SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1055 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...COLDER AIR WILL BRING ICY CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT...
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL INVADE EAST KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...LATER TONIGHT THE COLD WILL LIKELY
SERVE TO FREEZE ANY DAMP OR WET SPOTS ON AREA ROADS. THIS IS
PARTICULARLY POOR TIMING GIVEN THE MIDNIGHT FESTIVITIES...AS
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY FALL BELOW FREEZING FROM WEST TO EAST DURING
THE HOURS PAST MIDNIGHT. ALSO NOTE...THE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL
FREEZE BEFORE THE ROAD SURFACES. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING
TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT...LINGERING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
FLURRIES AND POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TOWARD DAWN. AS A RESULT...
MOTORISTS OVERNIGHT ARE URGED TO EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION AND BE ALERT
TO SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1050 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 200 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL
TO FREEZING AND BELOW ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. FROM THIS...SLICK
SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS...IN ADDITION TO
THE POTENTIAL FOR THE WET AND DAMP SPOTS TO FREEZE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE YOUNG WINTER SEASON WILL FLOOD INTO THE
AREA FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
WILL LIKELY FAIL TO REACH THE FREEZING MARK...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES
EACH NIGHT EXPECTED TO BE IN THE TEENS. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY WILL LIKELY SEND WIND CHILLS TO NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES.
ALONG WITH THE COLD...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM TIME TO
TIME THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY WHEN SOME LIGHT FLUFFY ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FREEZING
PRECIPITATION TONIGHT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.
SNOWFALL REPORTS WILL ALSO BE APPRECIATED THIS WEEKEND.
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