WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1059 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SUNDAY.
* SNOW HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING. SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT
TIMES TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO LIGHTER SNOW SATURDAY INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM THIS EVENING TO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ARE
EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 5 AND 8 INCHES. BY LATE TOMORROW MORNING...
3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE GROUND WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2
TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
* TRAVEL WILL BE 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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