SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 400 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...COLDER AIR WILL BRING ICY CONDITIONS TONIGHT...
MUCH COLDER AIR WILL INVADE EAST KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...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 LATE THIS EVENING AND EARLY
OVERNIGHT. ALSO NOTE...THE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL FREEZE BEFORE
THE ROAD SURFACES. IN ADDITION TO THE FALLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...
LINGERING LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE IN THE EVENING WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT
SNOW...FLURRIES AND POCKETS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. AS A RESULT...
MOTORISTS TONIGHT 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: 434 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES FALL TO FREEZING OR BELOW ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA.
SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS AS A RESULT.
.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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