Alert archive / Kentucky / Winter Storm Warnings in 2015
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this winter storm warning at Mar 3, 2015, 4:24 PM EST for 33 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 4, 2015, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2015, 4:24 PM EST (21:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 4, 2015, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2015, 3:49 PM EST
- In force
- 27 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 21:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 Nw Mount Carmel, KY | TWENTY MINUTES OF SLEET THEN CHANGED TO SNOW AROUND 530 PM. |
| Mar 4, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Poplar Grove, KY | 4 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED AT POPLAR GROVE. |
| Mar 5, 12:00 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Owingsville, KY | THE BATH COUNTY HIGHWAY GARAGE ESTIMATED THAT 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN SINCE 9 PM. IT WAS STILL SNOWING HEAVILY AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. |
| Mar 5, 12:45 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | Mount Sterling, KY | A WORKER AT THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY HIGHWAY GARAGE ESTIMATED THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN THERE SINCE 9 PM LAST YESTERDAY EVENING. |
| Mar 5, 12:51 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Morehead, KY | THE ROAD FOREMAN AT THE ROWAN COUNTY HIGHWAY GARAGE ESTIMATED THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN THERE SINCE 630 OR 7 PM YESTERDAY EVENING. |
| Mar 5, 1:58 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Frenchburg, KY | THREE INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN AT THE CENTRAL DISPATCH OFFICE SINCE BETWEEN 11 PM AND MIDNIGHT. |
| Mar 5, 3:17 AM EST | SNOW 7 | Flemingsburg, KY | THE DISPATCH OFFICE ESTIMATED THAT 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN AT THEIR LOCATION SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING. |
| Mar 5, 3:35 AM EST | SNOW 7.5 | 3 N Jeffersonville, KY | A WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE MEASURED 7.5 INCHES OF SNOW AT HIS HOME IN JEFFERSONVILLE. |
| Mar 5, 4:45 AM EST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Flemingsburg, KY | A CITIZEN OF FLEMINGSBURG ESTIMATED THAT 11 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN AT HER LOCATION SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING. |
| Mar 5, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Mount Vernon, KY | STORM TOTAL REPORT VIA TWITTER. |
| Mar 5, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ese Talbert, KY | 1.8 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.2 INCHES OF SLEET. STORM TOTAL LIQUID IS 2.88 INCHES. |
| Mar 5, 6:30 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Stanton, KY | A HIGHWAY GARAGE EMPLOYEE ESTIMATED THAT 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING. |
| Mar 5, 6:35 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Irvine, KY | A HIGHWAY GARAGE EMPLOYEE ESTIMATED THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN ON THE RIDGETOPS AND 2.5 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE VALLEYS AROUND THE MAINTENANCE GARAGE. |
| Mar 5, 6:40 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Campton, KY | A HIGHWAY GARAGE EMPLOYEE ESTIMATED THAT 3 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN AT THE MAINTENANCE GARAGE. |
| Mar 5, 6:45 AM EST | SNOW 4 | West Liberty, KY | A HIGHWAY GARAGE EMPLOYEE ESTIMATED THAT 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN AT THE MAINTENANCE GARAGE. |
| Mar 5, 7:00 AM EST | SLEET 0.5 | 2 Ne Belcher, KY | ONE INCH OF COMBINED SNOW AND SLEET HAS FALLEN SO FAR WITH HALF OF THIS HAVING FALLEN AS SLEET. |
| Mar 5, 7:00 AM EST | SLEET 0.5 | 2 Se Whitesburg, KY | A COOP OBSERVER REPORTED THAT HALF AN INCH OF SLEET HAD ACCUMULATED AT HIS OBSERVING STATION. |
| Mar 5, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Carr Creek, KY | |
| Mar 5, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Wnw Beattyville, KY | STORM TOTAL SO FAR. SNOWING VERY HEAVY PRESENTLY. |
| Mar 5, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Frenchburg, KY | STORM TOTAL OF AT LEAST 5 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY. SLEET MIXED IN WITH SNOW AT ONSET...BUT WAS ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT. STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 5, 7:05 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Sandy Hook, KY | MEASURING AT LEAST 4 INCHES STORM TOTAL AT THE HIGHWAY GARAGE FROM BOTH SLEET AND SNOW. STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 5, 7:11 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 1 W Beattyville, KY | GENERALLY 4 INCHES STORM TOTAL AROUND THE GARAGE. STARTED OFF AS SLEET...THEN SWITCHED OVER TO MORE SNOW AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR. STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 5, 7:20 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Monticello, KY | ROADS MAY BE AS SLICK AS ANY POINT THIS WINTER WITH ICE ON THE ROADS. REPORT RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 5, 7:22 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Manchester, KY | REPORTED A STORM TOTAL OF A HALF INCH OF ICE FROM SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...COVERED BY ANOTHER 4 INCHES OF SNOW. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 5, 7:28 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Allen, KY | REPORTED A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 1/4 INCH OF ICE AND AROUND 2 AND HALF INCHES OF SNOW. SLEET/RAIN CHANGED OVER TO ALL SNOW AROUND 330AM. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Mar 5, 7:32 AM EST | SLEET 0.5 | Carrie, KY | RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. HAD A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. |
| Mar 5, 7:39 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Gray Hawk, KY | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES. STILL SNOWING MODERATELY. PRECIPITATION CHANGED FROM RAIN TO SNOW WITH LITTLE TO NO ICE ACCUMULATION. |
| Mar 5, 7:43 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Paintsville, KY | STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION. NO ICE TO REPORT. STILL SNOWING MODERATELY AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 5, 7:45 AM EST | SLEET 0.5 | Pikeville, KY | STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION. SLEET HAS JUST RECENTLY CHANGED OVER TO SNOW WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. |
| Mar 5, 7:45 AM EST | SLEET 1.5 | Barbourville, KY | REPORTED SLEET THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH A STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF AROUND AN INCH AND A HALF. SLEET HAS JUST TURNED TO SNOW AT TIME OF OBSERVATION...WITH ONLY A TRACE TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. |
| Mar 5, 7:57 AM EST | SNOW 13 | Flemingsburg, KY | STORM TOTAL RELAYED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 5, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | London, KY | REPORTED PRECIPITATION STARTING OUT AS SLEET THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW WITH A COMBINED TOTAL OF 3 INCHES THUS FAR AT THE GARAGE NEAR LONDON. SNOW IS STILL ONGOING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 5, 8:04 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Little Sandy, KY | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 5, 8:07 AM EST | SLEET 0.5 | Hyden, KY | BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH OF STORM TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATION. ICE CHANGED OVER TO SNOW BETWEEN 0530 AND 0600 THIS MORNING WITH AROUND AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. SNOWING MODERATELY AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Mar 5, 8:07 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Somerset, KY | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Mar 5, 8:07 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Mount Vernon, KY | REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Mar 5, 8:15 AM EST | SNOW 5 | Clay City, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:18 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Clover Bottom, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:18 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Ezel, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:19 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Mount Vernon, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:23 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Salyersville, KY | STORM TOTAL OF BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES THUS FAR OF BOTH SLEET AND SNOW. PRECIPITATION STARTED OFF AS SLEET AND CHANGED OVER TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 5, 8:27 AM EST | SNOW 2.3 | Island City, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Inez, KY | REPORTED BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOW...INCLUDING A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. RECEIVED SLEET STARTING AROUND 1030 PM...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW AFTER 1230 AM TODAY. STILL SNOWING. |
| Mar 5, 8:33 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 1 S Harlan, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:33 AM EST | SNOW 7.3 | Cressy, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:33 AM EST | SNOW 9 | Gimlet, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:35 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 E Inez, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:36 AM EST | SNOW 7 | Morehead, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:37 AM EST | SNOW 9 | 5 N Mount Sterling, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:38 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Mount Vernon, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:38 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Oneida, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:39 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 1 E Paintsville, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:40 AM EST | SNOW 1.2 | Pikeville, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:40 AM EST | SNOW 1.6 | Rogers, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:41 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Sandy Hook, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:42 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 2 Se Whitesburg, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:42 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Williamsburg, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:45 AM EST | SNOW 5.4 | Wellington, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:46 AM EST | SNOW 10 | Jeffersonville, KY | |
| Mar 5, 8:50 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 5 W Prestonsburg, KY | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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
- 1814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 628 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
741 WWUS43 KJKL 032124 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...A HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...SPREADING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA. COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY MOVE IN AS THE PRECIPITATION LINGERS...LIKELY CHANGING RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW WILL FINALLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KYZ044-050>052-041100- /O.UPG.KJKL.WS.A.0004.150304T1800Z-150305T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150304T1800Z-150305T1800Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND HEAVY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LIKELY BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES. * IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ058>060-104-106-108-111-041100- /O.UPG.KJKL.WS.A.0004.150304T1800Z-150305T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150304T2100Z-150305T1800Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY... STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON... BEATTYVILLE 424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND HEAVY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TO 1 PM THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ068-069-079-080-083>086-107-109-110-112>117-119-120-041100- /O.UPG.KJKL.WS.A.0004.150304T1800Z-150305T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150305T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT... JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE... SOUTH WILLIAMSON 424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND ACCUMULATING SLEET WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOULD LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * IMPACTS...SNOW OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ087-088-118-041100- /O.UPG.KJKL.WS.A.0004.150304T1800Z-150305T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150305T0300Z-150305T1800Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND... HARLAN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG 424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY EVENING...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND ACCUMULATING SLEET WILL LIKELY BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY DAWN THURSDAY. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS AS RAIN CHANGES OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW FALLING ON TOP OF THESE SLICK ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS. PLEASE TAKE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JMW
7 follow-up statements
018 WWUS43 KJKL 040910 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 410 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY TODAY AND INTO THE CREST OF THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT...SPREADING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA INITIALLY. COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY MOVE IN WHILE HEAVY PRECIPITATION LINGERS...CHANGING RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN FIRST AND THEN ALL SNOW FROM THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL FINALLY TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KYZ044-050>052-041715- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150304T1800Z-150305T1800Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 410 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO JUST SNOW BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ058>060-104-106-108-111-041715- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150304T2100Z-150305T1800Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY... STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON... BEATTYVILLE 410 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ068-069-079-080-083>086-107-109-110-112>117-119-120-041715- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150305T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT... JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE... SOUTH WILLIAMSON 410 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN TO SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND ACCUMULATING SLEET WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW FROM JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW SHOULD LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES...THE HIGHEST SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE CUMBERLAND PARKWAY TO HAL ROGERS PARKWAY TO KY HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...SNOW OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ087-088-118-041715- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150305T0300Z-150305T1800Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND... HARLAN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG 410 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN TO ALL SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND ACCUMULATING SLEET WILL LIKELY BEGIN JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ACCUMULATING SNOW BY DAWN THURSDAY. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS AS RAIN CHANGES OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW FALLING ON TOP OF THESE SLICK ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS. PLEASE TAKE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES AND SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED...ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WOULD BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JMW/JP
143 WWUS43 KJKL 041802 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 102 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO THE CREST OF THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT...SPREADING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. COLDER AIR SPREADING INTO THE AREA WILL ALLOW SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN TO MIX WITH RAIN...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL FINALLY TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KYZ044-050>052-050215- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 102 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS THROUGH TONIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET BY EARLY THIS EVENING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO JUST SNOW BY LATE THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ058>060-104-106-108-111-050215- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150304T2100Z-150305T1800Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY... STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON... BEATTYVILLE 102 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS THROUGH TONIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ068-069-079-080-083>086-107-109-110-112>117-119-120-050215- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150305T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT... JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE... SOUTH WILLIAMSON 102 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS THROUGH TONIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN TO SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND ACCUMULATING SLEET WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW FROM JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT ON THURSDAY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW SHOULD LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES...THE HIGHEST SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE CUMBERLAND PARKWAY TO HAL ROGERS PARKWAY TO KY HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR. ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE FROM FREEZING RAIN OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. * SNOW OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ087-088-118-050215- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150305T0300Z-150305T1800Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND... HARLAN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG 102 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN TO ALL SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND ACCUMULATING SLEET WILL LIKELY BEGIN JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ACCUMULATING SNOW BY DAWN THURSDAY. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE. * ROADS WILL DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS AS RAIN CHANGES OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW FALLING ON TOP OF THESE SLICK ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS. PLEASE TAKE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES AND SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED... ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WOULD BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KAS
540 WWUS43 KJKL 050215 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 915 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET TO HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .COLDER AIR IS CONTINUING TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA AND HAS ALLOWED FOR A TRANSITION TO SLEET AND SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. THIS WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL FINALLY TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KYZ044-050>052-051100- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 915 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR HAS MOVED INTO PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ058>060-104-106-108-051100- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY... STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON 915 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR HAS MOVED INTO PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ068-069-079-080-083>086-107-109>117-119-120-051100- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY- LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY... PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON 915 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST THROUGH THE NIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN TO SNOW. THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW SHOULD LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...THE HIGHEST SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE CUMBERLAND PARKWAY TO HAL ROGERS PARKWAY TO KY HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * SNOW OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ087-088-118-051100- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150305T0300Z-150305T1800Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND... HARLAN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG 915 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST THROUGH THE NIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN TO SNOW. THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW SHOULD LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * ROADS WILL DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS AS RAIN CHANGES OVER TO FROZEN PRECIPITATION. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW FALLING ON TOP OF THESE SLICK ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS. PLEASE TAKE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES AND SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED... ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WOULD BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KAS/DJ
861 WWUS43 KJKL 050215 CCA WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 915 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTRY MIX OF SNOW... SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .COLDER AIR IS CONTINUING TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA AND HAS ALLOWED FOR A TRANSITION TO WINTRY MIX. THIS WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL FINALLY TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KYZ044-050>052-051100- /O.COR.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 915 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE WARNED AREA AND PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO MOSTLY SNOW. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ058>060-104-106-108-051100- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY... STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON 915 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR HAS MOVED INTO PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ068-069-079-080-083>086-107-109>117-119-120-051100- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY- LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY... PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON 915 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST THROUGH THE NIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN TO SNOW. THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW SHOULD LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...THE HIGHEST SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE CUMBERLAND PARKWAY TO HAL ROGERS PARKWAY TO KY HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * SNOW OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ087-088-118-051100- /O.COR.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150305T0300Z-150305T1800Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND... HARLAN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG 915 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THURSDAY... * COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE NIGHT...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN TO SNOW. THEN TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW SHOULD LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * ROADS WILL DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS AS RAIN CHANGES OVER TO FROZEN PRECIPITATION. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW FALLING ON TOP OF THESE SLICK ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS. PLEASE TAKE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES...WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WOULD BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KAS/DJ
071 WWUS43 KJKL 050945 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 445 AM EST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM AFFECTING THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA AND HAS ALLOWED FOR A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW OR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. THIS SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THROUGH DAYBREAK. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL FINALLY TAPER OFF BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KYZ044-050>052-051800- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 445 AM EST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * 4 TO 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOULD FALL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO THE 11 TO 14 INCH RANGE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ058>060-104-106-108-051800- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY... STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON 445 AM EST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY...BEFORE IT WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF. * 3 TO 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOULD FALL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO THE 7 TO 13 INCH RANGE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ068-069-079-080-083>086-107-109>117-119-120-051800- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY- LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY... PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON 445 AM EST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST THROUGH THIS MORNING CHANGING A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...BEFORE LIGHTENING AND TAPERING OFF BY AFTERNOON. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOULD FALL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE. THE HIGHER SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE NORTH OF THE CUMBERLAND PARKWAY...TO HAL ROGERS PARKWAY...TO KY HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR. * SNOW OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ087-088-118-051800- /O.CON.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND... HARLAN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG 445 AM EST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST THIS MORNING...CHANGING A WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TO ALL SNOW. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING...BEFORE IT LIGHTENS AND TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON. * STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS. * ROADS WILL DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS AS THE MIXED PRECIPITATION FALLS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW FALLING ON TOP OF THESE SLICK ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PLEASE TAKE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. HEAVY WET SNOW COULD ALSO LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES...WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WOULD BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KAS/DJ/JP
017 WWUS43 KJKL 051757 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1257 PM EST THU MAR 5 2015 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>085-104-106-108-111- 051900- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T1800Z/ FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-ELLIOTT-MORGAN- WOLFE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...BRODHEAD... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE 1257 PM EST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA...BUT SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. $$ KYZ086-114-116-052100- /O.EXT.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T2100Z/ KNOX-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 1257 PM EST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. * THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KYZ107-109-110-112-113-115-117-119-120-052100- /O.EXT.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T2100Z/ JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES... HAZARD...HYDEN...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE... SOUTH WILLIAMSON 1257 PM EST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE. * THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. 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. && $$ KYZ087-088-118-052100- /O.EXT.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T2100Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND... HARLAN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG 1257 PM EST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * SNOW WILL LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING BY EARLY EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE. * THIS SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KAS
066 WWUS43 KJKL 052049 WSWJKL URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 349 PM EST THU MAR 5 2015 KYZ086>088-107-109-110-112>120-052200- /O.CAN.KJKL.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-150305T2100Z/ KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES... BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG... INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON 349 PM EST THU MAR 5 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WHILE A FEW SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY INTO THIS EVENING...THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...DUE TO THE RECENT SNOWFALL...AND LIKELY REFREEZING OF MELTED SNOW ON ROADS TONIGHT. $$ KAS
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 Mar 3, 4:05 PM EST, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 4:05 PM EST, 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 405 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 120 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF KY...MAINLY ACROSS OUR NORTHERN CWA. STILL HAVE MENTION OF CHANCE POPS...INCLUDING THUNDER...FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. MAY END UP TRENDING BACK ON THIS A BIT GIVEN THE ONGOING RADAR TRENDS. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR ANY SHOWERS TO BEGIN DEVELOPING AT ANY TIME...SO MAY END UP KEEPING WITH THE ONGOING CHANCES TO BE SAFE. UPDATED THE FORECAST /ZFP AND SAF/ TO TAKE OUT ANY MORNING WORDING FOR ISOLATED SHOWERS. UPDATE ISSUED AT 1026 AM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 LATEST RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO MOVE THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS ALONG NORTH CENTRAL KY AND THEN NORTH OF THE CWA. EXPECT THINGS TO EVENTUALLY START SHIFTING SOUTHWARD...BUT THE LATEST HRRR AND NAM12 ARE NOT SHOWING THIS TRANSITION UNTIL THIS EVENING /CLOSER TO 3Z/...A LITTLE LATER THAN ORIGINALLY FORECASTED/ANTICIPATED. AS SUCH...GIVEN THE LATEST RADAR TRENDS AND GOOD INITIATION OF THESE HI RES MODELS...WENT AHEAD AND DROPPED TO ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES ACROSS THE SE CWA THROUGH THE MORNING...INCREASING TO CHANCES THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. BY THIS EVENING...HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD BE MAKING IT INTO MUCH OF THE CWA...SO KEPT WITH A LIKELY/DEFINITE POP FROM THIS POINT ON. ALSO...LOADED IN THE LATEST OBSERVATIONAL DATA FOR TEMPS...DEW POINTS...AND WINDS...TO MAKE SURE THE NEAR-TERM FORECAST FOR THESE PARAMETERS WAS WELL ON TRACK WITH THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. UPDATE ISSUED AT 850 AM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 QUICK UPDATE TO BRING GRIDS IN LINE WITH HOURLY OBS AND RADAR TRENDS. HAD SOME SPRINKLES THIS MORNING BUT NOTHING SIGNIFICANT WITH RESPECT TO LIGHT FREEZING DZ...RA. TEMPS ARE RISING ABOVE FREEZING NOW. WILL LET CURRENT SPS FOR PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA EXPIRE AT 9 AM. ALSO FRESHENED UP THE ZONES. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE FORECAST PACKAGE. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 358 AM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 A COMPLICATED WEATHER PATTERN SHAPING UP FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THE FIRST FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL FALL INTO A LAYER OF SUBFREEZING AIR THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE ISSUE WITH THIS WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT THE PRECIP IS ABLE TO REACH THE GROUND BEFORE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. THIS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IF SOME FREEZING PRECIP DOES DEVELOP...AN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TO DEAL WITH IT. THE SECOND CONCERN IN THE FIRST 36 HOURS OF THE FORECAST WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE FORECAST MODELS HAVE MOVED THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION TODAY SLIGHTLY NORTH OF WHERE IT WAS IN PREVIOUS RUNS. THE POP AND QPF FORECAST FOR TODAY WAS MODIFIED AS A RESULT TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS CHANGE. IT STILL APPEARS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT EASTERN KENTUCKY WILL EXPERIENCE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING THROUGH THE END OF THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THERE MAY EVEN BE ENOUGH VERTICAL MOTION AND WIND ENERGY ALOFT TO FIRE OFF A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT STILL APPEARS THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. DUE TO RECENTLY MELTED SNOW...THE GROUND IS ALREADY COMPLETELY SATURATED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...SO IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH RAIN TO BEGIN CAUSING PROBLEMS. BASED ON CURRENT HYDRO FORECASTS...IT APPEARS THAT THE CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN MAY EXPERIENCE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ISSUES. THERE WILL ALSO BE POINTS ALONG THE KENTUCKY BASIN THAT MAY SEE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...SUCH AS AT RAVENNA. THE TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE STILL EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE AREA...WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE LOW TO MID 50S FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. A FEW LOCATIONS IN OUR FAR SOUTHWEST MAY EVEN APPROACH 60 IN THE STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW THAT IS ON TAP FOR TODAY. THE END OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD IS WHERE OUR SECOND AND PERHAPS MORE SERIOUS FORECAST CONCERN LIES. ONCE THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA...VERY COLD AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA BEHIND IT...AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. WITH A STRONG FEED OF GULF MOISTURE STILL ON TRACK TO OVERRIDE THE SLUGGISH COLD FRONT...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I634 CORRIDOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO MOVE STEADILY EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE DEPARTING FRONT. AS MORE AND MORE COLD AIR MOVES IN...THE PRECIP WILL CHANGE OVER FROM A MESSY WINTRY MIX TO ALL SNOW BY AROUND 0Z THURSDAY. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR LATE WEDNESDAY IN OUR FAR NORTHWEST. THE CHALLENGE WITH THIS PART OF THE FORECAST WILL BE DETERMINING HOW STRONG THE WARM NOSE ALOFT WILL BE AT THE START OF THE EVENT. AT THIS TIME...THE NAM12 BY FAR HAS THE MOST WELL DEFINED LAYER OF WARM AIR AMONGST THE MODELS...WHICH WOULD LEAD TO MORE SLEET IN OUR NORTHER AND LESS SNOW. THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS...ON THE OTHER HAND...ARE BOTH SHOWING A MUCH LESS WELL DEFINED WARM NOSE ALOFT AND THEREFORE MORE SNOW. FOR NOW HAVE DECIDED TO USE A BLEND OF THE TWO SOLUTIONS...GOING WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET TO START THE EVENT AND LEANING MORE TOWARD THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THE WWD FORECAST IS CURRENTLY PREDICTING. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 405 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 HIGH PRESSURE (AND QUIET WEATHER) WILL BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPS FRIDAY MORNING WILL DIP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS... WITH A FEW SPOTS IN OUR NORTH POSSIBLY DROPPING BELOW 0 DEGREES... WHICH IS WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR MARCH AND NEAR RECORD LOWS. THE COLD SNAP APPEARS TO BE FAIRLY SHORT LIVED AS TEMPERATURES START MODERATING BACK TOWARDS SEASONABLE LEVELS BY THE WEEKEND...THOUGH THEY WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY NEXT WEEK... LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND AGAIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. BUT WITH SIGNIFICANT MODEL DIFFERENCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LATTER PART OF THE FORECAST HAVE MAINTAINED SLIGHT POPS DURING THOSE PERIODS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 137 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 SCT SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KY...GENERALLY PUSHING JUST NORTH OF EASTERN KY...MISSING MOST OF THE TAF SITES. AS SUCH...TOOK OUT MENTION OF SHRA OR TSRA DIRECTLY IMPACTING THE TAF SITES THROUGH ABOUT 00Z...THOUGH SOME VCSH OR VCTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. AFTER 0Z...EXPECTING PRECIP TO BEGIN INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS KY. WITH INSTABILITY STILL IN PLACE /DUE TO A STRONG PUSH OF COLDER NORTHERLY AIR INTERACTING WITH MOIST SRLY FLOW OFF THE GULF OF MEXICO/...COULD SEE SOME LINGERING POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER THROUGH THE EVENING AS WELL. BY OVERNIGHT...WE WILL LOSE OUR INSTABILITY...BUT RAIN WILL REALLY TAKE HOLD. ALL MODELS ARE SHOWING TAF SITES GOING BELOW AIRPORT MINS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD...WITH PERIODS OF VIS AND CIGS LIFR AND BELOW. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR KYZ044-050>052-058>060- 068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ044- 050>052. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ058>060-104-106-108-111. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR KYZ068- 069-079-080-083>086-107-109-110-112>117-119-120. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY FOR KYZ087-088-118. && UPDATE...JMW SHORT TERM...AR LONG TERM...JVM AVIATION...JMW
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 9:54 AM EST, 6 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 954 AM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-041800- 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...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...BRODHEAD... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG... BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...BEATTYVILLE... JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...COAL RUN... ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON 954 AM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL MOST OF THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...WITH A RISK OF FLOODING FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEFORE DRY WEATHER RETURNS. THE GREATEST RISK OF SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TIMING OF CHANGE OVER AND WHAT TYPES OF PRECIPITATION THAT MAY OCCUR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAIN AND SNOW TOTALS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. AR/JMW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 11:38 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 5 days |
| Mar 3, 11:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 4 days |
| Mar 3, 11:49 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 6 days |
| Mar 3, 11:54 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 4 days |
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Sources
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