HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 108 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 415 PM EST SAT DEC 19 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM
EST SUNDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO EAST KENTUCKY. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF
4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED DURING THIS PERIOD. UP TO A FOOT
OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS ALONG THE VIRGINIA
BORDER.
TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS POSSIBLE AS
EARLY AS LATE THIS AFTERNOON ON HIGHER ELEVATION ROADWAYS SUCH AS
U.S. 421...119 AND KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 160. THE HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ALSO
LIKELY BRING DOWN TREES MAKING POWER OUTAGES A POSSIBILITY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN JACKSON.
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