HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 510 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 815 AM 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO EAST KENTUCKY BEGINNING
AS EARLY AT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 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 AND POWER LINES 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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