPEED WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES AND ARE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES.
THIS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL...OR RENEWED...POWER OUTAGES.
ADDITIONALLY...UP TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BY
CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE RUN OFF FROM
MELTING SNOW TO RESULT IN A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW FROM LATE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS OR
WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1215 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINDY...WET AND COLDER WEATHER ON THE WAY...
A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE MIDWEST DURING THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS WILL BRING AN ACTIVE PERIOD OF WEATHER TO EAST
KENTUCKY. INITIALLY WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE SOUTHEAST TODAY AND
BECOME GUSTY LATER TONIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME... A POTENT COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA WITH BETWEEN A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH
OF RAIN FALLING FROM TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. WHILE MUCH OF
THE SNOW HAS BEEN MELTING OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS... THE REMAINING
SNOW PACK WILL LIKELY WASH AWAY WITH THE RAIN. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE
NEW RAINFALL THIS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO A SMALL RISK FOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING. THE WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST ACCOMPANYING THE COLD FRONT
TONIGHT... AND IN PARTICULAR... OVER THE HIGHEST TERRAIN NEAR THE
VIRGINA BORDER WHERE GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS OF THESE
SPEEDS CAN POSE A THREAT TO HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND WEAK OR
SHALLOWLY ROOTED TREES. THIS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL...OR RENEWED...
POWER OUTAGES. ELSEWHERE... THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY
FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST INTO CHRISTMAS DAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
POSSIBLE. FINALLY... THE PASSAGE OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM/S COLD FRONT
ON CHRISTMAS DAY WILL SEND COLDER AIR INTO EAST KENTUCKY WITH
PERIODIC LIGHT SNOWS A POSSIBILITY INTO THE START OF NEXT WEEK.
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