On January 25th, a strong low pressure system developed along the Gulf coast and then tracked northeast up the east coast. The temperatures across eastern Kentucky were slightly too warm so the precipitation was rain before a change over to snow.
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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.
On January 25th, a strong low pressure system developed along the Gulf coast and then tracked northeast up the east coast. The temperatures across eastern Kentucky were slightly too warm so the precipitation was rain before a change over to snow. The event for eastern Kentucky was primarily the upper level low and heavy wet snow fell across eastern Kentucky knocking out the power for Breathitt and Perry counties with only 2 inches of snow reported. Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories were issued.
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 Jan 26, 1:15 AM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 115 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 .SHORT TERM.../THE REST OF TONIGHT/ TEMPS ACROSS THE REGION CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SLIDE...BUT CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE TEMPERATURES AVERAGING IN THE MID AND UPPER 30S. TEMPS ARE STILL HOLDING IN THE MID 40S NEAR MIDDLESBORO. OVERNIGHT SOME SLIGHTLY DRIER AND COLDER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO ADVECT IN ON NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW AND LIFT BECOME SUFFICIENT TO COOL OFF THE COLUMN AND ELIMINATE THE WARM AIR CURRENTLY BETWEEN ABOUT THE SFC AND 850 MB. TEMPS IN EVEN THE HIGHEST TERRAIN IS IN THE MID 30S SUCH AS BLACK MTN AND PIKE COUNTY MESONET. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE OF THIS WARM LAYER GO AWAY AND LOWER LEVELS TO BEGIN COOLING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN ABOUT 6Z AND 11Z. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO A SLIGHTLY FASTER CHANGEOVER OVER THE NORTH AND WEST AS WELL AS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN GRADUALLY DESCENDING AND WORKING EAST DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. 18Z MODEL RUNS AND TO SOME EXTENT THE 0Z MODEL RUNS THAT TRICKLED IN AS WELL AS THE 21Z SREF INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY ENOUGH QPF TO GET TO AROUND 4 INCHES ON AVERAGE TOWARD THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION. ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE WAS NOT EXTREMELY HIGH ENOUGH AND TIMING OF CHANGEOVER IS UNSURE...IT APPEARS THAT DEFORMATION BAND SNOW NOW TO THE W AND NW OF THAT REGION SHOULD GRADUALLY WORK INTO THAT AREA OR DEVELOP TOWARD DAWN IN THE SW. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL SHOULD STILL AVERAGE HIGHER IN POINTS TO THE EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR. NAM INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR FRONTOGENETIC BANDING OF SNOW POSSIBLY WORKING INTO THE BLUEGRASS REGION AND POSSIBLY OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES. AT THIS POINT IN TIME...DID NOT INCREASE SNOWFALL IN THE FAR NORTH. HOWEVER...THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT WILL MONITOR TRENDS AND MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS AS NECESSARY. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /THE REST OF TONIGHT/ RAIN IS CONTINUING TO MOVE NORTH INTO THE REGION...WITH RAIN FALLING TO THE WEST OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KY AND CENTRAL TN. OVER FAR WESTERN TN AND KY...THE PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. TEMPS CURRENTLY ARE IN THE 40S ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...WITH UPPER 30S ACROSS THE FAR NORTH AND MID TO UPPER 30S ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN ALONG THE VA BORDER. WETBULB TEMPS IN THOSE LOCATIONS ARE NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. SOME DRIER AND COLDER AIR IS ADVECTING INTO THE AREA ON NE FLOW IN THE LOWER LEVELS AROUND HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE OH RIVER. HOWEVER...THE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE EASTERLY OFF THE SFC RELATED TO THE LOW PASSING BY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION. DEWPOINTS ARE HIGHEST OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE CWA AND LOWEST IN THE EAST. THIS WOULD PUT WETBULB TEMPERATURES LOWER IN EASTERN SECTIONS THAN WESTERN SECTIONS...BUT COLDER AIR IS ALSO EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY ADVECT IN MORE QUICKLY IN THE NORTH AND WEST THAN THE SOUTHEAST AS THE SFC LOW PASSING BY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA BEGINS TO REORGANIZE ALONG THE CAROLINA COASTLINE. THE 18Z MODEL DATA DID NOT OFFER A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST QPF...BUT 1000-500 MB THICKNESSES...AND 1000-850 MB THICKNESSES AND MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS ETC...AT LEAST HINTED AT A POSSIBLE EARLIER CHANGEOVER THAN WHAT THE HEADLINES HAD INDICATED. THE 18Z GFS WAS THE QUICKEST WITH THIS. IF THE 18Z GFS WERE TO VERIFY...AN EARLIER CHANGEOVER COULD LEAD TO MORE SNOWFALL OVER THE FAR SW CWA ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HIGHER 18Z GFS QPF IN THE SW. HOWEVER...WAS NOT CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO RAISE AMOUNTS THERE JUST YET. HOWEVER...CONSIDERING THE ZFP WORDING AND THE REASONABLE TIMING OF CHANGEOVER IN THE WX GRIDS...OPTED TO START ALL OF THE HEADLINES TWO HOURS EARLIER TO COVER A POSSIBLE EARLIER CHANGEOVER...ESPECIALLY ON RIDGETOPS AND BETTER LINE UP WITH SURROUNDING CWAS. OVERALL...WE DID NOT CHANGE THE GRIDS AT THIS POINT...JUST ADJUSTED THE HEADLINE START TIMES. LATER UPDATES MAY BE NEEDED...DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY CHANGEOVER MOVES EAST ACROSS WESTERN KY AND TN TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR. THE PREVIOUS SHORT TERM FORECAST DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/ CURRENT CONDITIONS STARTING AT 20Z SHOW WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER OVER SPREADING THE FORECAST AREA. RADAR SHOWS RETURNS MAKING IT INTO SOUTHERN KENTUCKY BUT STRUGGLING TO MAKE IT FURTHER NORTH INTO SOMEWHAT DRYER AIR. HOWEVER...SOUTHERN COUNTIES HAVE MOISTENED UP QUITE A BIT AHEAD OF THIS EVENT PRELUDING TO THE STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEEPENING OF THE GULF SURFACE LOW AND UPPER LOW TRAVELING ALONG THE APPALACHIAN RIDGE. THE MODELS HAVE COME TOGETHER ON THIS EVENT ACCORDING TO TRACK BUT SOME MESOSCALE TYPE PARAMETERS ARE STILL IN QUESTION. WITH THE DEEPENING OF THE LOW AND FLOW SHIFTING TO FROM THE NORTH TO BRING IN COLDER AIR. WITH THIS IN MIND...EXPECTING A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES EXPECTED AROUND 15 TO 16Z AND EVEN EARLIER IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ABOVE 2000 FEET. SNOW RATIOS ARE EXPECTED TO BE A BIT HIGHER IN THE ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET WITH A QUICKER CHANGE OVER SO A 6 TO 10 INCH AMOUNT IS EXPECTED AND IN THE VALLEYS A 3 TO 6 INCH AMOUNT. SO THEREFORE...HAVE GONE AND ISSUED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE EASTERN TIER OF COUNTIES TILL 7 PM WEDNESDAY. AN EARLIER CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO GET THE DYNAMICS NEEDED FOR HEAVIER TOTALS THAT THE EASTERN COUNTIES WILL BE GETTING. THE CHANGE OVER TIME IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES WILL BE MORE LIKE A 3 TO 4 AM CHANGE OVER AND CONTINUING TILL 7PM WEDNESDAY. BETTER DYNAMICS ARE PRESENT IN THE SOUTHWESTERN COUNTIES SO A 2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNT IS EXPECTED AND A 1 TO 3 INCH IN THE BLUEGRASS COUNTIES SO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. CONCERNS HERE ARE OBVIOUSLY TEMPERATURES BUT WITH TEMPS LIKELY FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY WEDNESDAY...QUITE A IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED. THE CONSENSUS IN THE MODELS HAS THIS EVENT TRACKING OFF AND OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 1 AM WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL PRETTY MUCH SHUT OFF OUR SNOW PRODUCTION DURING THE TIME AS THE GOOD MOISTURE AND LIFT MOVE OFF. .LONG TERM.../THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/ STARTING TO SEE SOME BETTER AGREEMENT IN THE LONG RANGE MODELS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER...STILL PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO A POTENTIAL SIGNIFICANT WARM UP. MODELS HAVE EVEN WORSE AGREEMENT EARLY NEXT WEEK. THUS...CONFIDENCE IS IMPROVED GOING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...BEFORE PLUMMETING THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. AS FAR AS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IS CONCERNED...A FEW LINGERING FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT DRYING SPREADS INTO EAST KENTUCKY DURING THE DAY...WITH AT LEAST SOME FILTERED SUNSHINE EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON. A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY. WILL KEEP SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE HAL RODGERS PARKWAY. MOST OF THE FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM SLIDES BY TO THE NORTH...BUT MODEL SOUNDINGS SATURATE JUST ENOUGH TO WARRANT THE SMALL CHANCE OF SNOW. AT THIS POINT...NOT LOOKING LIKE MUCH SNOW ACCUMULATION GIVEN THE LACK OF FORCING. HOWEVER...A DUSTING IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE. BY FRIDAY NIGHT...AS MENTIONED ABOVE MODELS DIVERGE. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN FLATTENS OUT THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AND IS LIKELY THE REASON FOR UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO EXACTLY HOW WARM THINGS MAY GET THIS WEEKEND. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE ECMWF STRENGTH IN THE DAYS 4 THROUGH 5...OPTING TO KEEP THE FORECAST MUCH CLOSER TO THIS MODEL. THUS...EXPECT A FAIRLY WARM SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WITH HIGHS WELL INTO THE 40S AND EVEN SOME 50S IN THE SOUTH. OBVIOUSLY...THIS COULD CHANGE IF MODELS CONVERGE TOWARD THE COLDER GFS. THE COLDER GFS ALSO KEEPS SOME FLURRIES AROUND THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT OPTING TO KEEP THE FORECAST DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE GFS KEEP THINGS VERY COOL ACROSS THE REGION WITH A TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. IT ALSO HAS SOME WEAK CLIPPERS DROPPING IN FROM THE NORTH...BUT AT THIS POINT...THEY ALL REMAIN NORTH OF OUR AREA. THE ECMWF ON THE OTHER HAND KEEPS THINGS VERY MILD AND THE WARMTH GETS REINFORCED BY TUESDAY AS A SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM STRENGTHENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE GFS ALSO HAS A SOUTHERN STREAM SYSTEM...BUT KEEPS IT FURTHER SOUTH DUE TO THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. HOWEVER...WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE ECMWF THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK TO KEEP CONTINUITY WITH THE FORECAST. THE SYSTEM AROUND MIDWEEK WILL HAVE TO BE WATCHED AS IT COULD GIVE THE AREA ANOTHER CHANCE FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION. && .AVIATION.../06Z TO 06Z/...UPDATED LIGHT RAIN FALLING INTO THE DRIER AIR BELOW HAS FINALLY SATURATED THINGS PRETTY WELL AND MOST LOCATIONS ARE IFR OR BELOW WITH STRATUS CIGS. AS THE UPPER LOW BEGIN TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...THE COLD AIR WILL WRAP IN BEHIND IT AND CHANGE TO RAIN OVER TO SNOW. EXPECT THAT CHANGE OVER BETWEEN 8-12Z. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES STARTING FROM WEST TO EAST AROUND 5Z. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR KYZ044- 050>052-058>060-104-106-108-111. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR KYZ068-069- 079-080-083>085. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY FOR KYZ088-110-113-115-117>120. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY FOR KYZ086-087-107- 109-112-114-116. && SHORT TERM...SHALLENBERGER/JP LONG TERM....KAS AVIATION...JJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1125 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-104-106-108-111-261200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN- WOLFE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE 1125 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE THREAT FOR SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW AGAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW TOTALS AND ANY OCCURRENCE OF SLEET. KYZ086-087-107-109-112-114-116-261200- KNOX-BELL-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-BREATHITT-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...JACKSON...BOONEVILLE...MANCHESTER 1125 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW TOWARD DAWN. THE MIX WITH AND CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SHOULD OCCUR AN HOUR OR TWO EARLIER ON THE RIDGETOPS AS COMPARED TO THE VALLEYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT AT 3 AM ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE THREAT FOR SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW AGAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW TOTALS AND ANY OCCURRENCE OF SLEET. KYZ088-110-113-115-117>120-261200- HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PRESTONSBURG...HINDMAN...HAZARD... HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE 1125 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TO MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW TOWARD DAWN...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS OF 2000 FEET AND ABOVE. THE MIX WITH AND CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SHOULD OCCUR AN HOUR OR TWO EARLIER ON THE RIDGETOPS AS COMPARED TO THE VALLEYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT AT 5 AM ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. THE THREAT FOR SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM ON THURSDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW AGAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW TOTALS AND ANY OCCURRENCE OF SLEET. KYZ068-069-079-080-083>085-261200- ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG 1125 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN IS EXPECTED GRADUALLY MIX WITH AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOW COULD FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATE. THE MIX WITH AND CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SHOULD OCCUR AN HOUR OR TWO EARLIER ON THE RIDGETOPS AS COMPARED TO THE VALLEYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO POSSIBLY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. THE THREAT FOR SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW AGAIN FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN SNOW TOTALS AND ANY OCCURRENCE OF SLEET. JP
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
24 winter weather, 2 winter storm, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A inch of snow accumulated and is sticking to roads. The roads are becoming hazardous.
The snow accumulated 1.5 inches.
The snow accumulated 1.4 inches.
The snow accumulated 3 inches.
The snow accumulated 5 inches.
A snow plow driver estimated 5 inches of snow accumulation along U.S. 119 on top of Pine Mountain.
The snow plow driver estimated 3 inches of snow along RT. 221 at 2100 feet near the junction of Harlan, Perry, and Leslie counties.
The snow plow driver estimated 3 inches of snow along route 421 on top of Pine Mountain near 26oo feet.
The snow plow driver estimated at least 6 inches of snow along route 160 on Black Mountain near 3700 feet.
The snow has accumulated 1.5 inches.
The snow accumulated 1.3 inches.
The snow accumulated 2 inches.
The snow accumulated 2 inches.
The snow accumulated 3 inches.
The snow accumulated 0.9 inches.
At 1045 AM, the National Weather Service office near Jackson had 1.5 inches of snowfall.
At 1145 AM, the National Weather Service office near Jackson measured 2.3 inches of snowfall.
The snow accumulated 2 inches.
The snow accumulated 3 inches.
The snow accumulated 1.8 inches in the last 4 hours with a snow depth of 2 inches.
The snow has accumulated 2 inches.
The snow accumulated 2 inches.
The snow accumulation was 0.4 inches 4 miles west southwest of Prestonsburg with 1 to 2 inches on the surrounding ridges.
A Eubank man was killed due to injuries he sustained in a two car accident wednesday morning on Hwy 39 near the Eagles Nest Subdivision 3 miles north of Somerset. Local law enforcement officials stated that the man was pronounced dead at the Cumberland Regional Hospital shortly thereafter. The driver of the second car involved in the wreck, a 33 year old Somerset woman, sustained only minor injuries. Slick roads were blamed for the crash.
The snow accumulation was an inch 2 miles east southeast of Inez.
The snow accumulation was about an inch in and around the town of Paintsville.
The total snowfall measured at the Jackson weather office was 3.1 inches.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather, Pulaski | 2011-01-26 | 69 | Male | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 2011
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: 271489, 271504, 271507, 271511, 271512, 271519, 271521, 271525, 271527, 271510, 271528, 271509, 271494, 271503, 271505, 271490, 271491, 271495, 271506, 271508, 271513, 271514, 271516, 279064, 271515, 271517, 271518.