A large portion of eastern Kentucky experienced widespread accumulating snow from the early afternoon hours of February 19th into the late morning hours of February 20th. The snow was heavy and wet and came down heavy at times.
Every event with a place to put it; 80 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 portion of eastern Kentucky experienced widespread accumulating snow from the early afternoon hours of February 19th into the late morning hours of February 20th. The snow was heavy and wet and came down heavy at times. Snowfall amounts averaged between 2 and 5 inches for most locations, with isolated amounts of 6-12 on the higher ridges around the area.
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 19, 6:50 AM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 650 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 650 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 WITH THE PCPN STARTING TO BREAK OUT THE EVENT IS UNDER WAY. JUST FINE TUNED THE POPS AND WEATHER GRIDS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND MATCHED UP CURRENT OBS AND TRENDS FOR THIS UPDATE. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 330 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 07Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A LOW PRESSURE AREA ROVING THE GULF COAST AND DEEP SOUTH CURRENTLY CENTERED IN SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS HAS BEEN ABLE TO SPREAD PLENTY OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE NORTH INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND OVER KENTUCKY THUS FAR BUT THE LOWER LEVELS HAVE STAYED RATHER DRY. THIS WILL CHANGE RAPIDLY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND DEFORMATION ZONE MOVES INTO THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM IS COMING IN NOTICEABLY WEAKER THAN PREVIOUSLY MODELED AND ACCORDINGLY THE DEEPER GULF AND ATLANTIC MOISTURE HAS NOT WRAPPED AROUND ITS NORTH SIDE AS EXPECTED. INSTEAD A LARGE DRY SLOT HAS DEVELOPED WEST OF THE INITIAL CONVECTION THAT IS NOW MOVING EAST OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. THIS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CUT INTO THE QPF THROWN NORTH INTO EAST KENTUCKY DURING THIS IMPENDING WINTER STORM. COLDER AND DRIER AIR HAS BEEN ADVECTING IN ON SCHEDULE FROM THE STEADY NORTHEAST WINDS...THOUGH. DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 20S HAVE SPREAD OVER THE BULK OF THE CWA WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S NORTH AND LOWER 40S SOUTH. WHILE SOME ADDITIONAL ADVECTION WILL OCCUR THROUGH DAWN...THE BULK OF THE COOLING WILL COME DYNAMICALLY AS THE HEAVIER PCPN STARTS TO FALL FURTHER NORTH IN THE CWA SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. THE MODELS ALOFT ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THEIR COLLECTIVE BACK TRACKING SHOWING A WEAKER UPPER WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST AND ITS FURTHER SOUTH PLACEMENT. THE LEAD WAVE WILL WEAKEN OFF THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS LATER THIS EVENING WHILE A TRAILING MIDWEST ONE WILL DROP INTO KENTUCKY TO OUR WEST AND SLIDE PAST TO THE SOUTH LATER TONIGHT. WHILE A CHANGE TO A MORE SUBDUED SCENARIO COMPARED TO 24 HOURS AGO...THE NEAR LOCK STEP AGREEMENT AMONG THE MODELS SUGGESTS THAT THIS CONSENSUS IS MOST LIKELY TO BE CORRECT. AS SUCH...HAVE GEARED THE FORECAST TOWARD A BLENDED SOLUTION FOR WEATHER DETAILS THROUGH MONDAY. QUICK RIDGING THEN MOVES OVER KENTUCKY ON MONDAY AHEAD OF THE NEXT TROUGH MOVING INTO THE PLAINS. SENSIBLE WEATHER WILL FEATURE THE QUICK DEVELOPMENT OF PCPN THROUGH MOST OF THE CWA THIS MORNING AS THE DEFORMATION ZONE OF THE SOUTHERN LOW MOVES OVER EAST KENTUCKY. THE HIGHEST PCPN TOTALS WILL BE FOUND THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF THE CWA WITH A TIGHT GRADIENT TO LESSER AMOUNTS OFF TO THE NORTHWEST. WITH LESS IN THE WAY OF PCPN NOW ANTICIPATED...THE DYNAMIC COOLING WILL BE MORE DELAYED IN THE PLACES NORTH AND WEST OF FAR SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. IN ADDITION...WARM AIR WILL STAY SQUEEZED ALONG THE WESTERN SPINE OF THE APPALACHIANS FOR A TIME THIS MORNING FURTHER SLOWING THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW AND LIMITING SNOW RATIOS. THAT SAID...THE FAR SOUTHEAST IS STILL LOOKING AT HEAVY ENOUGH SNOW TO CLEARLY MEET WARNING CRITERIA...WITH ITS HEAVY AND WET NATURE A FACTOR...AS WELL. HOWEVER...ELEVATION WILL PLAY AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN ACTUAL SNOW AMOUNTS WITH THE RIDGES... COOLING QUICKER...LIKELY TO SEE DOUBLE OR MORE THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THAT FALLS IN THE VALLEYS. FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST...THE LIGHTER QPF WOULD...SOMEWHAT IRONICALLY...LEAD TO AN EXPECTATION OF SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES THAN THE REST OF THE AREA AND THEREFORE LESS ACCUMULATIONS ALL AROUND. POCKETS OF SLEET WILL STILL BE A POSSIBILITY FOR A FEW HOURS THIS MORNING AS THE RAIN IS TRANSITIONING TO SNOW OR BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN TYPES FOR A SHORT TIME. ACCOUNTING FOR ALL THIS...WILL DROP THE ADVISORY FOR FLEMING COUNTY. PARTS OF COUNTIES NORTHWEST FROM INTERSTATE 64 WILL LIKELY NOT MEET CRITERIA WHILE THEIR SOUTHEAST PORTIONS WOULD STILL PICK UP AN INCH OR TWO...SO WILL KEEP THE ADVISORIES GOING THERE. AS FOR THE WARNINGS...ACROSS THE SOUTH THE VALLEYS WILL LIKELY BE SPARED MUCH OF THE ACCUMULATIONS EVEN AS THE RIDGES SEE CLOSE TO THEIR FORECASTED TOTALS. WITH THAT IN MIND WILL KEEP THE WARNINGS GOING...BUT MENTION THE DICHOTOMY THROUGHOUT THE VARYING ELEVATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTIES. MEANWHILE...THE MID SECTION OF THE WARNINGS MAY HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING WARNING CRITERIA OVER A LARGER PORTION OF THEIR COUNTIES DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF A QUICK CHANGEOVER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE COLUMN THERE. FINALLY...THE FAR SOUTHEAST COUNTIES ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER WILL MAKE OUT AS THEY OFTEN DO IN THESE SITUATIONS WITH HEAVIER...ELEVATIONALLY DEPENDENT...SNOWS... SUBSTANTIALLY LIGHTER AMOUNTS IN THE VALLEYS AND A MORE DRAWN OUT END TO THE ACCUMULATING SNOWS. THE CURRENT WARNINGS IN THESE AREAS AND THE TEMPORAL LENGTH STILL LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE. THE NEW SNOW AND CLEARING SKIES TONIGHT WILL LIKELY RESULT IN COLDER TEMPERATURES THAN GUIDANCE SUGGESTS SO HAVE CONTINUED TO UNDERCUT THEM. ON MONDAY...PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND RISING HEIGHTS WILL TRY TO WARM UP EAST KENTUCKY...BUT HINDERED BY THE MELTING SNOW AND EVEN SOME FOG COMING OFF THE NOW VERY MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER. IT SHOULD BE ALMOST AN OLD-SCHOOL-SPRING TYPE OF DAY. DID NOT DO MUCH WITH GUIDANCE GIVEN THE MESO-SCALE DRIVEN EVENT UNFOLDING AND THE AFTER EFFECTS THAT MOS DOES NOT TEND TO CAPTURE WELL. NON-DIURNAL TEMPERATURES DOMINATE THE SHORT TERM FORECAST ALONG WITH VERY SPECIFIC POP BOUNDARIES TRANSITIONING THROUGH THE GRIDS. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 330 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 THE EXTENDED FORECAST DISCUSSION BEGINS ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGING AND SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE VALLEYS. A 500MB SHORTWAVE WITH SOME NEGATIVE TILT AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY. AS HAS IN THE PAST FEW RUNS...DRY AIR...WELL IN PLACE WILL KEEP QPF LOW AND SHORT IN DURATION. NOW...THE GFS AND EURO ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN THE EARLY EXTENDED AS WELL AS THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW. THE LOWER LEVEL DETAILS IN THE LATEST RUNS AFTER TUESDAY CONTINUE TO BE A BIT MURKY. THE INITIALIZATION CAME IN A BIT COLDER SO SOME SNOW WAS PLACED IN THE GRIDS FOR TUESDAY MORNING BUT MOSTLY TO THE NORTH. BY WEDNESDAY...A 500MB CLOSED LOW THEN DROPS OUT OF CANADA AND PARKS RIGHT OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. BOTH MODELS AGREE ON THIS SET UP AS SEVERAL STRONG WAVES DROP OUT OF THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES AND THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY. TIMING OF THESE WAVES STILL IS AN ISSUE WITH THE FIRST WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE FEATURE TAKING AIM AT EAST KENTUCKY THURSDAY 06Z TO 12Z. THE 00Z GFS IS DEEPER WITH THIS FEATURE THAN THE 12Z EURO. THE EURO ALSO HAS A BRIEF REPRIEVE ON WEDNESDAY AND KEPT THIS IN THE 00Z RUN SO MADE WEDNESDAY DRY FOR THE MOST PART. AFTER THURSDAY NIGHT...BOTH 00Z RUNS OF THE GFS AND EURO DEVELOP A POTENT SYSTEM WITH THE NORTHERN STREAM PHASING WITH A LOW KICKING OUT OF THE BAJA AREA INTO THE WESTERN GULF. THE GFS DID THIS IN ITS PREVIOUS RUNS BUT THIS IS THE FIRST RUN THAT THE EURO HAS DONE THIS. THIS SETS UP A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR THE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY TIME FRAME. WITH THE MODELS CONTINUING AN ACTIVE NORTHERN STREAM WITH A BROAD UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES BRINGING THE WAVES THROUGH THE AREA...WILL ONLY GO WITH LOW CHANCE POPS DAY 6 AND 7. THE TROUGH OVER THE EAST IS SUPPORTED BY THE PNA WITH SHOWING A POSITIVE SIGN DURING THIS TIME. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 650 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 CURRENT HIGH AND MID LEVEL CEILINGS ARE FALLING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS EAST KENTUCKY JUST AS THE PCPN IS STARTING TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THE LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL FURTHER SATURATE THE LOWER LEVELS EARLY THIS MORNING AND COOL THE COLUMN OF AIR MAKING A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW A GOOD BET. HAVE ADJUSTED THE FORECAST TO SLOW THE ONSET...BY ABOUT AN HOUR...OF THE WORST CONDITIONS WITH THE RA/SN AND THEN JUST SNOW. THE SNOW WILL FALL MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY...WITH CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES LOWERING TO LIFR OR WORSE FOR MOST LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON BEFORE RETURNING TO VFR BY MID EVENING IN ALL BUT FAR EASTERN KENTUCKY. ADDED PATCHY MVFR FOG TO THE GRIDS AND THE LOZ TAF DUE TO THE NEW SNOW AND WARMER AIR RIDING ACROSS IT MONDAY MORNING. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR KYZ050>052-104. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR KYZ058>060- 068-069-079-080-083>087-106-108-111-114-116. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY FOR KYZ088-107-109- 110-112-113-115-117>120. && UPDATE...GREIF SHORT TERM...GREIF LONG TERM....SHALLENBERGER AVIATION...GREIF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 500 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 KYZ050>052-104-201300- MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ELLIOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... SANDY HOOK 500 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY PRODUCT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY. KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>087-106-108-111-114-116-201300- ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE- MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-OWSLEY-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...BEATTYVILLE...BOONEVILLE... MANCHESTER 500 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AND LAST INTO THE EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE RAIN EARLY BEFORE A CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE OCCURS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING THIS TRANSITION. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES FOR MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES POSSIBLE ON THE RIDGES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST WINTER STORM WARNING PRODUCT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY AND INTO THE EVENING. KYZ088-107-109-110-112-113-115-117>120-201300- HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER- MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE... PRESTONSBURG...JACKSON...HINDMAN...HAZARD...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 500 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS WILL SEE RAIN SHOWERS EARLY BEFORE A CHANGE IN PRECIPITATION TYPE OCCURS. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING THE TRANSITION. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES ON THE RIDGES. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 2000 FEET ELEVATION. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST WINTER STORM WARNING PRODUCT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY AND THROUGH THE EVENING. KYZ044-201300- FLEMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG 500 AM EST SUN FEB 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW IS LIKELY LATER TODAY BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF AN INCH OR LESS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT AND SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY. MB/GREIF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
40 winter weather, 40 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Three inches of snow fell 5 miles northwest of Manchester. The main and secondary roads in the area were slick and hazardous.
Three and two tenths of an inch of snow had fallen over the past 3 hours for a storm total of 3.5 inches.
Three and six tenths of an inch of snow had fallen 11 miles southeast of London over a three and a half hour period.
Two inches of snow fell during a two hour period 2 miles south southeast of Ned.
Two inches of snow accumulated on grassy areas, with an inch of slushy snow on area roadways. The snow fell 1 mile east southeast of Williamsburg.
An inch and a half of snow fell in Goldbug on I75 near exit 15.
Major and secondary roads becoming snow covered and slick all over Perry county, especially on Highway 15 north of Hazard. A tractor trailer jack knifed on the Hal Rogers Parkway west of Hazard.
Tow inches of snow had accumulated on Highway 119 on Pine Mountain 2 miles south of Whitesburg.
Secondary roads were covered with slush and snow 3 miles west southwest of Prestonsburg.
Roadways throughout the county were slushy and snow covered. One minor accident was reported.
Roads were becoming covered with slushy snow in Prestonsburg.
The roads in and around Prestonsburg had become snow covered and slick, including US 23.
Heavy wet snow caused power outages in and around Blackey.
An inch and a half of snow fell between 210pm and 310pm, with a storm total of 2.6 inches 3 miles west southwest of Prestonsburg.
Three and a half inches of snow fell in Whitesburg.
Through 315 pm, 2.5 inches of snow had fallen in Whitesburg. Three to four inches of snow was reported on Pine Mountain as of 2pm and it was still snowing.
Eight tenths of an inch of snow fell in Barbourville in a one hour period, making for a storm total snowfall of 2.5 inches.
An inch and a half of snow had fallen in Whitesburg.
Four inches of heavy wet snow fell in Thousandsticks. The snow brought down numerous trees and limbs.
Two inches of snow had fallen in Thornton. Area roadways had become slick and hazardous with accidents reported.
Three inches of snow fell 5 miles south of London.
Two inches of heavy wet snow had fallen 1 mile east of Lerose.
Two and a half inches of snow had fallen in Heidrick.
Four inches of snow was measured 2 miles northwest of Blackey.
A storm total snowfall of 3.4 inches was reported 3 miles west southwest of Prestonsburg, after 0.8 inches of snow had fallen in the past hour.
Two and three tenths of an inch of snow fell at the Jackson weather office.
Five inches of heavy wet snow had fallen in Mousie. The snow was starting to bring down tree limbs.
Three inches of heavy wet snow had fallen in Thornton. The snow was bringing down trees and limbs around the area.
Five inches of heavy wet snow had fallen in Manchester.
Three inches of heavy wet snow had fallen 1 mile east of Lerose.
Two inches of snow had fallen 3 miles northwest of Booneville. Highways 11N, 11S, 30E, 30W, and 28E were all slush covered and slick.
Two and a half to 3 inches of snow had fallen in Hindman.
Three and a half inches of snow had fallen on grassy areas in Beattyville.
Three inches of heavy wet snow had fallen in Turkey Creek. Area roads were snow covered and slick. The power was out in the McAndrews and Sidney areas.
Five and half inches of heavy wet snow had fallen in Big Creek. The snow brought down trees which in turn were blocking area roadways.
Three and two tenths of an inch of snow had fallen 1 mile west of Hazard.
Five and a half inches of snow had fallen in Ned. Many car accidents occurred near the Breathitt and Perry county lines as result of slick snow covered roads.
Three and a half inches of snow fell 10 miles northwest of Whitesburg.
An inch of snow fell in Baxter.
Four and four tenths of an inch of snow fell in Viper.
Four and a half inches of snow fell in Ary.
Five inches of snow fell in London.
Three inches of snow fell 4 miles northwest of Beattyville.
Three and a half inches of snow fell in Cranes Nest.
Numerous trees, downed by heavy wet snow, were blocking roads all over the county.
Four inches of snow fell in Thornton.
US 23 was closed at Dorton Mountain due to multiple auto accidents.
Two and two tenths of an inch of snow fell in Virgie.
An inch and a half of snow fell at Hagerhill.
Six inches of heavy wet snow fell 2 miles northwest of Blackey.
Three and a tenth inches of snow fell at the Jackson weather office.
Two inches of snow fell 8 miles northwest of Salyersville.
Four inches of snow fell in Barbourville.
Three and three tenths of an inch of snow fell 1 mile east of Lerose.
Three and a half inches of snow fell 2 miles east southeast of Talbert.
Four and a half inches of snow fell in Whitesburg.
Three and six tenths of an inch of snow fell at Cranes Nest.
Six inches of snow fell in Thousandsticks.
Five and a quarter inches of snow fell in Whitley City.
Five and a half inches of snow fell in Williamsburg.
Four inches of snow fell in Wallins Creek.
Four inches of snow 1 mile east of Barbourville.
Four and a half inches of snow fell 2 miles north of Prestonsburg.
Four inches of snow fell 2 miles east southeast of Talbert.
Three inches of snow fell in Harlan.
Four and seven tenths of an inch of snow fell 3 miles west southwest of Prestonsburg.
Four and a half inches of snow fell in Debord.
Five and a half inches of snow fell in Chavies.
Eight inches of snow fell in Frakes.
Eight inches of snow fell 2 miles south of Fredville.
Five and a half inches of snow fell in Thornton.
One and four tenths of an inch of snow fell 1 mile west southwest of Sellars at the Morgan Wolfe county line.
Five inches of new snow was reported in Smilax. Trees, power lines, and area roads were ice and snow covered.
Four and a half inches of snow fell in Keavy.
The deputy EM Director of Harlan county reported that 10 to 12 inches of snow had fallen in 3 to 4 miles south of Clover.
Four inches of snow fell at the Cooperative Observer Station 3 miles northeast of Monticello.
Four inches of heavy wet snow fell in Booneville causing numerous trees to fall blocking roads.
The roads in and around Whitesburg had become slick with car accidents being reported.
Two and a half inches of snow had fallen in the last two and a half hours in Barbourville and it was still snowing.
An inch and a half of snow fell in Barbourville during a one hour period, with a total of 1.7 inches on the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, February 2012
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