Rain overspread east Kentucky Friday evening as a strengthening area of low pressure tracked across the state. The rain changed to snow from northwest to southeast during the night.
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The episode as NWS JKL wrote it up.
Rain overspread east Kentucky Friday evening as a strengthening area of low pressure tracked across the state. The rain changed to snow from northwest to southeast during the night. The heaviest snowfall amounts fell north of I-64 with up to 4 inches of snow reported in Fleming County. Generally an inch or less of snow was reported south of I-64, but quickly falling temperatures freezing moisture on the roads resulted in slick and treacherous travel conditions even with the light snowfall amounts.
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 14, 9:26 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 926 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 921 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 TRICKY SITUATION GOING ON. ABOVE FREEZING TEMPS HAVE HUNG AROUND QUITE A LOT LONGER THAN ORIGINALLY EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN KY. THIS HAS CAUSED RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE CWA...WITH TEMPS STILL IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOW 40S VIA THE LATEST OBS...INSINUATING THAT SNOW IS STILL SEVERAL HOURS OFF. HOWEVER...ACROSS THE VERY NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STATE...THERE SEEMS TO BE A SHARP CUTOFF FROM RAIN TO SNOW...WITH SOME KY COUNTIES IN LMK AND ILN/S CWA REPORTING 4 INCHES OF SNOW OR MORE. IF WE ARE SEEING ANY SNOW...IT IS IN FAR NORTHERN FLEMING COUNTY...BUT OBS JUST TO THE SOUTH ARE STILL SUPPORTING RAIN. THAT BEING SAID...PULLED BACK QPF AND EXPECTED SNOW TOTALS JUST SLIGHTLY FOR THE NEXT 6 HOURS ACROSS EASTERN KY...INCLUDING LOWERING FLEMING COUNTY TO BELOW WARNING CRITERIA. UNFORTUNATELY...STILL VERY LOW CONFIDENCE IN WHETHER OR NOT EVEN THESE SNOW TOTALS WILL PAN OUT...SO WILL OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND ADJUST AS NEEDED. ONLY MADE MINOR TWEEKS TO THE NEXT 6 HOURS /AFTER 6Z/...BUT AT LEAST BY THIS POINT...MOST PLACES SHOULD BE BELOW FREEZING...OR SO WE HOPE. LATEST LOOK AT THE MESONET SUGGESTS THAT QPF MAY NEED TO BE BUMPED BACK UP IN A FEW LOCATIONS DUE TO A HEAVIER RAIN BAND PASSING OVER. BUT IT WAS JUST THAT...RAIN. AND LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW THAT THE BACK EDGE OF THIS SYSTEM IS ALREADY OVER CENTRAL KY...WITH ONLY LIGHTER AMOUNTS EXPECTED FROM HERE ON OUT. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 359 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 ONE MAJOR SYSTEM AND ONE MINOR SYSTEM TO CONTEND WITH DURING THE PERIOD. THE FIRST ONE IS BY FAR THE MOST SIGNIFICANT. CLOUDS ON ITS LEADING EDGE ARE CURRENTLY SPREADING OVER THE AREA...WITH RAIN AS CLOSE AS CENTRAL KY. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON ITS OUTCOME. THE SURFACE LOW SHOULD TRACK EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING. INITIALLY...TEMPS WILL BE WELL ABOVE FREEZING OVER MOST OF THE AREA...WITH PRECIP IN THE FORM OF RAIN AT THE ONSET. AN EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE EXTREME NORTH. FLEMING COUNTY SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH NORTH OF THE WARM SECTOR AND LOW TRACK FOR ALL SNOW OR ALMOST ALL SNOW TO OCCUR. SNOW FALLING AFTER TEMPS GO BELOW FREEZING SUPPORTS A MARGINAL WARNING FOR FLEMING COUNTY. AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY SOUTH OF FLEMING COUNTY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE LOW DEPARTS TO THE EAST THIS EVENING AND COLDER AIR FLOODS SOUTH...BUT THE LENGTH OF THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW WILL BE THE LIMITING FACTOR SOUTH OF FLEMING COUNTY. WILL LOOK FOR A BAND OF ROUGHLY 1 TO 3 INCHES NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. SOUTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY...THE EXPECTED PRECIP AFTER TEMPS FALL BELOW FREEZING SUPPORTS AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW FOR MOST PLACES. SOME OF THE RIDGES NEAR THE VA BORDER WILL COOL OFF FASTER...AND MAY RECEIVE LOCALLY HIGHER SNOWFALL. THERE IS NOT MUCH CONCERN FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN RAIN OR SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM...WITH A LACK OF ANY SIGNIFICANT WARM LAYER ALOFT...AND THE MILDEST TEMPS OCCURRING AT THE GROUND. ANY LINGERING SNOW WILL PULL OUT OF OUR FAR SE COUNTIES EARLY SATURDAY. THE BRIEF INTRUSION OF COLD AIR BEHIND THE SYSTEM SHOULD KEEP TEMPS MOSTLY IN THE 30S ON SATURDAY DESPITE RETURNING SUNSHINE. THE SECOND SYSTEM IS ANOTHER CLIPPER TYPE LOW WHICH WILL TAKE A TRACK NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES...BUT POPS WILL BE FAIRLY LOW. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 359 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD BEGINS ON SUNDAY WITH AN ACTIVE AND PROGRESSIVE PATTERN IN PLACE. A BRIEF EXTENDED SUMMARY FEATURES A SERIES OF FAST MOVING WAVES IN A ZONAL PATTERN THROUGH TUESDAY. HOWEVER...BY WEDNESDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN INCREASES IN AMPLITUDE AS A COUPLE OF VIGOROUS SHORTWAVES MOVES THROUGH BY THURSDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. AT THIS POINT...MODELS SEEM TO HAVE SOME AGREEMENT ON THE OVERALL LONGWAVE PATTERN BUT THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE TIMING AND INTENSITY...ESPECIALLY WITH THE WARM UP EXPECTED NEXT WEEK. WITH THE ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS OF THE 12Z EURO AND THE ALL MODEL BLEND...A GOOD BIT OF CONSISTENCY HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. WITH THE EXITING CLIPPER ON SUNDAY...MOST OF THE MOISTURE SHOULD HAVE ALREADY LIFTED TO THE NORTH BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH SOME LEFT OVER SNOW OVER NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVING IN BY MONDAY IS A BIT MORE POTENT WITH A GOOD SHOT OF MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH THE RIDGE AND INCREASED SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS WAVE...MOST PRECIP SHOULD BE RAIN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NORTHERN LOCATIONS WHERE TEMPS SHOULD BE HOOVERING AROUND FREEZING AT ONSET AND WOULD SEE SOME SNOW BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN BY MIDDAY AS TEMPS WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 40S AND LOW 50S. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...THE WARM UP CONTINUES WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALLOWING TEMPS TO CLIMB INTO THE 50S FOR TUESDAY. WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW AND WARMER TEMPS...A CHANGE IN THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL TAKE PLACE AS THE OVERALL AMPLITUDE INCREASES. AT THIS POINT...THE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY TIME FRAME FEATURES SOUTHERLY MOIST FLOW WITH SURFACE TEMPS REACHING INTO THE 60S. WITH A COUPLE STRONG SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH...HAVE DECIDED TO THROW A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER IN THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY. WHILE THIS IS PRETTY FAR OUT INTO THE EXTENDED...WITH TEMPS THIS WARM EXPECTED...A MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF A GOOD FORCING MECHANISM...AND COORDINATION FROM THE NEIGHBORING OFFICES...COULD NOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 653 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 RAIN IS CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE REGION IN RESPONSE TO A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT THAT IS SITTING DIRECTLY OVER CENTRAL/EASTERN KY. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES EASTWARD...WINDS HAVE PICKED UP AND STARTED GUSTING AT KSME AND KLOZ. BEHIND THE FRONT...COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FILTER IN...TURNING ANY ONGOING RAIN TO SNOW OVER THE NEXT 4 TO 6 HOURS...STARTING FIRST AT THE MOST NORTHERN SITE KSJS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS TRANSITION COULD OCCUR SOONER...IN WHICH CASE SNOW WILL IMPACT THE TAF SITES FOR A LONGER DURATION. WITH GROUND TEMPS SO WARM...SNOW WILL REDUCE VIS...BUT DO NOT EXPECT IT TO ACCUMULATE ON THE RUNWAYS MUCH AT FIRST. HOWEVER...GROUND TEMPS WILL QUICKLY BE OVERCOME BY THE COLD AIR IN PLACE AND FALLING SNOW...AND HAZARDOUS SLUSHY/SLICK RUNWAY CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE CHANGE OVER. DIRECT IMPACTS ON CIGS AND VIS DURING THIS EVENT ARE STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...BUT BASED TAF FORECAST ON BOTH OBSERVATIONS UPSTREAM AS WELL AS LATEST LAMP GUIDANCE. WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED AS THIS SYSTEM PROGRESSES THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. THIS IS A QUICK MOVING SYSTEM...SO EXPECT PRECIP TO CUT OFF BY LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TOMORROW MORNING...WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND SOME CLEARING EXPECTED BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR KYZ050>052- 059-060-104-106. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST SATURDAY FOR KYZ058-068- 069-079-080-083>087-107>117-119. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY FOR KYZ088-118-120. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY FOR KYZ044. && UPDATE...JMW SHORT TERM...HAL LONG TERM...SHALLENBERGER AVIATION...JMW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 503 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 KYZ044-160115- FLEMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG 503 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING...BUT MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN AT THE ONSET. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT...AFTER ACCUMULATING AROUND 4 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY...LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...AND AGAIN LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TONIGHT. KYZ050>052-059-060-104-106-160115- MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY 503 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING...AND THEN TAPER OFF BEFORE DAWN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY...AND AGAIN LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TONIGHT. KYZ058-068-069-079-080-083>087-107>117-119-160115- ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- BELL-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY- CLAY-LESLIE-MARTIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET... LONDON...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG... BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN... BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ 503 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. MOST OF THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF BEFORE DAWN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY...AND AGAIN AT TIMES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED DURING THE PERIOD. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TONIGHT. KYZ088-118-120-160115- HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 503 PM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS FOR MOST LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS FOR MOST LOCATIONS...WITH UP TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE ON RIDGES. SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY...AND AGAIN MONDAY MORNING. LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY NIGHT ON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. HAL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Three to four inches of snow fell across northern Fleming County, with lesser amounts to the south.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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