HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 531 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 845 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3AM AND 9AM. LOCATIONS ALONG PINE...BLACK AND
THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEY
LOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTHWEST OF THESE MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE
THE HIGHER RISK OF SEEING THE STRONGEST WINDS. SOME THE HIGHER
ELEVATION VALLEY LOCATIONS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE
COMMUNITIES OF CUMBERLAND...EOLIA...CLOVER...AND SHELALY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT CHRISTMAS DAY.
WINDS OF THIS SPEED WILL POSE A THREAT TO DRIVERS OF HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES AND ARE CAPABLE OF TOPPLING WEAK OR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES.
THIS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL...OR RENEWED...POWER OUTAGES.
ADDITIONALLY...UP TO A HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BY
CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON AND THIS WILL COMBINE WITH THE RUN OFF FROM
MELTING SNOW TO RESULT IN A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN
MONDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS OR
WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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