WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
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.
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-083-104-106-108-111-182200-
/O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0011.091218T2100Z-091220T1100Z/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-WAYNE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE
1254 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 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 EVENING. SNOW MAY BE BRIEFLY 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 2 AND 4 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY
AREA.
* TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS
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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
ABE/GREIF/SCHOETTMER
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