Alert archive / Kentucky / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this winter storm warning at Feb 18, 2012, 4:30 PM EST for 28 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 19, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2012, 4:30 PM EST (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2012, 10:57 PM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
All 28 counties
Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Estill County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 8:42 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Smilax, KY | 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL. TREES AND POWER LINES ARE ICE AND SNOW COVERED, AND ROADS ARE ALSO ICE COVERED. |
| Feb 19, 1:14 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 1 Ese Williamsburg, KY | 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON GRASS AND 1 INCH OF SLUSHY SNOW ON ROADWAYS. |
| Feb 19, 1:43 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 1.5 | Goldbug, KY | AN INCH AND A HALF OF SNOW ON INTERSTATE 75 NEAR EXIT 15. |
| Feb 19, 1:55 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Hazard, KY | MAJOR AND SECONDARY ROADS BECOMING SNOW COVERED AND SLICK ALL OVER PERRY COUNTY ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 15 NORTH OF HAZARD. ADDITIONALLY TRACTOR TRAILER JACKKNIFED ON HAL ROGERS PARKWAY WEST OF HAZARD. |
| Feb 19, 2:00 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 2 S Whitesburg, KY | 2 INCHES ON HIGHWAY 119 ON PINE MOUNTAIN. MORE ON GRASSY AREAS. |
| Feb 19, 2:10 PM EST | SNOW 1.2 | 3 Wsw Prestonsburg, KY | SECONDARY ROADS ARE SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED. |
| Feb 19, 2:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 2 Sse Ned, KY | SNOW ACCUMULATED FROM 1220 PM TP 220 PM. |
| Feb 19, 2:23 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 1.5 | Barbourville, KY | AN INCH AND A HALF OF SNOW HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 1.7 INCHES. |
| Feb 19, 2:30 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Hindman, KY | ROADS THROUGHOUT KNOTT COUNTY BECOMING SLUSHY AND SNOW COVERED. ONE MINOR ACCIDENT REPORTED. |
| Feb 19, 2:35 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Prestonsburg, KY | ROADS ARE BECOMING SLUSHY. |
| Feb 19, 2:35 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Whitesburg, KY | ROADS HAVE BECOME SLICK WITH SOME ACCIDENTS BEING REPORTED. |
| Feb 19, 2:35 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.2 | London, KY | 3.2 INCHES IN THE LAST THREE HOURS FOR A STORM TOTAL OF 3.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 19, 2:40 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Prestonsburg, KY | ROADS ARE BECOMING SNOW COVERED INCLUDING US 23. |
| Feb 19, 2:45 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Blackey, KY | POWER OUTAGES IN THE BLACKEY AREA. |
| Feb 19, 3:10 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 1.5 | 3 Wsw Prestonsburg, KY | ONE AND A HALF INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 2.6 INCHES. |
| Feb 19, 3:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Whitesburg, KY | THROUGH 315 PM...STORM TOTAL OF TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW STARTED THREE HOURS AGO AT WHITESBURG. ADDITIONALLY...THREE TO FOUR INCHES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON PINE MOUNTAIN AT 200 PM AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 19, 3:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 5 Nw Manchester, KY | THREE INCHES OF SNOW ON GROUND WITHIN 4 HOURS. MAIN AND SECONDARY ROAD ARE TREACHEROUS THROUGHOUT CLAY COUNTY. |
| Feb 19, 3:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Whitesburg, KY | |
| Feb 19, 3:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Barbourville, KY | THERE HAS BEEN 0.8 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR...BRING A STORM TOTAL OF 2.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 19, 3:30 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Whitesburg, KY | |
| Feb 19, 3:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | Thornton, KY | SNOW RATE HAS BEEN AN INCH PER HOUR AND STILL SNOWING. ALSO...THERE ARE SLICK SNOW COVERED ROAD WITH ACCIDENTS. TEMPERATURE 33 DEGREES. |
| Feb 19, 3:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Barbourville, KY | TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF HOURS AND STILL SNOWING. |
| Feb 19, 3:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | 5 S London, KY | |
| Feb 19, 3:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | Thousandsticks, KY | NUMEROUS LIMBS AND TREES DOWN. |
| Feb 19, 3:34 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.6 | 11 Se London, KY | 3.6 INCHES IN THE LAST THREE AND A HALF HOURS. |
| Feb 19, 3:45 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2 | 1 E Lerose, KY | |
| Feb 19, 3:45 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 2.5 | Heidrick, KY | |
| Feb 19, 3:55 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4 | 2 Nw Blackey, KY | |
| Feb 19, 4:16 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.4 | 3 Wsw Prestonsburg, KY | STORM TOTAL IS NOW 3.4 INCHES AFTER RECEIVING 0.8 INCHES IN THE LAST HOUR. |
| Feb 19, 4:20 PM EST | SNOW 2.3 | 2 N Jackson, KY | |
| Feb 19, 4:37 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Thornton, KY | TREES AND LIMBS ARE FALLING. HEAVY SNOW AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR FOR THE LAST 3 HOURS. SNOW WAS HEAVY AT THE TIME OF THE OBSERVATION. |
| Feb 19, 4:37 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Mousie, KY | THE SNOW IS STILL FALLING HARD. TREE LIMBS ARE STARTING TO FALL. |
| Feb 19, 4:45 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Manchester, KY | |
| Feb 19, 4:50 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 E Lerose, KY | |
| Feb 19, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 Nw Booneville, KY | HIGHWAYS 11N, 11S, 30E, 30W, AND 28E ALL SLUSH COVERED AND SLICK |
| Feb 19, 5:15 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Hindman, KY | 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN. IT WAS STILL SNOWING AT THE TIME OF THE OBSERVATION. |
| Feb 19, 5:15 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Beattyville, KY | 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED ON THE GRASS |
| Feb 19, 5:20 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Turkey Creek, KY | ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED. POWER IS OUT AT MCANDREWS AND SIDNEY AREAS. |
| Feb 19, 5:25 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Baxter, KY | |
| Feb 19, 5:25 PM EST | SNOW 3.2 | 1 W Hazard, KY | |
| Feb 19, 5:25 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 10 Nw Whitesburg, KY | |
| Feb 19, 5:25 PM EST | SNOW 4.4 | Viper, KY | |
| Feb 19, 5:25 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Ary, KY | |
| Feb 19, 5:25 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Big Creek, KY | FALLEN TREES BLOCKING ROADS |
| Feb 19, 5:25 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Ned, KY | MANY ACCIDENTS NEAR BREATHITT AND PERRY COUNTY LINE |
| Feb 19, 5:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 4 Nw Beattyville, KY | REPORT FROM FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE |
| Feb 19, 5:30 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Cranes Nest, KY | |
| Feb 19, 5:30 PM EST | SNOW 5 | London, KY | |
| Feb 19, 5:37 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Booneville, KY | NUMEROUS TREES DOWN DUE TO HEAVY WET SNOW BLOCKING ROADS ALL OVER OWLSLEY |
| Feb 19, 5:45 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Thornton, KY | |
| Feb 19, 5:46 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Pikeville, KY | US 23 CLOSED AT DORTON MOUNTAIN DUE TO MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS |
| Feb 19, 5:48 PM EST | SNOW 2.2 | Virgie, KY | |
| Feb 19, 5:50 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Hagerhill, KY | |
| Feb 19, 6:05 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 4.2 | 3 Wsw Prestonsburg, KY | |
| Feb 19, 6:05 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 2 Nw Blackey, KY | |
| Feb 19, 6:10 PM EST | SNOW 3.1 | 2 N Jackson, KY | |
| Feb 19, 6:20 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 8 Nw Salyersville, KY | |
| Feb 19, 6:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.3 | 1 E Lerose, KY | |
| Feb 19, 6:30 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | 2 Ese Talbert, KY | |
| Feb 19, 6:30 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Barbourville, KY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
436 WWUS43 KJKL 182130 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 430 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FOR SOME LOCATIONS ON SUNDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS LOW WILL PUSH PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND RUNNING THROUGH SUNDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH. INITIALLY...RAIN IS FORECAST TO BEGIN SPREADING NORTH INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. IT SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS PRECIPITATION CONTINUES SPREADING FURTHER NORTH. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN THEN BE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...AND IT COULD COME DOWN HEAVILY AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER...WITH THE LIGHTEST GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. ANY REMAINING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES ON SUNDAY NIGHT. KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-106-108-111-114-116-190530- /O.UPG.KJKL.WS.A.0001.120219T0900Z-120220T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0001.120219T1200Z-120220T0200Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE- MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE... BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 430 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL LIKELY BE PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF RAIN IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON SUNDAY NIGHT. * FOUR TO SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHES COULD OCCUR IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT ON SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... THE EARLY PORTION OF THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AND WET...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS... ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ088-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-190530- /O.UPG.KJKL.WS.A.0001.120219T0900Z-120220T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0001.120219T1200Z-120220T0600Z/ HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 430 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL LIKELY BE PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF RAIN IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON SUNDAY NIGHT. * FOUR TO SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX TO EIGHT INCHES COULD OCCUR IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT ON SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... THE EARLY PORTION OF THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AND WET... WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS... ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ044-050>052-104-190530- /O.UPG.KJKL.WS.A.0001.120219T0900Z-120220T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.120219T1200Z-120220T0200Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...SANDY HOOK 430 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING. IT MAY BE PRECEDED BY A SHORT PERIOD OF RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON SUNDAY NIGHT. * ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA... ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT ON SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...THE EARLY PORTION OF THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AND WET... WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM ADVISORY MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MB
8 follow-up statements
091 WWUS43 KJKL 182319 AAA WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 619 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FOR SOME LOCATIONS ON SUNDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS LOW WILL PUSH PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT AND RUNNING THROUGH SUNDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH. INITIALLY...RAIN IS FORECAST TO BEGIN SPREADING NORTH INTO THE REGION TONIGHT. IT SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING AS PRECIPITATION CONTINUES SPREADING FURTHER NORTH. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN THEN BE EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...AND IT COULD COME DOWN HEAVILY AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER...WITH THE LIGHTEST GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. ANY REMAINING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES ON SUNDAY NIGHT. KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-106-108-111-114-116-190730- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.120219T1200Z-120220T0200Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE- MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE... BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 619 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL LIKELY BE PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF RAIN IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON SUNDAY NIGHT. * FOUR TO SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX TO TEN INCHES COULD OCCUR IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT ON SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... THE EARLY PORTION OF THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AND WET...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS... ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ088-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-190730- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.120219T1200Z-120220T0600Z/ HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 619 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST MONDAY. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING. IT WILL LIKELY BE PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF RAIN IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON SUNDAY NIGHT. * FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF THE WARNING AREA...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX TO TEN INCHES COULD OCCUR IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT ON SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... THE EARLY PORTION OF THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AND WET... WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS... ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ044-050>052-104-190730- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.120219T1200Z-120220T0200Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...SANDY HOOK 619 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION ON SUNDAY MORNING. IT MAY BE PRECEDED BY A SHORT PERIOD OF RAIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON SUNDAY NIGHT. * ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA... ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT ON SUNDAY. IN ADDITION... THE EARLY PORTION OF THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AND WET... WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LIMBS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM ADVISORY MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MB/GEOGERIAN
353 WWUS43 KJKL 190945 AAA WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 445 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FOR MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY TODAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH AND OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST TODAY. THIS LOW WILL PUSH PLENTY OF MOISTURE INTO SOUTHEAST EASTERN KENTUCKY TODAY. AT THE SAME TIME...COLDER AIR WILL ARRIVE FROM THE NORTH. INITIALLY...RAIN IS FORECAST TO BEGIN SPREADING NORTH INTO THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING. IT SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW IN MOST PLACES BY MID MORNING WITH A CHANGEOVER EXPECTED CLOSER TO NOON IN THE FAR SOUTH. ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN THEN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...PARTICULARLY FOR PLACES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. FOR THESE LOCATIONS...THE SNOW WILL LIKELY COME DOWN HEAVY AND WET AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER...WITH THE LIGHTEST TOTALS...IF ANY...FOUND GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64 AND IN SOME OF THE WARMER VALLEYS ACROSS THE SOUTH... NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. LINGERING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING. KYZ044-191045- /O.CAN.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.120219T1200Z-120220T0200Z/ FLEMING- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FLEMINGSBURG 445 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. DUE TO A CHANGE IN THE STORM TRACK IT NOW APPEARS THAT MOST OF FLEMING COUNTY WILL BE SPARED ACCUMULATING SNOWS. HOWEVER...UP TO A HALF AN INCH OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR THE TRIPLE POINT BORDER WITH BATH AND ROWAN COUNTIES. $$ KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-106-108-111-114-116-191745- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.120219T1200Z-120220T0200Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE- MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE... BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 445 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING. IT WILL LIKELY BE PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF RAIN FOR MANY LOCATIONS. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND MIXED WITH SLEET DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING. * IN GENERAL...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE VALLEYS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE EARLY PORTION OF THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AND WET...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ088-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-191745- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.120219T1200Z-120220T0600Z/ HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 445 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST MONDAY. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING. IT WILL LIKELY BE PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF RAIN IN MANY LOCATIONS. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND MIXED WITH SLEET DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY. LOOK FOR THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATER TONIGHT. * TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF FAR EAST KENTUCKY WITH FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX TO NINE INCHES COULD OCCUR IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE EARLY PORTION OF THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AND WET... WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS A GOOD POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ050>052-104-191745- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.120219T1200Z-120220T0200Z/ MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE... MOREHEAD...SANDY HOOK 445 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION ON LATER THIS MORNING. IT MAY BE PRECEDED BY A SHORT PERIOD OF RAIN. THE SNOW COULD BE BRIEFLY HEAVY AND MIXED WITH SLEET FOR A TIME. LOOK FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES TOWARD EVENING. * UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA... ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGETOPS AND LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM ADVISORY MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MB/GREIF
439 WWUS43 KJKL 191851 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 151 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FOR MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY TODAY... RAIN HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW OVER MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND ACCUMULATING SNOW CAN THEN BE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY FOR PLACES ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY...AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 75. FOR THESE LOCATIONS...THE SNOW WILL LIKELY COME DOWN HEAVY AND WET AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER...WITH THE LIGHTEST TOTALS...IF ANY...FOUND GENERALLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64...WEST OF INTERSTATE 75 AND IN SOME OF THE WARMER VALLEYS ACROSS THE SOUTH...NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. LINGERING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING. KYZ058>060-068-069-079-083-106-200200- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-WAYNE-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO...WEST LIBERTY 151 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. * ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGETOPS AND LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ088-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-200300- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0600Z/ HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 151 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATER TONIGHT. * TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF FAR EAST KENTUCKY WITH FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX TO NINE INCHES COULD OCCUR IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AND WET...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ080-084>087-108-111-114-116-200200- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CAMPTON... BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 151 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING. * IN GENERAL...TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL IN THE VALLEYS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... THE SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AND WET...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ050>052-104-200200- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE... MOREHEAD...SANDY HOOK 151 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW COULD BE BRIEFLY HEAVY. LOOK FOR SNOW SHOWERS TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING. * UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA... ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGETOPS AND LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. * TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT LATER TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ GREIF/MB
987 WWUS43 KJKL 192208 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 508 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FOR MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM PUSHES OFF TOWARDS THE EAST. HOWEVER...THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS... ESPECIALLY FOR PLACES BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN AND HAL ROGERS PARKWAYS AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 75. FOR THESE LOCATIONS...GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ABOVE 2000 FEET. KYZ088-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-200600- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0600Z/ HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 508 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF FAR EAST KENTUCKY WITH FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX TO NINE INCHES COULD OCCUR IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE ACCUMULATED SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ080-084>087-108-111-114-116-200200- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CAMPTON... BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 508 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. * IN GENERAL...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE ACCUMULATED SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS...RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ050>052-058>060-068-069-079-083-104-106-200200- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON- PULASKI-WAYNE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE... MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE... SOMERSET...MONTICELLO...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY 508 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING OVER THE REGION. * UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA... ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGETOPS AND LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MB
437 WWUS43 KJKL 192213 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 513 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FOR MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM PUSHES OFF TOWARDS THE EAST. HOWEVER...THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS... ESPECIALLY FOR PLACES BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN AND HAL ROGERS PARKWAYS AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 75. FOR THESE LOCATIONS... GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE ABOVE 2000 FEET. KYZ050>052-192315- /O.CAN.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 513 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ KYZ088-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-200600- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0600Z/ HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 513 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF FAR EAST KENTUCKY WITH FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX TO NINE INCHES COULD OCCUR IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION... THE ACCUMULATED SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ080-084>087-108-111-114-116-200200- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CAMPTON... BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 513 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. * IN GENERAL...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION... THE ACCUMULATED SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ058>060-068-069-079-083-104-106-200200- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-WAYNE-ELLIOTT- MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY 513 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING OVER THE REGION. * UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA... ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGETOPS AND LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 64. * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MB/GEOGERIAN
324 WWUS43 KJKL 192349 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 649 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED FOR MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM PUSHES OFF TOWARDS THE EAST. KYZ058>060-104-106-200100- /O.CAN.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY 649 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ KYZ088-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-200600- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0600Z/ HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 649 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THIS EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES TONIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF FAR EAST KENTUCKY WITH FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX TO NINE INCHES COULD OCCUR IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE ACCUMULATED SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ080-084>087-108-111-114-116-200200- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CAMPTON... BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 649 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. * IN GENERAL...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE ACCUMULATED SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ068-069-079-083-200200- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET... MONTICELLO 649 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING OVER THE REGION. * UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA... ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGETOPS. * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ MB/GEOGERIAN
167 WWUS43 KJKL 200159 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 859 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...SNOW IS WINDING DOWN FOR MANY LOCATIONS ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY... SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS EVENING AS THE STORM SYSTEM PUSHES OFF TOWARDS THE EAST. KYZ080-084>087-116-200400- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ /O.EXB.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.120220T0200Z-120220T0400Z/ LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE... MANCHESTER 859 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO FLURRIES LATER THIS EVENING OVER THE REGION. * LESS THAN A HALF OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH 11 PM. * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY AS SLUSH AND WET SPOTS FROM MELTED SNOW REFREEZE ACROSS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...AS WELL AS ANY UNTREATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ KYZ107-109-112-200300- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0600Z/ JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-BREATHITT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...JACKSON 859 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ KYZ108-111-114-200300- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE 859 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ KYZ068-069-079-083-200300- /O.EXP.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120220T0200Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET... MONTICELLO 859 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE THREAT OF ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ KYZ088-110-113-115-117>120-200600- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0600Z/ HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN... HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 859 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY. * LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY MIDNIGHT. * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF FAR EAST KENTUCKY WITH FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF ACCUMULATION ANTICIPATED ON THE RIDGES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SIX TO NINE INCHES WILL OCCUR IN LOCATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE ACCUMULATED SNOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN DAMAGED OR DOWNED TREES AND LARGE LIMBS... RESULTING IN POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THERE IS SIGNIFICANT SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ GEOGERIAN
032 WWUS43 KJKL 200357 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1057 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. KYZ088-110-113-115-117>120-200500- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120220T0600Z/ HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN... HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 1057 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ KYZ080-084>087-116-200500- /O.CAN.KJKL.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120220T0400Z/ LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE... MANCHESTER 1057 PM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. $$ GEOGERIAN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 18, 4:20 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 4:20 PM EST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 420 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...UPDATED FOCUS FOR THE PERIOD CONTINUES TO BE THE PENDING WINTER STORM SET TO ARRIVE LATE TONIGHT AND UNCERTAINTY STILL PLAGUES THE SNOW TOTAL FORECAST WITH TOO MANY VARIABLES TO NAIL DOWN ANYTHING MORE THAN RANGE AT THIS POINT. 12Z MODELS HAVE MAINTAINED A FAIRLY RESPECTABLE SPREAD ACROSS THE CWA WITH THE NAM REPRESENTING THE HIGHER END OF THE SPECTRUM. HPC/S WWD LOOKS MORE AKIN TO THE 15Z SREF/S 4 INCH PROBABILISTIC GUIDANCE. THE 12Z GFS HAS COME IN A BIT LEANER WITH QPF OVERALL AND WITH TEMPS LOOKING A LITTLE ON THE WARM SIDE MAY BE AIMING TOO LOW WITH SNOWFALL. THE 12Z EURO HAS COME IN A BIT MORE DYNAMIC OVERALL WITH THE SYSTEM SINCE ITS 00Z RUN. OVERALL...HAVE LEANED TOWARDS A BLENDED CONSENSUS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT FOR DETAILS WHICH AGAIN...REMAIN A BIT MURKY. AFTER COLLABORATION/COORDINATION WITH THE SURROUNDING OFFICES...HAVE DECIDED THAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION IS TO RAISE THE WATCH TO A WARNING OVER MOST OF THE CWA...EXCLUDING THE BLUEGRASS AND AREAS NORTH OF I 64 WHERE QPF AND PROJECTED SNOW RATIOS GENERALLY YIELDED A 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. WILL COVER THIS AREA WITH AN ADVISORY FOR NOW AND LET THE NEXT SHIFTS TAKE A BETTER LOOK AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS. TO THE SOUTH...THINGS BECOME INCREASING COMPLEX AS THE HIGHER QPF OVER THE CUMBERLAND WILL ALSO HAVE TO CONTEND WITH WARMER TEMPS KEEPING RAIN AROUND A BIT LONGER BEFORE GOING OVER TO SNOW. MOST AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE A MIX OF RAIN/SNOW OR EVEN RAIN/SLEET/SNOW FOR AN HOUR OR SO TOMORROW MORNING AS THE COLDER AIR BEGINS TO PUSH INTO THE AREA IN EARNEST. HOWEVER...SFC TEMPS WILL STILL LIKELY BE TOO WARM FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF HOURS TO SUPPORT ANY ACCUMULATIONS. FURTHER COMPLICATING THE MATTER IS THE FACT THAT THE COLDER AIR WILL BE BUILDING DOWN...SO SNOW TOTALS ON THE RIDGES SHOULD GENERALLY BE A BIT...IF NOT QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN THEIR CORRESPONDING VALLEYS. OVERALL...THE BEST COMBINATION OF LIFT...QPF...AND TEMP PROFILES ATTM WOULD INDICATE THE HIGHEST SNOW TOTALS...GENERALLY IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WILL FALL BETWEEN THE MOUNTAIN AND HAL ROGERS PARKWAYS...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS LOCALLY WHERE BANDING OCCURS AND AS USUAL OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG THE VA BORDER WHERE 6 TO 8 INCHES IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE PROBABLE. .LONG TERM.../MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...UPDATED THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE LONG WAVE PATTERN DURING THE PERIOD. HOWEVER...FOR THE SHORTWAVES AND SURFACE FEATURES THERE IS INCREASING DISCREPANCY AS TIME GOES BY. RIDGING AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT SHOULD BE PRESENT AT THE START OF THE PERIOD AND RESULT IN DRY WEATHER ON MONDAY NIGHT. A STORM SYSTEM RAPIDLY CROSSING THE MIDWEST WILL SEND A WARM FRONT THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS. THE POTENTIAL FOR RAIN SHOWERS THEN REMAINS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY NIGHT...AS ADDITIONAL WEAK WX SYSTEMS MOVE BY. THE TIMING/STRENGTH/PLACEMENT OF THESE IS UNCERTAIN TO THE POINT THAT POPS ARE ALL BEING HELD IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE AND CHANCE RANGE. A SURGE OF COLD AIR IS SHOWN BY BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...WITH THE GFS BEING COLDER THAN THE ECMWF. SNOW WILL NEED TO BE INCLUDED AS A PRECIP TYPE...BUT IT IS UNCLEAR IF TEMPS WILL REMAIN COLD ENOUGH FOR PRECIP TO BE ALL SNOW...AND A COMBINATION WILL BE USED FROM THURSDAY NIGHT ONWARD. ONCE AGAIN...TIMING OF FEATURES IS UNCERTAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT ONWARD...AND POPS AGAIN WILL BE HELD TO THE SLIGHT CHANCE AND CHANCE RANGE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 1240 PM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 VFR CIGS CONTINUE TO SPREAD N AND E INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS A POTENT STORM IS SET TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER INTO MVFR RANGE FROM SW TO NE AFTER 06Z AS SHRA BEGIN MOVING INTO THE AREA. SHRA WILL TRANSITION TO SHSN DURING AFTER 12Z WITH CONDITIONS DETERIORATING FURTHER INTO IFR...WITH IFR THEN CONTINUING BEYOND THE PERIOD INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY FOR KYZ044- 050>052-104. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST SUNDAY FOR KYZ058>060- 068-069-079-080-083>087-106-108-111-114-116. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST MONDAY FOR KYZ088-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120. && SHORT TERM...MB LONG TERM...HAL AVIATION...MB
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 4:45 AM EST, 11 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 445 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-191245- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 445 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TOWARD DAWN ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY. LITTLE OR NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM THIS UNTIL LATER SUNDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING OVER MUCH OF EAST KENTUCKY SUNDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST WILL SEE RAIN SHOWERS TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. INITIALLY...THE SNOW MAY BE RELATIVELY WET AND HEAVY...AND ANY APPRECIABLE ACCUMULATIONS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED LIMBS AND TREES AROUND THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...AROUND 4 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTIES OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. THIS IS A DYNAMIC SYSTEM STILL A WAYS OUT AND AS SUCH...THE FORECAST TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM MAY CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. RESIDENTS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING AND SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER FORECAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW REPORTS FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY...SUNDAY. MB/GREIF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 4:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming and 13 more | 30 hr |
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