URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
420 AM EST THU JAN 8 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...
.AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW
SHOWERS TO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE GREATEST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE UPSLOPE WIND FLOW
WILL ENHANCE THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOW.
KYZ087-088-110-113-115-117-118-120-081500-
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BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
420 AM EST THU JAN 8 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING.
A FAST MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW SHOWERS
TO MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO LOCALLY
TWO INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ON TOP OF WHAT HAS
ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL PRODUCE EVENT TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 4 INCHES FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET.
GUSTY WEST WINDS COULD ALSO CREATE SOME LOCALIZED BLOWING SNOW.
VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES IN
HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS.
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS
AND FLURRIES BY LATE THIS MORNING.
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.
LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR ANY FURTHER
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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WJM
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