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Winter Storm Warning for the following counties & cities:

ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY- WHITLEY- KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-LEE- BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY- LESLIE-LETCHER-PIKE-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...MOUNT VERNON... MCKEE... SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG... PIKEVILLE 1053 AM EST WED FEB 20 2008


...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

MORE WINTRY WEATHER IS ON ITS WAY STARTING ON THURSDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL MOST LIKELY START OUT AS SLEET OR SNOW AND TURN TO FREEZING RAIN. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL START IN THE SOUTH AND THEN SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY TO THE NORTH THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ONCE THE FREEZING RAIN PASSES...THEN LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE. ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON..THE FREEZING RAIN WILL STALL AROUND THE I 64 CORRIDOR AND THEN START TO SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN START MOVING BACK NORTH ON FRIDAY MORNING AND WILL BE ENDING BY MID MORNING ON FRIDAY. THE AREA THAT IS MOST VULNERABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN IS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN PARKWAY. THE AREA NORTH OF I 64 HAS THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION...AS WELL AS FREEZING RAIN. THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRACK OF THIS STORM.