NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
315 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE TONIGHT...
.A LARGE AND STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM
THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY...ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE
APPALACHIANS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. IT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION. EXPECT THE PRECIPITATION TO INITIALLY BE IN THE FORM
OF RAIN...BUT WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND FINALLY SNOW
AS COLD AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT.
COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:
/O.NEW.KJKL.WS.A.0003.080308T0700Z-080309T0500Z/
ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-
BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-
PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...
LONDON...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...
BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...PAINTSVILLE...
SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...
BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...
PIKEVILLE
315 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING.
RAIN IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT... AND THEN
MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW BEGINNING SATURDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT
APPEARS THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT THREAT WITH ICE ACCUMULATION FROM
FREEZING RAIN...WITH AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER...WITH THE COLDER AIR RUSHING IN...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
CHANGE TO SNOW WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
DUSTY
AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN KENTUCKY: BELL, BREATHITT, CLAY, FLOYD, HARLAN, JACKSON, JOHNSON, KNOTT, KNOX, LAUREL, LEE, LESLIE, LETCHER, MAGOFFIN, MARTIN, MCCREARY, OWSLEY, PERRY, PIKE, PULASKI, ROCKCASTLE, WAYNE, WHITLEY.
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