A large storm system that moved across the southeastern United States and then off the Mid Atlantic coast on February 6th, brought rain, a mix of rain and snow, and then some light snow to eastern KY. Only 2 reports of accumulating snowfall were received at the Jackson weather office.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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 large storm system that moved across the southeastern United States and then off the Mid Atlantic coast on February 6th, brought rain, a mix of rain and snow, and then some light snow to eastern KY. Only 2 reports of accumulating snowfall were received at the Jackson weather office.
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 6, 3:04 AM EST, 56 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 735 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 KYZ044-051-052-104-070345- FLEMING-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... SANDY HOOK 735 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...WITH DETAILS FOUND IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING PRODUCT. RUNOFF FROM PERSISTENT RAIN ON FRIDAY MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...BUT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. AS THE WATER MOVES FURTHER DOWNSTREAM...LARGE STREAMS WILL ALSO BECOME SWOLLEN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL LAST INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL ON FRIDAY CONTINUES TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM...RIVERS WILL RUN HIGH FROM SATURDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SOME MINOR FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. KYZ050-059-060-106>109-119-070345- MONTGOMERY-POWELL-MENIFEE-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...INEZ 735 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING... WITH SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH DETAILS FOUND IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT. RUNOFF FROM PERSISTENT RAIN ON FRIDAY MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...BUT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. AS THE WATER MOVES FURTHER DOWNSTREAM...LARGE STREAMS WILL ALSO BECOME SWOLLEN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL LAST INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL ON FRIDAY CONTINUES TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM...RIVERS WILL RUN HIGH FROM SATURDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SOME MINOR FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. KYZ058-068-069-088-110>118-120-070345- ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-HARLAN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY- PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...HARLAN... PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 735 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WITH DETAILS FOUND IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT. RUNOFF FROM PERSISTENT RAIN ON FRIDAY MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...BUT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. AS THE WATER MOVES FURTHER DOWNSTREAM...LARGE STREAMS WILL ALSO BECOME SWOLLEN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL LAST INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL ON FRIDAY CONTINUES TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM...RIVERS WILL RUN HIGH FROM SATURDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SOME MINOR FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. KYZ079-080-083>087-070345- PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE 735 PM EST FRI FEB 5 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN SOME PLACES...WITH DETAILS FOUND IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT. RUNOFF FROM PERSISTENT RAIN ON FRIDAY MAY CAUSE SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS...BUT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS NOT ANTICIPATED. AS THE WATER MOVES FURTHER DOWNSTREAM...LARGE STREAMS WILL ALSO BECOME SWOLLEN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL LAST INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. AS RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL ON FRIDAY CONTINUES TO MOVE DOWNSTREAM...RIVERS WILL RUN HIGH FROM SATURDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR SOME MINOR FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. HAL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
A volunteer weather observer reported 2 inches of snow on the ground 4 miles north of Stark along a ridge.
The Flemingsburg dispatch reported around 2 inches of snow on grassy surfaces with no accumulation on roadways.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 2010
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 211241, 211242.