On December 16th, a low pressure system developed in the plains and then tracked east across the Tennessee Valley. The warm front moved just south of the forecast area.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
On December 16th, a low pressure system developed in the plains and then tracked east across the Tennessee Valley. The warm front moved just south of the forecast area. Wintry precipitation fell as freezing rain from the Tennessee border and north up to the Mountain Parkway. The northern counties such as Fleming, Bath, and Rowan received all snow from the event. South of the Mountain Parkway, heavy ice accumulations of 1/4 to 1/2 of an inch were common. This resulted in many homes being without power for an extended period of time. Perry county had more than 2000 residents without power. Breathitt county had 200 customers without power. Leslie county had nearly 4000 customers without power. The northern counties reported 4 to 6 inches of snow from the storm. The surface still had a persistent cold layer and freezing drizzle continued into the 17th. This prompted the issuance of a new winter weather advisory.
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 Dec 15, 7:40 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 740 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/ A COLD AND DRY AIR MASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY WITH CURRENT TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S...AND DEWPOINTS RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS TO AROUND 12 DEGREES. ISENTROPIC LIFT IS UNDER WAY WITH SOME LIGHT RADAR RETURNS SHOWING UP IN WESTERN TENNESSEE AND LOCAL OBSERVATIONS REPORTING SOME PATCHY MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION. THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH BRINGING AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS THROUGH THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...RIDING THE KY/TN BORDER THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. DETAILS HOWEVER CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE...MAINLY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE WARM NOSE. THE 12Z WRF IS THE MOST PACKED WITH THE 850MB GRADIENT...ALLOWING THE 0C LINE TO SETTLE JUST NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. THE MAJORITY OF THE OTHER GUIDANCE IS MORE INTRUSIVE WITH THE WARMER AIR...INCLUDING THE 15Z SREF. ONE THING THAT WRF AND SREF ARE ALSO PLAYING UP IS AN AREA OF ENHANCED LIFT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY...WITH GENERALLY HIGHER QPF TOTALS FOR THESE LOCATIONS...COMPARED TO THE GFS/ECMWF WHICH HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY SHOWING A BIT MORE QPF FOR THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR AND SOUTH. THE WRF IS HIGHLIGHTING SOME ROBUST 850-700 MB FRONTOGENESIS...WHICH MAY NOT BE UNREASONABLE BASED ON THE 850 MB GRADIENT THAT IS SETTING UP ACROSS THE AREA. THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT THE COOLING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS MORE INTENSE RESULTANT PRECIPITATION CAN COUNTERACT THE WARM NOSE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE PRECIPITATION TYPE AS MAINLY SNOW FOR THE NORTHEASTERN THIRD OF OUR CWA...WHICH THE WRF STRONGLY SUGGESTS COMPARED TO ANY OTHER GUIDANCE. HAVE DECIDED TO BUMP UP QPF FOR THE NORTHEASTERN THIRD OF THE AREA WITH THE WRF IDEA...ALTHOUGH WILL NOT BE GOING QUITE AS ROBUST WITH THE QPF FOR NOW. FOR THE AIR MASS...HAVE FOLLOWED A BLEND OF THE GFS/SREF...COUNTING ON A MORE INTRUSIVE WARM NOSE. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-64 WILL MAINLY SEE SNOW...WITH SOME SLEET POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. MIXED PRECIPITATION THEN BECOMES MORE OF AN ISSUE TO THE SOUTH. THE BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL BE ALONG A CORRIDOR ALIGNED WITH THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND HIGHWAY 80...WHERE UP TO A HALF INCH COULD ACCUMULATE. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED...WITH LESS AMOUNTS NEAR I-75...AND HIGHER AMOUNTS AS ONE HEADS EAST. LOCATIONS IN THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY STILL WILL SEE A QUICK QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE...HOWEVER ANY SNOW AND SLEET AT ONSET WILL BE LIMITED...WITH FREEZING RAIN ENDING JUST AFTER DAYBREAK AS TEMPERATURES WARM UP WELL ABOVE FREEZING. FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF I-64 AND NORTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND HIGHWAY 80...GENERALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE EXPECTED. AFTER 18Z THURSDAY...PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST...WITH DRIZZLE AND OR FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS WE LOSE THE ICE CRYSTALS ALOFT AND TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY COOL OFF TO BELOW FREEZING ONCE AGAIN. .LONG TERM.../FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/ CONFIDENCE INCREASING THAT LOW PRESSURE FORECAST TO DEVELOP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WILL TRACK FAR ENOUGH EAST THAT THERE WILL BE MINIMAL IMPACT ON SOUTHEAST KY. THE 12Z GFS HAS COME IN LINE WITH THE OTHER MODELS...BOTH CURRENT AND PREVIOUS RUNS WITH THE FURTHER EAST TRACK. THE GFS STILL INDICATES A POSSIBILITY OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY MORE ASSOCIATED WITH A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROF THAT WILL BE SWINGING ACROSS THE REGION. WITH ALL THIS IN MIND HAVE CONTINUED A CHANCE FOR SNOW IN THE SOUTHEAST FOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT HAVE REMOVED ANY CHANCES FROM THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. WILL CONTINUE IDEA OF PREVIOUS FORECAST WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. THE 12Z GFS HINTS AT A BRIEF WARM UP EARLY NEXT WEEK AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE. HAVE DISREGARDED THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS WARM UP AS DEPICTED IN THE 12Z MEX MOS GUIDANCE. THE 12Z GFS WAS WARMER THAN ANY OF THE 00Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AND IS ALSO MUCH WARMER THAN THE 12Z ENSEMBLE MEAN. THE OTHER OPERATIONAL MODELS DO NOT SUPPORT THE WARM 12Z MEX MOS TEMPERATURES FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK EITHER...NOR DOES HPC. STILL SOME SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY POSSIBLE AT TIMES NEXT WEEK. TIMING OF INDIVIDUAL SHORT WAVES FOR ENHANCED CHANCES OF SNOW NEXT WEEK REMAINS IN QUESTION. FOR NOW WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY FOR THE MONDAY TO TUESDAY PERIOD...WITH LINGERING CHANCES IN THE FAR EAST INTO WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/...UPDATED VFR CONDITIONS WILL START THE TAFS OUT BUT CIGS WILL LOWER THIS EVENING AHEAD OF ANOTHER APPROACHING WINTER STORM. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN TAF SITES AROUND MIDNIGHT. IT IS STILL EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW...BUT THEN TRANSITION TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND EVENTUALLY RAIN AS WARMER AIR OVERSPREADS THE AREA. VSBYS WILL LIKELY DROP TO MVFR THEN IFR FOLLOWING THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION AROUND MIDNIGHT... WHILE CIGS WILL GENERALLY DROP TO IFR AROUND MIDNIGHT AND REMAIN IFR OR WORSE WITH THE PRECIP THROUGH THE MORNING ON THURSDAY AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. WE SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE CONDITIONS IMPROVING DURING THE LATTER PORTION OF THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE LIGHTER THAN THE LAST STORM...GENERALLY IN THE 5 TO 10 KT RANGE SWITCHING FROM THE NORTHEAST AND EVENTUALLY AROUND TO THE SOUTH... THE SWITCH WILL TAKE PLACE A BIT EARLIER FOR THE SOUTHERN SITES. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY FOR KYZ044-050>052- 058>060-104-106>113-119-120. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON EST THURSDAY FOR KYZ068-069-079- 080-088-114>118. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY FOR KYZ083>087. && SHORT TERM...GEOGERIAN LONG TERM....SBH AVIATION...MB/GREIF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 520 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 KYZ044-051-052-104-170130- FLEMING-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... SANDY HOOK 520 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE 2 TO 4 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AS FREEZING DRIZZLE THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. KYZ050-058>060-106>113-119-120-170130- MONTGOMERY-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD- LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...IRVINE...STANTON... FRENCHBURG...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 520 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ON THURSDAY OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BRING TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS TO 3 TO 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR SNOW FROM TIME TO TIME FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. KYZ083>087-170130- WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE 520 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM TOWARDS DAWN. ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED...AND SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH IS ALSO LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH IS EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR SNOW FROM TIME TO TIME FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...AND AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. KYZ088-115-117-118-170130- HARLAN-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG 520 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED...AND SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 4 INCHES IS ALSO LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR SNOW FROM TIME TO TIME FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...AND AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. KYZ068-069-079-080-114-116-170130- ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON... BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 520 PM EST WED DEC 15 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...THEN MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED...AND SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS ALSO LIKELY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR SNOW FROM TIME TO TIME FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...AND AGAIN MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. ABE/GEOGERIAN/KAS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
45 winter weather, 21 winter storm, 11 heavy snow, 9 ice storm, 1 sleet. Local standard time, as filed.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated in London.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated in Royalton.
A quarter of an inch of ice and 0.5 inch of snow accumulated in Belle Point.
The 12 hour snowfall total in Flemingsburg, and around the county in general, was 5 inches.
The 12 hour snowfall total in Cranston was 6 inches.
The precipitation remained as snow through the event. The total 12 hour snowfall in Morehead was 4 inches.
It was still snowing at the time. The snowfall amount in Inez at that time was 4 inches in 12 hours.
It was still snowing at the time. The total snowfall as of that time was 4 inches in 12 hours in Sandy Hook.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on top of 2 inches of snow in Shelbiana.
Freezing rain and sleet were falling 8 miles north northeast of Pikeville at the time of observation. Snowfall accumulation was 1.3 inches before change over. Sleet accumulated 0.4 inches.
The total 12 hr snowfall amount was 4 inches in Stanton.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated in Whitley City.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated 3 miles west southwest of Prestonsburg.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on top of an inch of snow 1 mile southeast of Booneville.
A quarter of an inch of ice and 2 inches of snow accumulated 2 miles southeast of Whitesburg.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on top of an inch of snow 2 miles north of Heidelberg.
The snowfall accumulation in Irvine was 2 inches before a change over to freezing rain. The ice accumulation was a quarter of an inch.
A 12 hour snowfall total of 4 inches was reported in Flatgap.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated in Hazard.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated in Mount Sterling.
The precipitation was a mix of snow and sleet with a 12 hour accumulation of 4 inches.
A half of an inch of ice accumulated on Freeman Fork near Buckhorn.
The total 12 hour snowfall 2 miles west of Hazel Green was 4 inches with a thin coating of freezing rain on top.
The ice accumulation was 0.12 of an inch in Thousandsticks.
Between an eigth and a quarter of an inch of ice accumulated by 5 am in Hyden.
Three quarters of an inch of ice accumulated in Williamsburg.
Half an inch of ice had accumulated in Mount Vernon.
The 12 hour snowfall was 4 inches and was snowing heavily at time of observation.
A half of an inch of ice accumulated in Pineville.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated in Annville.
A half of an inch of ice accumulated in Harlan.
Half an inch of ice accumulated in Barbourville.
Ice accumulated between one eigth and one quarter of an inch on cars, fences, and trees. Side roads and parking lots were covered by an eigth of an inch of ice and main roads were slushy.
The ice accumulated a quarter of an inch in Somerset.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on power lines and trees, with a tenth of an inch of roads.
Sleet accumulated 1.5 inches before turning over to freezing rain around 3 am.
Four inches of snow fell in Owingsville.
Precipitation was falling as a mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain at time of report. Three inches of snow fell in Phelps.
Two to three inches of snow fell in Paintsville, with some freezing rain mixed in at times.
Almost 4 inches of snow and sleet accumulated in Relief.
An ice accumulation of 0.33 inches was reported 2 miles west of Stanton.
Three and a half inches of new snow fell 9 miles west of Paintsville. The total snow depth was 6 inches.
Multiple accidents occurred on I75 in the London area due to icy roads.
Black ice and freezing rain created hazardous driving conditions along US119 from about 5 miles south of Harlan to Cumberland.
A quarter to a half of an inch of ice accumulated on paved roads and tree limbs in Bunch. A snow depth of one inch was also reported.
The snowfall total was 4 inches.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated in Manchester.
Twelve hundredths of an inch of ice accumulation was reported in Somerset.
A quarter of an inch of ice accumulated on top of 2 inches of newly fallen snow in Hindman.
An inch of snow had fallen in Hazard.
Highway 550 in Mousie was snow covered. Three inches of snow had fallen.
Two inches of snow fell in Isonville.
Two inches of snow had fallen. All streets in the city of Paintsville had become slick.
Twelve hundredths of an inch of freezing rain had accumulated 1 mile north of Williamsburg.
Precipitation had changed over to a mix of sleet and freezing rain, after 3 inches of snow had fallen in Mount Sterling.
An inch of snow fell in Flemingsburg.
Two and a half inches of snow fell in Morehead.
Three inches of snow fell in West Liberty. The snow was beginning to mix with sleet around 345 am.
County dispatch reported that 2-3 inches of snow and sleet had accumulated in Pikeville.
Three inches of snow fell 3 miles northeast of Guage.
County dispatch reported that one quarter of an inch of snow had fallen in Inez.
An inch and a half of snow fell in Sandy Hook.
County dispatch reported that 3 inches of snow had fallen in Prestonsburg.
County dispatch reported that 2 inches of snow had fallen in Hindman.
The State Police reported that the roads in Whitesburg were covered with freezing rain and snow. A semi truck jack knifed on US 23. Very hazardous road conditions existed countywide.
Three inches of snow fell in Campton. The precipitation changed over to sleet around 420 am.
Twelve hundredths of an inch of ice accumulated in Corbin.
An inch of snow was estimated to have fallen in Jackson. Precipitation changed over to a mixture of freezing rain and sleet around 5 am.
An inch of snow fell in Hazard. Freezing rain began falling around 5 am.
Two inches of snow was estimated to have fallen in Pikeville, with light freezing rain occurring at 5 am.
An inch and a half of snow and sleet accumulated in Pikeville. Roads were coated with snow and ice countywide.
An inch and a half of snow fell in Fleming-Neon. The snow changed over to freezing rain around 540 am.
Three and a half inches of snow fell in Isonville.
Two inches of snow fell in Prestonsburg. The snow changed over to sleet around 530 am.
Two inches of snow fell in Salyersville. The snow changed over to sleet and freezing rain around 555 am.
Three inches of sleet and snow fell in Paintsville.
Three and a half inches of snow and sleet fell in Morehead. At 625 am the precipitation began mixing with freezing rain.
Two and eight tenths of an inch of snow fell 3 miles west southwest of Prestonsburg.
Ice accumulation totaled 0.30 inches at the weather office.
Eight tenths of an inch of snow fell 3 miles west southwest of Prestonsburg.
Three inches of snow had accumulated 4 miles east southeast of Prestonsburg.
An inch of snow fell at the weather office before the changeover to sleet and freezing occurred.
Half an inch of sleet had accumulated 4 miles east southeast of Prestonsburg.
There was an eigth of an inch of ice accumulation on trees around Prestonsburg.
One eigth of an inch of ice had accumulated on vehicles in Sandy Hook.
Freezing rain was reported 2 miles southwest of Talbert. No accumulation was given.
Black ice from freezing rain was reported countywide. As many as 25 car accidents were reported to have occurred on Hwy 27 north and south, along with numerous other accidents on KY Hwy 90 and Hwy 92 east and west due to icy roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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