Kentucky, 2006

Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 18, 2006

February 18, 2006 · NWS JKL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 17, 10:08 PM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 10:08 PM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 9:51 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
951 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

KYZ044-050>052-059-060-104-106-190600-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY
951 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SNOW STARTING AROUND 9 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH 1 PM EST.
ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY ONE INCH OR LESS. SOME ISOLATED HIGHER
ELEVATIONS LIKE SLADE MAY GET AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES.

ARCTIC AIR WILL BRING ONE OF THE COLDEST WEEKENDS OF THE WINTER. SINGLE
DIGIT LOWS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO
GET OUT OF THE 20S DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

SUNDAY NIGHT WILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

KYZ058-068-069-079-107>109-111-112-114-119-190600-
ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-
BREATHITT-OWSLEY-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...
PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
BOONEVILLE...INEZ
951 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SNOW STARTING AROUND 8 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH 3 PM EST.
ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SEE
LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

ARCTIC AIR WILL BRING ONE OF THE COLDEST WEEKENDS OF THE WINTER. SINGLE
DIGIT LOWS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO
GET OUT OF THE 20S DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

SUNDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING WILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT
SNOW.
WEDNESDAY WILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

KYZ080-083>086-110-113-115>117-120-190600-
LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-
PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...
CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...
HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...PIKEVILLE
951 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE SNOW MAY START SLIGHTLY BEFORE 6 AM IN WAYNE...MCCREARY AND
WHITLEY COUNTIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SNOW STARTING AROUND 6 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH 3 PM EST.
ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SEE
LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

SATURDAY NIGHT WILL SEE A POSSIBILITY OF FLURRIES.

SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT WILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LIGHT
SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

KYZ087-088-118-190600-
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG
951 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SNOW STARTING AROUND 6 AM EST SATURDAY THROUGH 3 PM EST.
ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED. SEE
LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS.

ARCTIC AIR WILL BRING ONE OF THE COLDEST WEEKENDS OF THE WINTER. SINGLE
DIGIT LOWS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO
GET OUT OF THE 20S DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

SATURDAY NIGHT WILL SEE A CHANCE FOR FLURRIES.
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW.
THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

JJ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 17, 8:54 PM EST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
854 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

KYZ058-068-069-079-107>109-111-112-114-119-181400-
ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-
BREATHITT-OWSLEY-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...
PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
BOONEVILLE...INEZ
854 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST SATURDAY...
...COLDEST PERIOD OF THE WINTER POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS CURRENTLY DESCENDING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS WILL MEAN
TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 20S DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH SINGLE DIGITS A POSSIBILITY SATURDAY NIGHT.
IN ADDITION...A WAVE OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL OVERSPREAD THIS
COLD AIR STARTING EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES.
INDEED WINTER HAS RETURNED.

KYZ044-050>052-059-060-104-106-181400-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...
WEST LIBERTY
854 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED EARLY SATURDAY...
...COLDEST PERIOD OF THE WINTER POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS CURRENTLY DESCENDING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS WILL MEAN
TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 20S DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH SINGLE DIGITS A POSSIBILITY SATURDAY NIGHT.
IN ADDITION...A WAVE OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL OVERSPREAD THIS
COLD AIR STARTING EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW UP TO ONE INCH. INDEED
WINTER HAS RETURNED.

KYZ080-083>086-110-113-115>117-120-181400-
LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-
PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...
CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...
HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...PIKEVILLE
854 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST SATURDAY...
...COLDEST PERIOD OF THE WINTER POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS CURRENTLY DESCENDING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS WILL MEAN
TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 20S DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH SINGLE DIGITS A POSSIBILITY SATURDAY NIGHT.
IN ADDITION...A WAVE OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL OVERSPREAD THIS
COLD AIR STARTING EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES.
INDEED WINTER HAS RETURNED.

KYZ087-088-118-181400-
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG
854 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM EST SATURDAY...
...COLDEST PERIOD OF THE WINTER POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS CURRENTLY DESCENDING OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THIS WILL MEAN
TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 20S DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH SINGLE DIGITS A POSSIBILITY SATURDAY NIGHT.
IN ADDITION...A WAVE OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL OVERSPREAD THIS
COLD AIR STARTING EARLY TOMORROW AND CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW OF AROUND FOUR INCHES.
INDEED WINTER HAS RETURNED.

JJ

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Bell

When
February 18, 2:20 AM EST
Where
Bell forecast zone
Reported by
DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates
36.731, -83.674 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

3 to 6 inches of snow fell on county roads at middle elevations. 6 to 7 inches of snow fell on Fonde Mountain.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Kentucky in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 2006

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5490604.