A developing low pressure system, and its associated warm front, moved northeast from the lower Mississippi Valley towards Eastern Kentucky. This weather system brought a mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain across the area on February 12th.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
A developing low pressure system, and its associated warm front, moved northeast from the lower Mississippi Valley towards Eastern Kentucky. This weather system brought a mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain across the area on February 12th.
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 12, 12:37 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1237 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TONIGHT/ UPDATED THE FORECAST TO REDUCE THE SNOW TOTALS FOR THE WINTER WEATHER WARNING. THE SYSTEM IS STILL STAYING A BIT FURTHER NORTH THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED. THE POSITION OF THE CURRENT PRECIPITATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NAM. IF THE NAM VERIFIES IN ITS ENTIRETY...THE AREA SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY WILL BE GETTING LESS WINTER WEATHER THAN INDICATED IN THE FORECAST. THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE BOTH SHOWING THAT THE WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE FURTHER SOUTH...SO WILL ROLL WITH THE ORIGINAL FORECAST. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /THE REST OF TONIGHT/ THE SNOW HAS STAYED FURTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SNOW HAS STARTED FALLING IN THE BLUEGRASS...WITH SNOW BEING REPORTED IN FLEMINGSBURG AND MOUNT STERLING. THERE IS CURRENTLY A HEAVIER BAND OF SNOW APPROACHING LEXINGTON WHICH WILL BE MOVING INTO THE BLUEGRASS BY ABOUT 9:15 PM. CHECKING WITH SPOTTERS...ABOUT ONE INCH OF SNOW WAS REPORTED ON TOP OF THE CARS IN FLEMING COUNTY. NO CHANGES TO THE FORECAST ARE CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/ FOCUS IS OF COURSE ON THE WINTRY WEATHER DUE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT BUT OTHER CONCERNS FOR THE PERIOD INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDER LATER TUESDAY... BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY... AND THEN ANOTHER EPISODE OF POSSIBLE ACCUMULATING SNOW BEFORE WE RID OURSELVES OF THIS SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. 12Z MODEL RUNS CAME IN WITH ENOUGH QPF AND A COLD ENOUGH COLUMN TO WARRANT AN UPGRADE TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FROM I-64 NORTHWARD (THANKS TO LMK...ILN AND RLX FOR THE COORDINATION ON THIS). BOTH THE 12Z GFS AND NAM PRINT OUT AROUND A HALF INCH OF QPF FOR FLEMING COUNTY BY 12Z TUESDAY AND THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME DECENT SNOW RATIOS EARLY SO FEEL THAT A GENERAL 2 TO 5 INCHES IS PROBABLE... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF I-64. THIS WILL LIKELY BE FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WHICH MAY BRING ANOTHER ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TOP OF THE SNOW INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS WARM NOSE PUNCHES NORTHWARD. THIS WILL NO DOUBT HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON I-64 TRAVELERS OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT A VERY TIGHT GRADIENT ON WHO GETS WINTER WEATHER AND WHO DOESN/T AND THIS IS TROUBLESOME FOR THE INHERITED ADVISORY. STRONG LOW LEVEL SOUTH TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW AND VERY DRY ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS WILL REALLY HINDER PRECIP TO THE SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY AND HAVE HAD TO CUT BACK ON POPS AND QPF OVER SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. WHILE THERE MAY BE SOME SPOTTY FREEZING RAIN... SLEET OR SNOW... DECIDED TO DROP THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE ADVISORY... ROUGHLY FROM HIGHWAY 80 SOUTH AND EAST... AS PROBABILITIES ARE JUST TOO LOW DUE TO THE DRY AIRMASS. KEPT THE REMAINDER OF THE ADVISORY PRETTY MUCH AS IS WITH UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. THE BIGGEST CONCERN THOUGH IS FOR A GLAZE OF FREEZING RAIN HERE INTO THE MORNING COMMUTE HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING. WARM AIR IS EXPECTED TO FLOOD NORTHWARD TUESDAY MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES QUICKLY RISING ABOVE FREEZING EVERYWHERE BY NOON. THE CURRENTLY EXPECTED TRACK OF THE LOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY SHOULD PROVIDE A FAIRLY TIGHT TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WITH SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY WARMING WELL INTO THE 50S BY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS THEN ANTICIPATED AS THE FRONT SHIFTS SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. QPF AMOUNTS UP TO AND OVER AN INCH ARE PROBABLE ON TUESDAY AND THIS WILL CAUSE SOME FLOODING CONCERNS... BASICALLY NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. LATER SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS FOR A FLOOD WATCH. THE POSSIBILITY OF THUNDER CONTINUES WITH SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY. WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AS WELL ON TUESDAY... ESPECIALLY OVER OUR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES WHO WILL BE FIRMLY IN THE WARM SECTOR. PROBABLY NOT HIGH ENOUGH FOR AN ADVISORY THOUGH. MUCH COLDER AIRMASS THEN FLOWS IN AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXITS TUESDAY NIGHT. RECENT MODEL RUNS ARE HITTING THE SNOW THREAT HARDER AS A WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE FORMS TO OUR SOUTHEAST AND SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AND SHUTS OF THE PRECIP BY AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM.../WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/ THE PERIOD WILL START OFF BENIGN AS RIDGING AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST AND BRINGS CLEARING SKIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BY THURSDAY NIGHT THE RIDGING PASSES TO OUR EAST AND WARM AIR ADVECTION BEGINS...AND ALONG WITH IT AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS. A LARGE SCALE POSITIVELY TILTED TROUGH SINKS IN ACROSS MOST OF THE CONUS ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT SHOULD PASS THROUGH ON FRIDAY. THE BULK OF PRECIP LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPS SHOULD BE WARM ENOUGH FOR ANYTHING WHICH FALLS ON FRIDAY TO BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN. HOWEVER...AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES...A CHANGE TO SNOW MAY OCCUR ON FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE IT STARTS TO TAPER OFF. THE MOST QUESTIONABLE PORTION OF THE FORECAST COMES OVER THE WEEKEND. AN UPPER LOW WILL CLOSE OFF AT THE SOUTHWEST END OF THE TROUGH. THE MODELS...AS IS TYPICAL...ARE HAVING A TOUGH TIME AGREEING ON WHEN THIS LOW LIFTS OUT AND EXACTLY WHERE IT TRACKS. THIS OF COURSE IMPACTS THE TIMING AND TRACK OF AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW. ACCORDING TO HPC...THE OPERATIONAL ECMWF WAS AN OUTLIER IN THE ECMWF ENSEMBLE...IN THAT IT WAS TOO SLOW BRINGING THE REMNANT UPPER LOW EASTWARD. THE GFS AND MOST OF ITS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS WERE ALSO NOTABLY FASTER THAN THE ECMWF. HENCE...FASTER SEEMS TO BE THE WAY TO HEDGE AT THIS TIME. EVEN SO...IT LEAVES A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY AND LOW CONFIDENCE. THIS AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE POPS BUT ALSO THE TEMPS AND PRECIP TYPE. HAVE PLACED THE HIGHEST POPS ON FRIDAY NIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WITH CONFIDENCE IN THE COLD FRONT BEING HIGHER THAN IN THE LOW WHICH WILL LATER DEVELOP ON THE FRONT. HAVE HELD ON TO POPS THROUGH THE WEEKEND DUE TO THE STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE FRONT AS THE UPPER LOW COMES OUT OF TH SW CONUS. THE POPS ARE GENERALLY 30-40 PERCENT AND SPREAD OVER A LENGTHY TIME. AS THE EVENT DRAWS CLOSER...HOPE TO BE ABLE TO USE HIGHER POPS WHICH ARE MORE TEMPORALLY CONCENTRATED. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/...UPDATED A BAND OF FZRA/SN PUSHING ACROSS OUR NRN COUNTIES. SHOWERS OF HEAVIER PCPN SHOWING UP ACROSS CNTRL KY AND MOVING TOWARD THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MTN PKWY. BASICALLY VFR SOUTH OF THIS BAND. EXPECT THE CIGS TO LOWER AS THE PCPN MOVES INTO AREA WITH FZDZ THE PRIMARY THREAT FOR THE FIRST FEW HOURS BUT NOT THE DOMINANT WX FACTOR. THEN THE RAIN WILL MOVE IN AS A DYNAMIC COLD FRONT PUSHES THE COLD AIR NORTH WHICH SHOULD CHANGE TO TSRA AS THE FRONT GETS CLOSE WITH THE LIFT PROVIDED BY THE FRONT. TSRA WILL END JUST AFTER THIS TAF PERIOD WHEN THE COLD AIR SURGES BACK INTO THE REGION. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR KYZ044-050>052. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST TODAY FOR KYZ059-060-104- 106. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR KYZ058- 069-107>109-111-112-114. && SHORT TERM...ABE/JJ LONG TERM....HAL AVIATION...DUSTY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 427 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 KYZ044-050>052-121200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD 427 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WSWJKL...FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY NOON ON TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WSWJKL...FOR MORE INFORMATION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RUN HIGH... RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT WITH UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR FLOODING ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. KYZ059-060-104-106-121200- POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY 427 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WSWJKL...FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN BY NOON ON TUESDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WSWJKL...FOR MORE INFORMATION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RUN HIGH... RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT WITH UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR FLOODING ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. KYZ058-069-107>109-111-112-114-121200- ESTILL-JACKSON-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-LEE-BREATHITT-OWSLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...MCKEE...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE 427 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT WITH LIGHT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WSWJKL...FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...WSWJKL...FOR MORE INFORMATION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RUN HIGH... RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT WITH UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR FLOODING ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. KYZ068-079-080-083>088-110-113-115>120-121200- ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 427 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET OVERNIGHT BUT NO WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BUT NO WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RUN HIGH... RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR THE VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA BORDERS. THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT WITH UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE ENDING WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON. SPOTTERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OR FLOODING ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WJM/ABE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1053 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-121200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 1053 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM TEXAS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...LIFTING A WARM FRONT NORTH OUT OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION INTO PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAINLY BE RESTRICTED TO LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND KY HIGHWAY 80...WITH THE MOST SERIOUS IMPACT OCCURRING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF EASTERN KENTUCKY BY DAWN TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN BY NOON AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA. THE RAIN COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RUN HIGH...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS THREAT IS HIGHEST MAINLY NORTHWEST OF A SOMERSET TO BOONEVILLE TO WEST LIBERTY LINE WHERE RECENT HEAVY RAINS HAVE LEFT THE GROUND RATHER SATURATED. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR THE VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA BORDERS ON TUESDAY. THESE WINDS MAY MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY. WJM/ABE/GEOGERIAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 ice storm, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
County dispatch reported that 3 inches of snow had fallen, with one inch of ice accumulation on top of the snow in Flemingsburg.
The state highway garage reported that 4 inches of snow had fallen in Bethel and across the northwest portion of the county.
County dispatch reported numerous accidents along I-64. Up to a quarter inch of ice accrual was reported.
County dispatch reported a total snow and ice accumulation of 1.5 inches, with 1 inch of ice on cars and exposed surfaces in Mount Sterling.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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