Alert archive / Kentucky / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this winter storm warning at Nov 26, 2013, 3:24 AM EST for 9 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Nov 26, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 hr. 22 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
- Nov 26, 2013, 3:24 AM EST (08:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2013, 11:30 AM EST
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
Counties Bell County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knott County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Martin County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 6:31 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 S Whitesburg, KY | HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REPORTS 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON HIGHWAY 119 CROSSING PINE MOUNTAIN. |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Se Fedscreek, KY | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 1 Se Fedscreek, KY | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.9 | 3 Wsw Prestonsburg, KY | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 4 W Middlesboro, KY | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Baxter, KY | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Hazard, KY | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Se Skyline, KY | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Se Whitesburg, KY | |
| Nov 27, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Hazard, KY | |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.9 | 3 N Harlan, KY | |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Whitesburg, KY | |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Hutch, KY | |
| Nov 27, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 2 Ene Topmost, KY | KNOTT COUNTY AND FLOYD COUNTY STATE HIGHWAY GARAGES REPORT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED EAST OF TOPMOST ALONG HWY 7 AND HWY 1091 IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST KNOTT AND SOUTHERN FLOYD COUNTY. |
| Nov 27, 9:38 AM EST | SNOW 3.9 | 3 E Eolia, KY | |
| Nov 27, 9:47 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 Sse Ned, KY | |
| Nov 27, 10:10 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Big Rock, KY | STATE HIGHWAY GARAGE ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Nov 27, 10:15 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Delphia, KY | |
| Nov 27, 10:26 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Pineville, KY | |
| Nov 27, 10:30 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 5 Sse Cumberland, KY | |
| Nov 27, 10:40 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Ashcamp, KY | |
| Nov 27, 10:40 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 N Ashcamp, 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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 1940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
366 WWUS43 KJKL 260824 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 324 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT EASTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EVOLVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND ALONG THE EAST COAST TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. COLD AIR WILL INTERACT WITH LINGERING MOISTURE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...ALLOWING FOR HEAVY SNOW TO FALL. KYZ087-088-110-113-115-117>120-261630- /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0002.131127T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ... PIKEVILLE 324 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING...FIRST OCCURRING IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS OCCURRING AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * EXPECT DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-069-080-085-086-104-106>109-111-112-114- 116-261630- /O.NEW.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.131126T2200Z-131127T2100Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-JACKSON- LAUREL-WHITLEY-KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE- BREATHITT-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...MCKEE... LONDON...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 324 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVIEST FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE IN THE DAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS OCCURRING ALONG RIDGETOPS. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KYZ068-079-083-084-261630- /O.NEW.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.131126T2200Z-131127T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-WAYNE-MCCREARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY 324 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVIEST FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS OCCURRING ALONG RIDGETOPS. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. 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. $$ GEOGERIAN
6 follow-up statements
902 WWUS43 KJKL 261614 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1114 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT EASTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EVOLVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND ALONG THE EAST COAST TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. COLD AIR WILL INTERACT WITH LINGERING MOISTURE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY...ALLOWING FOR HEAVY SNOW TO FALL. KYZ087-088-110-113-115-117>120-270000- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0002.131127T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ... PIKEVILLE 1114 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING...SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS OCCURRING AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * EXPECT DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-069-080-085-086-104-106>109-111-112-114- 116-270000- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.131126T2200Z-131127T2100Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-JACKSON- LAUREL-WHITLEY-KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE- BREATHITT-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...MCKEE... LONDON...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 1114 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVIEST FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE IN THE DAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS OCCURRING ALONG RIDGETOPS. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. 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. $$ KYZ068-079-083-084-270000- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.131126T2200Z-131127T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-WAYNE-MCCREARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY 1114 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVIEST FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH THE REST OF THE MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS OCCURRING ALONG RIDGETOPS. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KAS
830 WWUS43 KJKL 270000 AAA WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 700 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT EASTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL EVOLVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND ALONG THE EAST COAST TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. COLD AIR WILL INTERACT WITH A PLUME OF MOISTURE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN TIMES OF HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES COMMON AND UP TO 3 INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS BY DAWN WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE AREA... PARTICULARLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. KYZ087-088-110-113-115-117>120-271115- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ... PIKEVILLE 700 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING...SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS OCCURRING AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. * EXPECT DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-069-080-085-086-104-106>109-111-112-114- 116-271115- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T2100Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-JACKSON- LAUREL-WHITLEY-KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE- BREATHITT-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...MCKEE... LONDON...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 700 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS EVENING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVIEST FROM MID EVENING INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY LATE IN THE DAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG RIDGETOPS. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND INTO THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KYZ068-079-083-084-271115- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-WAYNE-MCCREARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY 700 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. THIS SNOW WILL FALL HEAVIEST DURING THE EVENING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATER TONIGHT AND DIMINISH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG RIDGETOPS. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE AT TIMES. 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. $$ GEOGERIAN/GREIF
583 WWUS43 KJKL 270430 AAA WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1130 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS BY THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS AND MOVE UP THE EAST COAST OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. COLD AIR WILL INTERACT WITH A PLUME OF MOISTURE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN TIMES OF HEAVY SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES COMMON AND UP TO 3 INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS BY DAWN WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE AREA...PARTICULARLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN KENTUCKY...THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. KYZ087-088-110-113-115-117>120-271230- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ... PIKEVILLE 1130 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS TO AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES ON THE RIDGES ABOVE 2000 FEET. * EXPECT DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE...AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-069-080-085-086-104-106>109-111-112-114- 116-271230- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T2100Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-JACKSON- LAUREL-WHITLEY-KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE- BREATHITT-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...MCKEE... LONDON...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 1130 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW WILL FALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE IN THE DAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN MOST LOCATIONS...THOUGH 3 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGETOPS. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1 MILE...AT TIMES. 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. $$ KYZ068-079-083-084-271230- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-WAYNE-MCCREARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY 1130 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW...GENERALLY LIGHT...WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF AND END EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM JUST A DUSTING TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS MAINLY FOUND ON THE RIDGETOPS. * EXPECT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SLUSH COVERED SECTIONS OF UNTREATED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN 2 MILES...AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ GEOGERIAN/GREIF
320 WWUS43 KJKL 270927 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 427 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL DEPART TODAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE EAST COAST TODAY. STEADY SNOW ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY TODAY...WITH ANY REMAINING SNOW SHOWERS TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY THIS EVENING. KYZ087-119-271200- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T1200Z/ BELL-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...INEZ 427 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS FORECAST. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH SALT. FALLING SNOW MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW A MILE. 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. $$ KYZ110-113-115-117-271730- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131128T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T2300Z/ FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN 427 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THE DAY AND MAY BRING ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS FORECAST...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY BEING ON RIDGES. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK TODAY...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH SALT. FALLING SNOW MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW A MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-069-080-085-104-106-108-111-114-271030- /O.CAN.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T2100Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-JACKSON- LAUREL-WHITLEY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...MCKEE... LONDON...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE 427 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING DURING THE DAY COULD BRING LOCALIZED LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL NOT SEE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF SIGNIFICANCE. $$ KYZ068-079-083-084-271030- /O.CAN.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-WAYNE-MCCREARY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY 427 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING DURING THE DAY COULD BRING LOCALIZED LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...BUT MOST LOCATIONS WILL NOT SEE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF SIGNIFICANCE. $$ KYZ088-118-120-271730- /O.EXT.KJKL.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131127T2300Z/ HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 427 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * STEADY SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP BY MID DAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES TOWARD EVENING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION BY WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION. * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN A MILE WILL CREATE DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS TODAY...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OR ON UNTREATED ROADS IN VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KYZ086-107-109-112-116-271200- /O.EXT.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T1200Z/ KNOX-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-BREATHITT-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...PAINTSVILLE... SALYERSVILLE...JACKSON...MANCHESTER 427 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY THIS MORNING. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS FORECAST. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH SALT. FALLING SNOW MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW A MILE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ HAL
091 WWUS43 KJKL 271215 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 715 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL DEPART TODAY... .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE UP THE EAST COAST TODAY. STEADY SNOW ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SHOWERS OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY TODAY...WITH ANY REMAINING SNOW SHOWERS TAPERING TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING. KYZ086-087-107-109-112-116-119-271315- /O.EXP.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T1200Z/ KNOX-BELL-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-BREATHITT-CLAY-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...JACKSON...MANCHESTER... INEZ 715 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ONLY FLURRIES REMAINED IN THE AREA. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THE DAY...BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ KYZ088-118-120-272100- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131127T2300Z/ HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 715 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THE DAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN TAPER TO FLURRIES TOWARD EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION. * SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY OCCASIONALLY LESS THAN A MILE WILL CREATE DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS TODAY...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS OR ON UNTREATED ROADS IN VALLEYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ KYZ110-113-115-117-272100- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T2300Z/ FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN 715 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP DURING THE DAY AND MAY BRING LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TOWARD EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS FORECAST...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS GENERALLY BEING ON RIDGES. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK TODAY...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH SALT. FALLING SNOW MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW A MILE. 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. $$ HAL
359 WWUS43 KJKL 271630 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1130 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER STORM WILL DEPART TODAY... .SNOW SHOWERS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. THESE SNOW SQUALLS MAY BE ABLE TO LAY DOWN A QUICK QUARTER INCH OF SNOW AND PRODUCE SLIPPERY ROADS CONDITIONS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE TAPERING TO FLURRIES THIS EVENING. KYZ088-118-120-272300- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-131127T2300Z/ /O.EXA.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T2300Z/ HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 1130 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW SQUALLS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * NEW SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK TODAY...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH SALT. FALLING SNOW MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW A ONE HALF MILE AND CAUSE CLEARED ROADS TO BECOME QUICKLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-104-106>109-111- 112-114-116-119-272300- /O.EXA.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T2300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-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... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER...INEZ 1130 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SNOW SQUALLS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. * NEW SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK TODAY...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH SALT. FALLING SNOW MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW A ONE HALF MILE AND CAUSE CLEARED ROADS TO BECOME QUICKLY SNOW COVERED. 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. $$ KYZ110-113-115-117-272300- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-131127T2300Z/ FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN 1130 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * SNOW SQUALLS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY EVENING. * NEW SNOW FALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. * SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLICK TODAY...ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN TREATED WITH SALT. FALLING SNOW MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO BELOW A ONE HALF MILE AND CAUSE CLEARED ROADS TO BECOME QUICKLY SNOW COVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JJ
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 Nov 26, 1:47 AM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 26, 1:47 AM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 147 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 147 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 TEMPERATURES ARE SLOWLY CREEPING UP ACROSS THE AREA...WITH MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN FAR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY HOLDING ONTO VALUES JUST BELOW FREEZING. THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...HOWEVER MORE SUSTAINED RADAR RETURNS ARE STARTING TO BLOSSOM AND MOVE IN FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE IN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH DAWN. LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH DAWN. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET IN FAR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...WHERE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW COULD FALL BEFORE MELTING OFF AS THE WARM NOSE WORKS IN. UPDATE ISSUED AT 1115 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS ARE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA...THOUGH A FEW LINGERING ONES ARE STILL SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE. FOR INSTANCE THE SHOWER POISED TO MOVE OVER THE STATION HERE. GENERALLY A SOLID DUSTING TO HALF INCH OF SNOW FELL THROUGH THE AREA WITH A FEW HIGHER AMOUNTS IMPLIED. WE DID RECEIVE A REPORT OF NUMEROUS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES STRANDED ON ONE OF OUR HIGHER MOUNTAIN ROADS AS A HEAVIER BURST OF SNOW MOVED THROUGH. THE ROAD TEMPERATURES ARE STILL IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S ACROSS THE AREA AT THE RWIS SITES...MOST NOTABLY THE HWY 119 ONE IN LETCHER COUNTY AT PINE MOUNTAIN. NEVERTHELESS... ISSUED A BEEFED UP SPS FOR THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE CWA WITH THE HIGHER ROADS IN THE MOUNTAIN PASSES HIGHLIGHTED FOR EXTRA CAUTION. HAVE TRANSITIONED THE FORECAST TOWARD THE IDEA OF LIGHT MIXED PCPN FOR THE NORTHWESTERN 2/3RDS OF THE CWA THROUGH MORNING. DID KEEP THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL PCPN...TRANSITIONING TO RAIN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST. UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE NDFD AND WEB SERVERS. UPDATE ISSUED AT 810 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 00Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING SOUTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WHILE ANOTHER LOW IS TAKING SHAPE TO OUR SOUTH. THIS SOUTHERN SYSTEM HAS SENT A SURGE OF MOISTURE INTO OUR DRY AIR MASS. AS A RESULT...THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS WETBULBING DOWN TO NEAR FREEZING AND RESULTING IN A TRANSITION OF LEADING EDGE RAIN TO SNOW. CURRENTLY THE SNOW BAND RUNS FROM NEAR MCKEE IN THE WEST TO HARLAN IN THE EAST WITH REPORTS OF LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY. THIS BAND WILL WORK NORTH THROUGH THE EVENING WITH THE INITIAL SURGE AND THE HEAVIEST SNOW...ACCUMULATING A HALF AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW. WITH WARM ROAD SFC TEMPS AND AIR TEMPS NOT FAR FROM FREEZING EXPECT JUST BRIEF SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS ON ANY ROADS. AN SPS IS OUT HIGHLIGHTING THIS THREAT. THE WARM SURGE OF MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AND GRADUALLY TRANSITION THE SNOW OVER TO RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH TIME LATE TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER OUT SOUTHEAST COUNTIES DURING THE DAY TUESDAY WHEN THIS SYSTEM REALLY GETS GEARED UP. A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW FOLLOWS LATER IN THE DAY AND THROUGH THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE MAIN LOW PASSES BY US TO THE EAST AND ARCTIC AIR POURS IN ON BRISK NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN CONTINUE OFF AND ON OVER MUCH OF THE CWA THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. AT THIS POINT A 2 TO 4 INCH SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH EAST KENTUCKY FROM THIS...A BIT HIGHER ABOVE 2000 FEET AND LOWER IN THE VALLEYS AND WESTERNMOST PARTS OF THE AREA. HAVE UPDATED THE HWO TO REFLECT THESE THOUGHTS AS WELL AS THE HEAVY RAIN CONCERNS. UPDATED THE GRID AND ZONES THROUGH THE FIRST 3 PERIODS TO MESH WITH THE LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE AND OUR THOUGHTS. IT LOOKS LIKE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ON TAP FOR LATER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS SOON AS THIS FIRST BAND OF SNOW TRANSITIONS TO RAIN. UPDATED GRIDS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE NDFD AND WEB SERVERS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 311 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING FORECAST BECAUSE A DEGREE OR TWO DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT CAN MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE RESULTING WINTER PRECIPITATION. AT LEAST THE MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE TRACK OF THE LOW WHICH HAS BEEN JUMPING AROUND QUITE A BIT. LOOKING AT THE LATEST GUIDANCE...CAME UP WITH A TEMPERATURE FORECAST WHICH IN TURN DROVE WHETHER OR NOT TO PUT ANY FREEZING RAIN INTO THE FORECAST. THE TEMPERATURES DO NOT SUPPORT FREEZING PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER IT CAN NOT BE TOTALLY RULED OUT. THE GREATEST THREAT WOULD BE IN AN ISOLATED DEEP VALLEY WHERE THE COLD AIR IS NOT COMPLETELY SCOURED OUT. A LOT WILL DEPEND ON HOW FAST LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE AREA. IF THE MOISTURE IS SLOWER TO RETURN THAN FORECAST...THEN THE COOLING CAUSED BY THE RAIN FALLING INTO THE DRY AIR COULD CAUSE THE TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO BELOW FREEZING AND THUS CREATE A PATCH OF FREEZING RAIN. CONSIDERING THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY AND THE ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURES...EVEN IF THIS COOLING OCCURRED...THEN ONLY BRIDGES AND SHADED WALKWAYS AND AN ISOLATED DEEP VALLEY WOULD BE AFFECTED. THE INITIAL ONSET OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT SHOULD RAIN THEN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW OR RAIN AND SNOW MIXED. THEN IT SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. THERE MAY ALSO BE A VERY BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WITHIN THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF ONSET OF THE SNOW. THE CHANGE OVER TO ALL RAIN WILL OCCUR FIRST IN THE SOUTH AND THEN MOVE TO THE NORTH BY MORNING. ONLY EXPECTING VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS...MOSTLY ON THE GRASS...WITH THE SNOW TONIGHT. THE AREA NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY HAVING THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE MORE THAN A SKIFF. AGAIN...THIS IS TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT...AND THUS THERE IS A DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY. HOWEVER THE LATEST MODEL TRENDS HAVE BEEN FOR WARMER TEMPERATURES...SO CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING. AFTER A DAY OF RAIN ON TUESDAY...IT SHOULD BE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER 8 PM NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND THEN BY MIDNIGHT SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY. ISSUED AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION TONIGHT. HELD OFF ON AN ADVISORY TO AVOID CONFUSION. MOST LIKELY...AN ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY TUESDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 311 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 EXTENDED FORECAST WILL FEATURE A RETURN OF QUIETER WEATHER CONDITIONS AS MID LEVEL RIDGING SLOWLY PUSHES EAST ACROSS THE REGION. SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT SHOULD TAPER OFF OVERNIGHT AS CONDITIONS BECOME MORE RESISTANT FOR SNOW SHOWERS. COLD WEATHER WILL LINGER THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK HOWEVER...WITH LOWS BY THANKSGIVING MORNING WELL INTO THE TEENS...AND WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME SINGLE DIGITS. HIGHS ON THANKSGIVING WILL STRUGGLE TO RECOVER TO THE LOW 30S. A FEW MORE CHILLY NIGHTS ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN SHOULD BECOME MORE ZONAL THIS WEEKEND...ALLOWING MILDER WEATHER TO RETURN TO THE AREA. THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION...IN THE FORM OF RAIN THIS TIME...WILL COME LATE SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A SOUTHERN STREAM WAVE PUSHES ACROSS THE SOUTH SENDING A PLUME OF MOISTURE NORTH INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY. FORTUNATELY...NO COLD AIR TO WORK WITH AS THIS SYSTEM REMAINS SEPARATED FROM THE NORTHERN STREAM...SO NO SNOW TO BE CONCERNED WITH THIS TIME AROUND. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 147 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 EXPECT WIDESPREAD IFR/LIFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM SPREADS PRECIPITATION IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN BY AROUND DAWN. RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM KSJS TO KJKL TO KEKQ DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN AROUND 5 KTS OR LESS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE NORTHERLY WINDS KICK IN BY DUSK AT AROUND 10 KTS. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...WITH SNOW CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...GEOGERIAN SHORT TERM...JJ LONG TERM...KAS AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 25, 10:55 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1055 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-270700- 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 1055 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH RAIN...WILL AFFECT EAST KENTUCKY TONIGHT. SOME PATCHY FREEZING RAIN OR POCKETS OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL. UP TO ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR... MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER AND ON GRASSY OR ELEVATED SURFACES. THE ROADS COULD GET BRIEFLY COVERED DURING SNOW SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW CAN THEN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT TIMES...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW THE SNOW AROUND AND REDUCE VISIBILITY. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR TO BE A GOOD BET OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGH TERRAIN CLOSER TO THE VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA BORDERS. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS IN THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM... SO STAY TUNED TO THE FORECAST FOR UPDATED AND REFINED WEATHER INFORMATION THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW OR SLEET REPORTS THROUGH THE NIGHT...HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON TUESDAY...AND ALSO SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TUESDAY EVENING INTO THE DAY WEDNESDAY. GEOGERIAN/GREIF
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 10:04 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1004 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 KYZ086>088-104-106>120-260615- KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE- BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE... HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN... BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ... PIKEVILLE 1004 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 ...BURSTS OF HEAVIER SNOWS MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT... AN AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO PROGRESS THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE THIS EVENING. A FEW HEAVIER BURSTS OF SNOW HAVE MADE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN PARTS OF THE AREA...PARTICULARLY ON THE MOUNTAIN ROADS NEAR VIRGINIA. LOOK FOR GENERALLY A HALF TO ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION FROM THIS AREA OF SNOW...MAINLY ON GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. HOWEVER...THE ROADS MAY GET BRIEFLY COVERED DURING THIS FIRST SHOT OF SNOW. A PERIOD OF SLEET WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FOR A SHORT TIME WHILE THE WEATHER TRANSITIONS FROM RAIN TO SNOW INITIALLY AND THEN BACK TO RAIN AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. LOOK FOR MAINLY LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH A SWITCH BACK TO LIGHT RAIN TOWARD DAWN IN MOST PLACES. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...PARTICULARLY OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES NEAR VIRGINIA. GREIF
Special weather statement, Nov 25, 10:55 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1055 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-261215- 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 1055 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 ...A WINTRY MIX OF WEATHER OVERNIGHT...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH RAIN...WILL AFFECT EAST KENTUCKY TONIGHT. SOME PATCHY FREEZING RAIN OR POCKETS OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE...AS WELL. UP TO ONE INCH OF ACCUMULATION MAY OCCUR... MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE VIRGINIA BORDER AND ON GRASSY OR ELEVATED SURFACES. THE ROADS COULD GET BRIEFLY COVERED DURING SNOW SHOWERS. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING OVERNIGHT... PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE HIGHER ELEVATION MOUNTAIN PASSES NEAR VIRGINIA. EXPECT A COLD RAIN...AT TIMES HEAVY THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE AREA...DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. SNOW CAN THEN BE EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT TIMES...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BLOW THE SNOW AROUND AND REDUCE VISIBILITY. THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR TO BE A GOOD BET OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGH TERRAIN CLOSER TO THE VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA BORDERS. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL REMAINS IN THE EXACT AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM... SO STAY TUNED TO THE FORECAST FOR UPDATED AND REFINED WEATHER INFORMATION THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GEOGERIAN/GREIF
Local storm report, Nov 25, 11:50 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1150 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0945 PM SNOW JENKINS 37.18N 82.63W
11/25/2013 U0.0 INCH LETCHER KY BROADCAST MEDIA
SNOW LED TO NUMEROUS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES GETTING STRANDED
ON US HIGHWAY 23 NEAR JENKINS
&&
GREIFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 3:24 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 39 hr |
| Nov 26, 10:04 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, McCreary and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 26, 4:00 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 4 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Kentucky, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.