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Special Weather Statement Issued by NWS Jackson (Eastern Kentucky)

Sent: 12:59 EST on 02-14-2015 Effective: 12:59 EST on 02-14-2015 Expires: 21:00 EST on 02-14-2015

Bath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Johnson, Knox Laurel, Lee, Magoffin, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley & Wolfe counties

SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW SQUALLS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS EVENING...

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AN AREA OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

THE SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.

IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS...OF FEW MINUTES OF VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR LESS THROUGH THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE SNOW SQUALLS COULD BRING A QUICK QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH IN A HALF OF AN HOUR OR LESS.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

USE CAUTION IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

 

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