SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1147 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-104-106>109-111-112-
114-116-119-081000-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-
JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-CLAY-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER...INEZ
1147 PM EST WED JAN 7 2009
...SNOW SHOWERS TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO MUCH OF EAST KENTUCKY
TONIGHT...
LINGERING MOISTURE BEHIND AN EXITING WEATHER SYSTEM COUPLED WITH
A FAST MOVING DISTURBANCE FROM THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL BRING
A PERIOD OF SNOW TO EASTERN KENTUCKY LATER TONIGHT. MOST OF THE
AREA WILL PICK UP AROUND AN INCH OF SNOWFALL BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BRISK WEST WINDS THAT WILL ADD TO
THE CHILL AND REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES TONIGHT. MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN THE SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. IN ADDITION
TO ANY FALLING SNOW...ANY STANDING WATER FROM EARLIER PRECIPITATION
WILL BEGIN TO FREEZE AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL BELOW FREEZING.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER
UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.
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GREIF/JP
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