Alert archive / Kentucky / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2015, 4:43 AM EST for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 20, 2015, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 25 hr. 41 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 20, 2015, 4:43 AM EST (09:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2015, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
All 33 counties
Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming 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, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 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 21, 12:34 AM EST | SNOW 0.7 | Somerset, KY | |
| Feb 21, 1:37 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Beverly, KY | |
| Feb 21, 2:22 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Mozelle, KY | |
| Feb 21, 4:26 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.15 | Annville, KY | COLLECTING ON TREE LIMBS |
| Feb 21, 6:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Rogers, KY | 0.25 INCH AND STILL ACCUMULATING. |
| Feb 21, 6:25 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | Allen, KY | |
| Feb 21, 6:42 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Hagerhill, KY | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 4 Ne Jackson, KY | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 2 Ese Talbert, KY | |
| Feb 21, 7:00 AM EST | ICE STORM | 4 Se Mount Pisgah, KY | SEVERAL TREES DOWNED ON HIGHWAY 167 NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER DUE TO ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 21, 7:26 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 2 Wnw Beattyville, KY | |
| Feb 21, 7:26 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.1 | 5 W Prestonsburg, KY | TEMPERATURE 32. ICE BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE MORE. |
| Feb 21, 7:31 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Wellington, KY | |
| Feb 21, 7:40 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Clay City, KY | LESS THAN 0.10 ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 21, 7:40 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.05 | Clay City, KY | LESS THAN 0.10 ACCUMULATION. |
| Feb 21, 7:44 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 5 N Mount Sterling, KY | |
| Feb 21, 7:54 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Middlesboro, KY | |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Barbourville, KY | AT LEAST ONE-QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN OCCURRED ACROSS THE COUNTY AFTER A COATING OF SNOW. |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | ICE STORM | Co Operative, KY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED DUE TO FREEZING RAIN ON HIGHWAY 3258...1363 AND 92W NEAR THE WAYNE COUNTY LINE. |
| Feb 21, 8:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Beattyville, KY | THE ROOF COLLAPSED IN A STORE IN BEATTYVILLE DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW AND RAINFALL. THE EXACT TIME OF THE COLLAPSE IS ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 21, 8:15 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Mount Vernon, KY | |
| Feb 21, 8:23 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Gimlet, KY | |
| Feb 21, 8:39 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | Hazard, KY | |
| Feb 21, 8:55 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Hutch, KY | |
| Feb 21, 9:13 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 12 Ene Sandy Hook, KY | |
| Feb 21, 9:44 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Nolansburg, KY | |
| Feb 21, 9:48 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.13 | 4 W Bee Lick, KY | FREEZING RAIN STARTING TO MIX WITH SNOW. |
| Feb 21, 10:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Shopville, KY | ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTH AND EAST END OF THE COUNTY. |
| Feb 21, 11:00 AM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.3 | 3 Wsw Prestonsburg, KY | STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION. FREEZING RAIN HAS SINCE CHANGED OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. ACCUMULATION WAS THICKEST ON PAVEMENT. AS OF 1630 THIS AFTERNOON...ICE HAS MELTED OFF OF TREES AND UTILITY LINES...BUT COUNTY ROAD IS SLUSHY WITH ICY SPOTS. |
| Feb 21, 11:45 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Harlan, KY | THE ROOF OF A STORE COLLAPSED IN HARLAN DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND FOLLOWING RAINFALL. THE EXACT TIME OF THE COLLAPSE IS ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 21, 11:45 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Harlan, KY | 6 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW WET SNOW ACCUMULATED OVER MUCH OF HARLAN. THE TIMING OF THIS AMOUNT IS ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM EST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 3 Sw Frakes, KY | SOME POWER OUTAGES. |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Eolia, KY | |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 12 | 2 Se Middlesboro, KY | A FOOT OF SNOW AT FERN LAKE. |
| Feb 21, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 12 | Fonde, KY | |
| Feb 21, 3:00 PM EST | SNOW 12 | 3 S Benham, KY | |
| Feb 21, 3:20 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Somerset, KY | THE 911 DISPATCH OFFICE REPORTED THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED MULTIPLE REPORTS OF ROOFS COLLAPSING OR SUFFERING VARYING DEGREES OF DAMAGE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF HEAVY WET SNOW ON THEM. |
| Feb 21, 3:55 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Beverly, KY | ONE INCH OF SNOW SINCE 1230 AM. |
| Feb 21, 4:15 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Somerset, KY | AWNING COLLAPSED AT THE FISN-N-SKI CONVENIENCE STORE/GAS STATION. EXACT TIME OF COLLAPSE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 21, 5:05 PM EST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Harlan, KY | HEAVY SNOW CAUSED THE GULF/COMMISSARY GAS STATION CANOPY TO COLLAPSE. TIME OF COLLAPSE IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. |
| Feb 21, 6:00 PM EST | SNOW 20 | 3 E Eolia, KY | 2400 FEET ELEVATION. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
220 WWUS43 KJKL 200943 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 443 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY... .ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM AT EASTERN KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER AS WARMER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. KYZ044-050>052-201745- /O.UPG.KJKL.WS.A.0003.150221T0000Z-150222T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0003.150221T0000Z-150222T0000Z/ /O.CON.KJKL.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1300Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 443 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. ADDITIONALLY...A LIGHT COATING OF ICE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES. 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. && $$ KYZ083>087-201745- /O.UPG.KJKL.WS.A.0003.150221T0000Z-150222T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0003.150220T2300Z-150221T1800Z/ WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...PINE KNOT...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...PROVIDENCE... BARBOURVILLE...NORTH CORBIN...PINEVILLE 443 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES AS WELL AS A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-088-104-106>120-201745- /O.UPG.KJKL.WS.A.0003.150221T0000Z-150222T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0003.150221T0000Z-150222T0000Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY... WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG...MOUNT VERNON...BRODHEAD...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...SOMERSET...LONDON...GEORGETOWN...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...UNION...BEATTYVILLE...FINCASTLE... JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS... FLEMING-NEON...INEZ...WARFIELD...PIKEVILLE 443 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES AS WELL AS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ GEOGERIAN
6 follow-up statements
967 WWUS43 KJKL 201315 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 815 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY... .ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM AT EASTERN KENTUCKY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER AS WARMER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. KYZ044-050>052-202200- /O.EXP.KJKL.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1300Z/ /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.150221T0000Z-150222T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 815 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND THEN RAIN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-088-104-106>120-202200- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.150221T0000Z-150222T0000Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY... WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG...MOUNT VERNON...BRODHEAD...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...SOMERSET...LONDON...GEORGETOWN...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...UNION...BEATTYVILLE...FINCASTLE... JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS... FLEMING-NEON...INEZ...WARFIELD...PIKEVILLE 815 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES AS WELL AS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ KYZ083>087-202200- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.150220T2300Z-150221T1800Z/ WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...PINE KNOT...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...PROVIDENCE... BARBOURVILLE...NORTH CORBIN...PINEVILLE 815 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST SATURDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES AS WELL AS A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ GEOGERIAN
576 WWUS43 KJKL 202154 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 454 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM AT EASTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AS SNOW ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER AS WARMER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...A CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. KYZ068-069-079-080-116-211000- /O.EXT.KJKL.WS.W.0003.150220T2300Z-150221T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...BRODHEAD...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MANCHESTER 454 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES AS WELL AS UP TO A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND SLEET AS WELL AS ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES. 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. && $$ KYZ044-050>052-058>060-088-104-106>115-117>120-211000- /O.EXT.KJKL.WS.W.0003.150221T0300Z-150222T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY...WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG... GEORGETOWN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...UNION...BEATTYVILLE... FINCASTLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS... FLEMING-NEON...INEZ...WARFIELD...PIKEVILLE 454 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND THEN RAIN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED AS WELL AS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND SLEET AS WELL AS ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ083>087-211000- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.150220T2300Z-150221T1800Z/ WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...PINE KNOT...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...PROVIDENCE... BARBOURVILLE...NORTH CORBIN...PINEVILLE 454 PM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... * SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AS WELL AS UP TO A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ARE EXPECTED. * TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HEAVY AND WET NATURE OF THE SNOW AND SLEET AS WELL AS ANY ICE ACCUMULATION WILL ALSO BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES. 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. && $$ GEOGERIAN/SHALLENBERGER
128 WWUS43 KJKL 210952 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 452 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY... .PRECIPITATION IS MOVING ACROSS KENTUCKY MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...ALTHOUGH SOME SLEET AND WET SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THIS IS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT ICING AND MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS ONLY ADVISED IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY THROUGH THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS WINTRY MIX TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE FINALLY TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. MUCH OF EASTERN KENTUCKY IS LIKELY TO SEE A HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-088-104-106>115-117>120-211800- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY...WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG... GEORGETOWN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...UNION...BEATTYVILLE... FINCASTLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS... FLEMING-NEON...INEZ...WARFIELD...PIKEVILLE 452 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET AND SNOW AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN. WHILE SOME LOCATIONS ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING AIR TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LAG BEHIND THE AIR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MORNING...ALLOWING THIS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO ACCUMULATE ON MOST SURFACES...INCLUDING THE ROADWAYS. * UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. * ICE COVERED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON POWER LINES WILL BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY WET SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH THIS ICE...COULD CAUSE EXTRA STRESS ON ROOFS AND OVERHANGS THAT ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED...LEADING TO POTENTIAL COLLAPSES OF WEAK STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ068-069-079-080-083>087-116-211800- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150221T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- BELL-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...BRODHEAD...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...PINE KNOT...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...PROVIDENCE... BARBOURVILLE...NORTH CORBIN...PINEVILLE...MANCHESTER 452 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN. WHILE SOME LOCATIONS ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING AIR TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL LAG BEHIND THE AIR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MORNING...ALLOWING THIS MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO ACCUMULATE ON MOST SURFACES...INCLUDING THE ROADWAYS. * UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. * ICE COVERED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON POWER LINES WILL BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY WET SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH THIS ICE...COULD CAUSE EXTRA STRESS ON ROOFS AND OVERHANGS THAT ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED...LEADING TO POTENTIAL COLLAPSES OF WEAK STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JMW/GEOGERIAN
663 WWUS43 KJKL 211525 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1025 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY... .PRECIPITATION IS MOVING ACROSS KENTUCKY MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...ALTHOUGH SOME SLEET AND WET SNOW ARE OCCURRING... PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY IN FAR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY WHERE HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. THIS IS MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS ONLY ADVISED IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY THROUGH THIS MORNING. EXPECT THIS WINTRY MIX TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BEFORE FINALLY TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-088-104-106>115-117>120-211800- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY...WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG... GEORGETOWN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...UNION...BEATTYVILLE... FINCASTLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS... FLEMING-NEON...INEZ...WARFIELD...PIKEVILLE 1025 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * FREEZING RAIN...MIXING WITH SLEET...SNOW...AND RAIN AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN. WHILE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO LAG BEHIND THE AIR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MORNING...ALLOWING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRUAL THROUGH THIS MORNING. * UP TO A HALF INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE PORTIONS OF HARLAN...LETCHER...AND PIKE COUNTIES...WHERE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL EXCEED 6 INCHES IN PLACES. * ICE COVERED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON POWER LINES WILL BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY WET SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH THIS ICE...COULD CAUSE EXTRA STRESS ON ROOFS AND OVERHANGS THAT ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED...LEADING TO POTENTIAL COLLAPSES OF WEAK STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ068-069-079-080-083>087-116-211800- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150221T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- BELL-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...BRODHEAD...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...PINE KNOT...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...PROVIDENCE... BARBOURVILLE...NORTH CORBIN...PINEVILLE...MANCHESTER 1025 AM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * FREEZING RAIN...MIXING WITH SLEET...SNOW...AND RAIN AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN. WHILE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO LAG BEHIND THE AIR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE MORNING...ALLOWING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRUAL THROUGH THIS MORNING. * UP TO A HALF INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE PORTIONS OF BELL COUNTY...WHERE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL EXCEED 6 INCHES IN PLACES. * ICE COVERED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS MORNING. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON POWER LINES WILL BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY WET SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH THIS ICE...COULD CAUSE EXTRA STRESS ON ROOFS AND OVERHANGS THAT ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED...LEADING TO POTENTIAL COLLAPSES OF WEAK STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ GEOGERIAN
278 WWUS43 KJKL 211755 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1255 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY... .PRECIPITATION IS MOVING ACROSS KENTUCKY MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE SOUTHWEST...WITH SOME SLEET AND WET SNOW OCCURRING IN THE EAST AND NORTHERN PORTIONS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY IN FAR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY AND POINTS NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY...WHERE HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. THIS IS MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS ONLY ADVISED IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT THIS WINTRY MIX TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BEFORE FINALLY TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY RAIN BY THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF KENTUCKY. KYZ068-069-079-080-083>085-211900- /O.EXP.KJKL.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150221T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...BRODHEAD...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...PINE KNOT...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG 1255 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE GROUND TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY HAS FINALLY RISEN ABOVE FREEZING AND ANY FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET HAS TRANSITIONED OVER TO RAIN. THERE MAY BE A FEW POCKETS THAT BRIEFLY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN BUT ALL PRECIP SHOULD BE RAIN. IN ADDITION...SOME OF THE RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES CREATING PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND COMBINED WITH THE RESIDUAL ICE AND SLUSH ON THE ROADWAYS...THIS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. $$ KYZ086-087-116-220000- /O.EXT.KJKL.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T0000Z/ KNOX-BELL-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PROVIDENCE...BARBOURVILLE... NORTH CORBIN...PINEVILLE...MANCHESTER 1255 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * FREEZING RAIN...MIXING WITH SLEET...SNOW...AND RAIN AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN THIS EVENING. WHILE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO VERY SLOWLY RISE...GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO LAG BEHIND THE AIR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRUAL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * UP TO A HALF INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE PORTIONS OF BELL COUNTY...WHERE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL EXCEED 6 INCHES IN PLACES. * ICE COVERED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON POWER LINES WILL BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY WET SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH THIS ICE...COULD CAUSE EXTRA STRESS ON ROOFS AND OVERHANGS THAT ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED...LEADING TO POTENTIAL COLLAPSES OF WEAK STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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>060-088-104-106>115-117>120-220000- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY...WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG... GEORGETOWN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...UNION...BEATTYVILLE... FINCASTLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS... FLEMING-NEON...INEZ...WARFIELD...PIKEVILLE 1255 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * FREEZING RAIN...MIXING WITH SLEET...SNOW...AND RAIN AT TIMES... WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN. WHILE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE...GROUND TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO LAG BEHIND THE AIR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRUAL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * UP TO A HALF INCH OF TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH 2 INCHES OR LESS OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE PORTIONS OF HARLAN...LETCHER...AND PIKE COUNTIES... WHERE TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL EXCEED 6 INCHES IN PLACES. * ICE COVERED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE TREACHEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY TRAVEL IF IT IS AN EMERGENCY. THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON POWER LINES WILL BRING THE THREAT OF POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY WET SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH THIS ICE...COULD CAUSE EXTRA STRESS ON ROOFS AND OVERHANGS THAT ARE ALREADY SNOW COVERED...LEADING TO POTENTIAL COLLAPSES OF WEAK STRUCTURES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ GEOGERIAN/SHALLENBERGER
545 WWUS43 KJKL 220005 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 705 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-086>088-104-106>120-220115- /O.EXP.KJKL.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150222T0000Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-KNOX-BELL- HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT- KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY...WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG... PROVIDENCE...BARBOURVILLE...NORTH CORBIN...PINEVILLE... GEORGETOWN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...UNION...BEATTYVILLE... FINCASTLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS... FLEMING-NEON...INEZ...WARFIELD...PIKEVILLE 705 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION CONTINUES...TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING AND THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...ICE AND SLUSH MAY LINGER ON SOME SURFACES...AND TRAVELERS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SLICK SURFACES. $$ HAL
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 20, 2:18 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 2:18 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 218 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 218 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 FRESHENED UP HOURLY TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS TO CAPTURE THE CURRENT PLUNGE. SO FAR...THE PAINTSVILLE MESONET AT MINUS 21 DEGREES IS THE CURRENT MESONET LEADER IN OUR FORECAST AREA FOR THE FRIGID TEMPERATURES. HAVE ALSO ALLOWED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM TO EXPIRE AS WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO LESS THAN 5 MPH FOR MOST OF THE AREA. UPDATES HAVE BEEN SENT. UPDATE ISSUED AT 1144 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO EDGE ITS WAY ACROSS KENTUCKY. WINDS ARE SUBSIDE ACROSS THE REGION IN RESPONSE...AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO PLUMMET. DESPITE LOWERING THE MIN TEMPS QUITE CONSIDERABLY CWA- WIDE EARLIER THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES ARE CONTINUING TO FALL EVEN QUICKER THAN EXPECTED...AND COULD SURPASS THE FORECAST LOWS IN SOME LOCATIONS. AS A RESULT...UPDATED ONCE MORE IN THE NW CWA TO LOWER TEMPS FURTHER BASED ON LATEST REPORTS AND OBS...WITH -15 TO -25 NOW POSSIBLE FOR LOWS. IN ORDER TO KEEP UP WITH THE TEMPERATURES...HAVE BEEN LOADING IN THE LATEST OBSERVATIONS EVERY HOUR TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE BEING REFLECTED IN THE FORECAST. THIS WILL LIKELY HAVE TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT...WITH TWEEKS TO THE MIN T GRID AS NEEDED AS WELL. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST SEEMS TO BE WELL ON TRACK FOR THE NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES. WILL LET THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA EXPIRE AT 1AM DUE TO THE LACK OF WINDS. UPDATE ISSUED AT 833 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 AFTER LOOKING AT SOME OF THE LATEST MODEL DATA...ALL OF WHICH IS SUPPORTING THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE DOCKING ITSELF RIGHT OVER OUR CWA OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING...THERE IS QUITE A LOT OF AGREEMENT THAT TEMPS COULD ACTUALLY FALL SEVERAL MORE DEGREES THAN WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST UNDER CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A DYNAMIC SITUATION...WITH QUITE A LOT OF VARIANCE FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION...BUT DO AGREE WITH THE DOWNWARD TREND. AS SUCH...DID GO AHEAD AND COORDINATE WITH SOME SURROUNDING OFFICES TO LOWER TEMPS INTO THE NIGHT. THE STRONG SURGE OF SOUTHERLY AIR DURING THE DAY TOMORROW IS NOW POINTING AT EVEN WARMER TEMPS MAKING IT INTO THE CWA BY EVENING. AGREE WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST THAT SNOWPACK WILL DO A LOT TO HAMPER THESE WARMER TEMPS...BUT WAS INCLINED BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL CONSENSUS TO RAISE TEMPS JUST A COUPLE DEGREES ACROSS THE REGION. THE COLDER TREND OVERNIGHT...AS WELL AS MOSTLY CLEAR AND CALM CONDITIONS...HAVE RAISED SEVERAL CONCERNS BETWEEN NEIGHBORING OFFICES. OBVIOUSLY A COLDER TREND IN TEMPS WILL MEAN A COLDER TREND IN APPARENT TEMPERATURES. SOME OF OUR COLDEST APPARENT TEMPS MAY ACTUALLY BE FELT AFTER THE ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED AT 6Z. HOWEVER...WITH HIGH PRESSURE DIRECTLY OVERHEAD BETWEEN 6 AND 12Z...WINDS WILL BE NEARLY CALM IN MOST SPOTS. SO THIS POSES THE QUESTION...IS IT REALLY A WIND CHILL...OR JUST OVERALL COLD TEMPS WHICH WOULD NOT WARRANT AN EXTENSION OF THE ADVISORY. HAVE CHOSEN TO KEEP THE ADVISORY IN IT/S PREVIOUS STATE...WITH NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 320 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA FEATURE SOME LOW LEVEL CLOUD COVER AND SOME FLURRIES MOVING THROUGH THE AREA. MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY HAS REALLY DIED DOWN OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS SO MAY GO WITH SOME ISOLATED FLURRIES THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE OUT WEST WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST THIS EVENING EVENTUALLY LEADING TO CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT. STRONG WEST WINDS AHEAD OF THIS HIGH WILL DECREASE HEADING INTO THE NIGHT AND LEADING TO LIGHT WINDS OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY. WITH THE SNOW PACK ADDING TO THE COLD...THIS ARCTIC AIR WILL LEAD TO SOME OF THE COLDEST LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT IN TWO DECADES ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY. WHILE WIND WILL BE LIGHT TONIGHT...SOME MINUS 10 TO MINUS 24 DEGREE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE POSSIBLE AND SO WILL LET THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY RUN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. SOME OF THE DEEPER VALLEYS TONIGHT COULD FALL TO MINUS 20. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE SPS TO HIGHLIGHT THESE IMPACTS AS WELL. HEADING INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY...THE VALLEYS IN THE SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE AREA SHOULD HAVE NO ISSUE WITH HAVING SOME WARMER TEMPERATURES GETTING INTO THE AREA BUT ONLY ENOUGH ADVECTION FOR HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S. WHILE THERE IS SOME SNOWPACK THERE...IT IS NOT QUITE AS THICK AS NORTHER PORTIONS OF THE CWA ESPECIALLY THE DEEPER VALLEYS OVER THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. CONCERNING THE DEVELOPING SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH THAT WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN OVER THE WEEKEND...THE SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND TRACK EAST ACROSS THE MID MS VALLEY. EAST KENTUCKY WILL REMAIN WELL NORTH OF THE DEVELOPING WARM FRONT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL SEE PRECIP ARRIVING INTO THE SOUTHWEST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE SOUTHWEST MAY SEE A DUSTING OF SNOW FRIDAY EVENING BEFORE THE BULK OF THE PRECIP MOVES IN FRIDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY WITH THE COLDER SURFACE TEMPS AND HIGHS THAT WILL NOT GET ABOVE FREEZING. THESE CURRENT TRENDS SEEM TO FAVOR THE NAM. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 330 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 COMPLEX FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND. WE HAVE ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN. FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A STRONG LOW LEVEL JET PUNCHING WARM AIR ALOFT OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY BY LATE SATURDAY. WE GO INTO THE SYSTEM SO COLD HOWEVER...AND 12Z MODELS TRENDED A BIT WEAKER WITH THE SURFACE LOW AND FURTHER SOUTH. THIS POINTS TO PERHAPS A LONGER DURATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN INITIALLY. DECIDED TO BROAD BRUSH AMOUNTS AND TIMING RIGHT NOW AND INSTEAD HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL IMPACTS WITH THE WATCH. ALSO CONCERNED THAT COLD AIR IN OUR VALLEYS WILL BE VERY SLOW TO SCOUR OUT WITH SUCH AN ENTRENCHED ARCTIC AIRMASS...AND EVEN IF SURFACE TEMPS GO ABOVE FREEZING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT THAT VERY COLD GROUND TEMPS WILL ALLOW FREEZING RAIN TO CONTINUE ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS...ETC. WE HAVE ALREADY HAD ONE EPISODE OF FREEZING RAIN WITH SURFACE TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING THIS SEASON...AND THE ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS WERE NOT NEARLY AS COLD. THE COLDER TREND WITH THE 12Z GUIDANCE ALSO LENDS SUPPORT TO A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM THREAT. REGARDING HYDRO CONCERNS...THE COLDER TREND IN THE GUIDANCE DOES LESSEN THE FLOOD THREAT BUT DOES NOT ENTIRELY RULE IT OUT. BASED ON EARLIER COORDINATION WITH THE OHRFC...THEIR MODELING DOES NOT ENTIRELY WIPE OUT OUR SNOW PACK EVEN AFTER THE SYSTEM EXITS SO CONSIDERABLE WATER STAYS BOUND IN THE SNOW PACK. WHILE SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING MAY OCCUR AND STRONG RISES ARE FORECAST ON OUR RIVERS...DO NOT FEEL THE FLOOD THREAT IS ENOUGH TO WARRANT A FLOOD WATCH AT THIS TIME. ANY FLOOD CONCERNS WOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATE SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE EARLIEST SO STILL PLENTY OF TIME TO MONITOR MODEL TRENDS THERE. BY 12Z SUNDAY THE MAJORITY OF THE PRECIP SHOULD BE STARTING TO PUSH EWD OUT OF THE REGION. AS THE COLD FRONT DRIVES THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY THE RAIN WILL TRANSITION BACK OVER TO SNOW AS THE COLD AIR FILTERS BACK INTO THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD BACK ACROSS THE REGION WITH LEFT OVER MOISTURE KEEPING JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WE WILL THEN SEE CLEARING AS WE HEAD INTO TUESDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD. HOWEVER THIS WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS YET ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT TRAVERSES ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY TUESDAY AFTERNOON/WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS IS WHERE THE MODELS DIFFER WITH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAM INTERACTIONS AND CONSEQUENTLY THEIR PRECIP. IT DOES LOOK LIKE THINGS WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO SEE MOSTLY SNOW OR A BRIEF RAIN/SNOW MIX. SO FOR NOW HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCES IN THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA. THE EXTENDED PERIOD ROUNDS OUT NICELY WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF HIGH PRESSURE AND QUIET WEATHER ON THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. THE COLDEST NIGHT WILL BE ON TUESDAY MORNING WITH LOWS DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO IN THE NORTH AND IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ELSEWHERE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 218 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 VFR CONDITIONS WILL HOLD ON THROUGH THE DAY...HOWEVER CEILINGS WILL BE LOWERING WITH TIME...WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW AND POSSIBLE MVFR CONDITIONS THREATENING TOWARDS THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL REMAIN AT 5 KTS OR LESS...GENERALLY BECOMING MORE OUT OF THE SOUTH. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120. WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR KYZ044- 050>052. && UPDATE...GEOGERIAN SHORT TERM...SHALLENBERGER LONG TERM...ABE/JVM AVIATION...GEOGERIAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 2:08 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 208 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-201200- 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...IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY... WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG...MOUNT VERNON...BRODHEAD...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...PINE KNOT...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...PROVIDENCE... BARBOURVILLE...NORTH CORBIN...PINEVILLE...GEORGETOWN... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...UNION...BEATTYVILLE... FINCASTLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS... FLEMING-NEON...INEZ...WARFIELD...PIKEVILLE 208 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. FRIGID TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET WELL INTO THE NEGATIVE TEENS...CREATING A THREAT TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS WHO MAY BE OUTSIDE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING RAIN AND MELTING SNOW AS WELL AS ICE ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES. SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. KYZ044-050>052-201200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 208 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2015 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT. FRIGID TEMPERATURES...COMBINED WITH PERSISTENT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS BETWEEN -10 AND -20 OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL PLUMMET WELL INTO THE NEGATIVE TEENS...CREATING A THREAT TO PEOPLE AND ANIMALS WHO MAY BE OUTSIDE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN TRANSITION TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING RAIN AND MELTING SNOW AS WELL AS ICE ON AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS COULD EVENTUALLY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING THIS WEEKEND. IN ADDITION...DEEP SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROOFS AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THIS WEEKEND MAY RESULT IN ROOF COLLAPSE ON WEAK STRUCTURES. SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. SHALLENBERGER/ABE/GEOGERIAN
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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.