Some light wintry precipitation fell from a deck of low level cloud cover during the late evening hours on February 23rd. A single report of freezing rain and minor ice accumulations was received from an emergency manager in Elliott county.
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Some light wintry precipitation fell from a deck of low level cloud cover during the late evening hours on February 23rd. A single report of freezing rain and minor ice accumulations was received from an emergency manager in Elliott county.
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 23, 6:22 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 622 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/ A RELATIVELY BROAD TROUGH WAS LOCATED OVER MUCH OF THE CONUS EAST OF THE ROCKIES. THERE WAS A FAST FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN US AND A 110KT+ JET DIVING SOUTH FROM THE CANADIAN PLAINS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE DISTINCT SHORTWAVES IN THE FLOW...THE FIRST WAS PASSING NORTH OF THE REGION INTO THE GREAT LAKES...A SECOND OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/TX REGION...WITH THE THIRD THAT WILL MOST IMPACT THE WEATHER LOCALLY DROPPING THROUGH THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES...USHERED IN BY THE DIVING JET NOTED EARLIER. PLENTY OF RELATIVELY SHALLOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS ACROSS THE REGION THE WAKE OF YESTERDAYS COLD FRONT. DRIZZLE AND FLURRIES CONTINUES TO BE NOTED AT A FEW OBSERVATION SITES...BUT VERY LITTLE RETURNS ARE CURRENTLY ON RADAR. DUE TO THE SHALLOW MOISTURE WHAT LITTLE IS FALLING IS LIKELY LARGELY BELOW THE RADAR BEAM. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...THE FIRST GREAT LAKES SHORTWAVE WILL BECOME ABSORBED BY THE MORE POTENT TROUGH TO THE WEST...WITH THIS MORE WESTERN GREAT LAKES SHORTWAVE BECOMING CLOSED OFF TO OUR NW BY 0Z THU. AT THE SAME TIME...THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SHORTWAVE WILL GRADUALLY BECOME PHASED WITH THE CLOSED LOW. IN THIS PROCESS THE TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY...WITH THE UPPER LOW REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC COAST BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. THIS UPPER LOW SHOULD TRACK OVER THE EASTERN CWA OR JUST NE OF THE AREA ON WED NIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY. A POTENT EAST COAST STORM WILL DEVELOP...BUT WILL BE TOO FAR SOUTH AND EAST TO HAVE MUCH OF AN EFFECT LOCALLY. THE MAIN PLAYERS WILL BE AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT...TRAILING SOUTH FROM A SFC LOW TO MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CURRENT WESTERN GREAT LAKES SHORTWAVE AND THE RESULTING CLOSED LOW TO CROSS THE REGION WED NIGHT/EARLY THU. THE FRONT WILL APPROACH THE CWA LATE TONIGHT AND QUICKLY PASS THROUGH THE CWA BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL USHER IN ANOTHER IN A SERIES OF COLD AIRMASSES. THE FIRST PROBLEM OF THE NEAR TERM PERIOD IS ANY LIGHT OR NON MEASURABLE PRECIP THAT COULD CONTINUE/DEVELOP EARLY IN THE FIRST PERIOD. RELATIVELY WEAK UPSLOPE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE SHALLOW MOST LAYER WITH SATURATION NOT MUCH DEEPER THAN -8C FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT...EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLE BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. OMEGA SHOULD ALSO BE WEAK...BUT THE NEW 18Z NAM DOES HAVE SOME WEEK OMEGA CENTERED AROUND 3Z WED. FOR NOW HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR DRIZZLE...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR EVEN FLURRIES WITH THIS. LATER TONIGHT AS THE ARCTIC FRONT APPROACHES...THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE IN THE CLOUDS SHOULD INCREASE AND FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DRIZZLE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE A THREAT BY 9Z TO 12Z. TEMPS SHOULD FALL ONLY A FEW DEGREES FROM CURRENT READINGS TONIGHT...BUT MOST LOCATIONS SHOULD EXPERIENCE LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO THE NEXT SYSTEM. AT THIS POINT...WE ONLY EXPECT A VERY MODEST TEMPERATURE RISE ON WED WITH COLD ADVECTION DEVELOPING. IN FACT...TEMPS WILL PROBABLY FLAT TINE BY EARLY AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER LOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIP ARRIVES AS WELL. THERE ARE SOME DISTINCT TIMING DIFFERENCES AS WELL AS DIFFERENCES IN THE RESULTING OMEGA AND PRECIP AMOUNTS BETWEEN THE 12Z GFS AND 12Z NAM/18Z NAM. THE 12Z GFS HAS A RATHER LONG PERIOD OF LIFT FROM LATE MORNING WED THROUGH THU MORNING. THE NAM HAS THREE PERIODS OF MAX OMEGA...ONE ON WED AFTERNOON...ONE ON WED NIGHT AND ANOTHER ON THU AFTERNOON. THE RESULT IS HEAVIER QPF IN THE 12Z GFS AND LIGHTER QPF IN THE 12Z NAM. THE PRECIP TYPE WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE...HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES AT THE ONSET OF PRECIP CHANCES ON WED AFTERNOON COULD BE ABOVE FREEZING IN SOME AREAS...LIMITING ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE DAY ON WED. ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET THIS SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AS WELL AS ACROSS THE FAR NW. AT THIS POINT IT ALSO APPEARS THAT GREATER THAN 10:1 SNOW:LIQUID RATIOS SHOULD OCCUR WITH SOMETHING CLOSER TO 20:1 OR HIGHER POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF FAR SE KY. DYNAMICS AND LIFT AS WELL AS MOISTURE FAVORS THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY FROM WED AFTERNOON THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD GENERALLY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR. ALTHOUGH TIMING AND MAGNITUDE DIFFERENCES EXIST IN SYNOPTIC SCALE LIFT...THE LOW LEVEL SWILL BE FAVORABLE UPSLOPE FOR ESSENTIALLY THE ENTIRE EVENT...WITH THE FLOW LIKELY MORE NW THAN W...FAVORING THE HIGHER TERRAIN CLOSER TO THE VA BORDER. AT THIS POINT...WITH CONFIDENCE IN AMOUNTS AND DETAILS NOT EXTREMELY HIGH...WE WILL TEND TO GO MIDDLE OF THE ROAD BETWEEN THE MORE SNOW 12Z GFS AND 12Z NAM. A QUICK LOOK AT THE 18Z NAM REVEALS IT HAS TRENDED A BIT TOWARD THE 12Z GFS WITH DETAILS AND TENDS TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT FORECAST. IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL ULTIMATELY END UP BEING AN ADVISORY EVENT...POSSIBLE HIGH END ADVISORY EVEN IN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN ALONG THE VA BORDER. VALLEY LOCATIONS AND MOST AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 75 SHOULD EXPERIENCE AN EVENT TOTAL FROM WED AFTERNOON THROUGH THU EVENING OF ABOUT 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE HIGHER TERRAIN BETWEEN THE MTN PARKWAY AND THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY/KY 80 CORRIDOR COULD RECEIVE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES AND THE HIGHEST TERRAIN SOUTH OF HAL ROGERS/KY 80 CORRIDOR ABOVE 2000 FEET COULD RECEIVE ANYWHERE BY 3 TO 6 INCHES DURING THIS PERIOD. AS FOR TEMPS WED THROUGH THU...STAYED CLOSE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST AND TRENDED A LITTLE BELOW MOS GUIDANCE FOR THE MOST PART FOR DAYTIME HIGHS AS THIS HAS BEEN A TREND DURING MANY OF THE COLDER AIRMASSES THIS WINTER. WE WILL FRESHEN UP THE SPS AND HWO WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE. .LONG TERM.../THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/ LOW LEVEL COLD AIR STREAMING FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL KEEP EASTERN KY GENERALLY COLD AND RELATIVELY DRY THIS PERIOD. MEANWHILE HIGH PRESSURE WEST OF THE GREAT LAKES WILL SHOVE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DEVELOPING FRONTAL WAVES TO THE GULF COAST. RESULT IS CONTINUED MUCH COLDER THAN SEASONAL LEVELS AND VERY LITTLE SNOW...STILL UNDERCUT MEX GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES. WIDE DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN GFS AND ECMWF OVER THE PROGRESSION OF THE SOUTHWARD MOVING UPPER LOW TUE INTO WED WILL MAKE THE NEXT FORECAST INTERESTING. THIS WOULD MAINTAIN THE COLD REGIME. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/...UPDATED SAT PIC HAS OVC SKY THRU ALL OF CNTRL KY AND THIS SHOULD KEEP THE LOW OVC IN OUR TAFS DUE TO THE NW FLOW PUSHING THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE UP AGAINST OUR HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE EAST. UPSTREAM OBS CONFIRMS THAT MVFR IS THE PREDOMINANT CIG BUT GOOD VSBY UNDER THE CIG SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL MORNING WHENTHE NEXT SHORT WAVE BRINGS THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PCPN IN THE FORM OF -SN. LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE PERIOD... WITH DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FLURRIES POSSIBLE. CURRENT RADAR HAS THIS VERY LIGHT PCPN CURRENTLY IN WAVES AND GENERALLY NORTH OF JKL. COULD NOT RULE OUT SOME MINOR VSBY REDUCTIONS AT JKL WITH THE LIGHT PCPN... BUT NIGHT TIME VSBY TENDS TO BE BETTER WITH THE ALGORITHIMS THAT MEASURE VSBY DUE TO THE LIGHT BEAMS MORE VISIBLE AT NIGHT. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JP LONG TERM....GV AVIATION...DUSTY
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 414 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-241200- 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- 414 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE FROM LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY...WHEN SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS THAT SNOWFALL WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE 2000 FEET TO THE SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND KY HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT. GREIF/JP
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 414 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-240915- 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 414 PM EST TUE FEB 23 2010 ...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE TONIGHT... ...ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... A FEW AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO SLICK OR ICY SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND RIDGETOPS. A POTENT ARCTIC COLD FRONT AND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING EVEN COLDER AIR TO THE AREA ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL THEN BE SLOW TO LEAVE THE REGION...CONTINUING THE COLD AND LINGERING SNOW CHANCES INTO THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING SHOULD BE RELATIVELY LIGHT...WITH AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE IN MOST LOCATIONS TO THE EAST OF INTERSTATE 75. SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THIS AREA. WEST OF INTERSTATE 75...ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY EVENING SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SEVERAL INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...BUT SHOULD PRIMARILY BE CONFINED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN...ABOVE 2000 FEET...ALONG THE KENTUCKY BORDER WITH VIRGINIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/JACKSONKY. GREIF/JP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Freezing rain left a very light glaze of ice on exposed surfaces in Sandy Hook.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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