A fast moving cold front, combined with colder air flowing over the higher terrain of Eastern Kentucky, resulted in a few inches of snow falling throughout the area on February 21st and 22nd.
Every event with a place to put it; 23 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
A fast moving cold front, combined with colder air flowing over the higher terrain of Eastern Kentucky, resulted in a few inches of snow falling throughout the area on February 21st and 22nd.
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 21, 6:31 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 344 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-104-106>117-119- 221200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN- JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY- LESLIE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...SANDY HOOK... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER... HYDEN...INEZ 344 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THIS COULD BRING DOWN SMALL TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN GRASSY AREAS AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES. AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING LATER THIS EVENING...ROADWAYS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY...WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON THROUGH SUNDAY. KYZ087-088-118-120-221200- BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 344 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THIS COULD BRING DOWN SMALL TREE BRANCHES AND MAKE DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN GRASSY AREAS AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES. AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING LATER THIS EVENING...ROADWAYS COULD BECOME SLIPPERY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON THROUGH SUNDAY. WJM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 318 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2009 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-212330- 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 318 PM EST SAT FEB 21 2009 ...A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON... GUSTY WINDS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION. SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS COULD BRING DOWN A FEW SMALL TREE BRANCHES...AND MAKE DRIVING OF HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES DIFFICULT. WJM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
23 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A spotter reported that 0.7 inches of snow fell in a two hour period in Stanton.
One and a half inches of snow fell in London since the evening of February 21.
A total snow accumulation of 2.5 inches occurred between midnight and 8:40 am 3 miles south southeast of Harlan.
The public reported a snowfall of 1.5 inches 2 miles southeast of Talbert.
An NWS employee measured a snowfall of 0.7 inches.
A total snow accumulation of 2.6 inches occurred since the evening of February 21. Two and two tenths of an inch of snow fell through 1 am on February 22, with an additional 0.4 inches falling between 1 am and 7:30 am.
An NWS employee measured 1.1 inches of snow in Stanton.
A trained spotter measured a 2 inche snowfall 1 mile south southeast of Mount Vernon.
A trained spotter measured one inch of snowfall in West Liberty.
Two and six tenths of an inch of fell during an eleven hour period near Talbert.
An NWS employee measured 1.9 inches of snow at the Jackson weather office. The snow fell know about an hour and a half.
Three inches of snow fell between 7:30 am and noon on February 22. A total of 3 inches was on the ground.
One and a half inches of snow fell in Pikeville.
One and a half inches of snow fell in an hour and a half in Keavy.
A spotter that 3 inches of snow had fallen in Wallins Creek since 10 pm Saturday.
Three and a half inches of snow had fallen 5 miles west of Whitesburg.
Three inches of snow fell in Arjay.
Two inches of snow fell in Inez.
One and a half inches of snow fell 1 mile southeast of the London airport.
Three and one tenth of an inch of snow fell in Blackey.
Eight tenths of an inch of snow had fallen since 11:30 pm in Salyersville.
Eight tenths of an inch of snow fell over the past 2.5 hours 4 miles west southwest of Prestonsburg.
Eight tenths of an inch of snow fell 1 mile east southeast of Talbert. A total snow accumulation of 3.4 inches had occurred since the evening of February 21.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 2009
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 152788, 152806, 152818, 152783, 152784, 152805, 152782, 152785, 152781, 152822, 152786, 152798, 152802, 152787, 152793, 152794, 152796, 152804, 152820, 152800, 152825, 152824, 152799.