WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1254 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...HEAVY SNOW LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS WEEKEND...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS STRENGTHENING ALONG THE GULF COAST AND
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST BY THIS EVENING. A DEEP
LAYER OF MOISTURE IS MOVING INTO THE REGION WITH TEMPERATURES FAVORABLE
FOR SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING. AS A RESULT...A SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. EXTREME SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY...ALONG THE WEST
VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA BORDERS IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE THE MOST
SNOWFALL WHILE AREAS FURTHER WEST WILL SEE LESS.
KYZ080-084>086-107-109-110-112>117-119-182200-
/O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.091218T2100Z-091220T1100Z/
LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-
KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...
WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...
PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ
1254 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
* RAIN IS OVERSPREADING THE AREA AND IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND
CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS ON THE RIDGETOPS.
THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW IN THE VALLEYS
DURING THE EVENING. SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT BEFORE
TAPERING TO LIGHTER SNOW SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA.
HIGHER ELEVATIONS CAN EXPECT TOTALS TOWARD THE HIGHER END OF THE
RANGE WITH VALLEY LOCATIONS EXPECTING THE LOWER END OF THE RANGE.
* TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS. THE HEAVY
WET SNOW CAN ALSO BRING DOWN TREES AND POWER OUTAGES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
* KEEP IN MIND THAT SLIGHT CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM
MAY HAVE IMPACTS ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS EASTERN
KENTUCKY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
*A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...
AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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