WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 356 PM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY THIS WEEKEND...
.A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS STRENGTHENING ACROSS FLORIDA 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
ALL SNOW BY EARLY EVENING. AS A RESULT...A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM THIS EVENING 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>117-119-190500-
/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
356 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.
* A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY EARLY
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 9 INCHES. BY LATE TOMORROW MORNING...
4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE GROUND WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1
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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