SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1201 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
Expiration: 115 AM CST THU DEC 31 2009
...SLICK ROADS POSSIBLE...
SOME ROADS AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK FOR SEVERAL HOURS TONIGHT
AS A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW FALLS ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION AND
THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE TO
RAIN OVERNIGHT AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE
FREEZING MARK.
REMEMBER...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE PRIMARY LOCATIONS
WHERE THE ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 841 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
Expiration: 300 PM CST THU DEC 31 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS. SOME LIGHT SLEET WILL MIX IN WITH THE RAIN AT TIMES BUT
SHOULD NOT POSE A TRAVEL HAZARD. PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO
ALL RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE
THE FREEZING MARK.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY...
USHERING IN SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY EVENING WILL CHANGE TO SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THE
COMBINATION OF FREEZING OF ANY RESIDUAL LIQUID WATER AND SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CAUSE SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. CAUTION IS ADVISED
IF TRAVELING.
VERY COLD AIR WILL BE WELL ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE
WEEKEND THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHS MAINLY
IN THE 20S EACH DAY AND LOWS IN THE TEENS EACH NIGHT. USE CAUTION IF
OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SLICK SPOTS ON ROADWAYS LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.
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