WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 453 AM EST FRI DEC 18 2009
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...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6
PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY.
* RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY...WHICH WILL CHANGE OVER
TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX THIS EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY TO ALL SNOW
OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY. HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS IN THE
BLUEGRASS REGION WILL EXPERIENCE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW FIRST.
* THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL MAINLY AFTER 2 AM EST
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS EAST OF A LINE
FROM FRANKFORT TO TOMPKINSVILLE. LOCALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW
SHOWERS BRINGING UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BY
SATURDAY NIGHT. DESPITE A BREAK IN THE SNOWFALL SATURDAY AND
POSSIBLY SOME MELTING OCCURRING...SNOWFALL TOTALS BY SUNDAY
MORNING COULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN AREAS.
* TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES AT
OR JUST BELOW FREEZING AND LIGHT SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX
FALLING. ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND SLUSHY BY SATURDAY
MORNING...WITH SNOW OR ICE COVERED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
POSSIBLE AS WELL. TRAVEL WILL BE MOST HAZARDOUS IN THE HILLY
TERRAIN OF THE BLUEGRASS...MAINLY EAST OF A LEXINGTON TO LIBERTY
LINE.
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.
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AL/EES
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