[donathanhurley]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
355 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009

...LATE SEASON ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED...

.MUCH COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA...COMBINED WITH SEVERAL WEATHER
DISTURBANCES AND NORTHWEST WINDS FLOWING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
EASTERN KENTUCKY...WILL RESULT IN ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY. LOCATIONS AT ELEVATIONS OF 2000 FEET AND ABOVE WILL SEE THE
MOST SNOWFALL.

KYZ087-088-118-120-061600-
/O.NEW.KJKL.WW.Y.0008.090406T2000Z-090408T0000Z/
BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE
355 AM EDT MON APR 6 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE
2000 FEET.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TODAY BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD
FRONT. RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA AS WELL.
THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW THOROUGH THE DAY
TODAY...WITH ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET SEEING THE CHANGEOVER FIRST.
OTHER LOCATIONS WILL SEE THE RAIN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON OR MONDAY EVENING. MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
SEE AROUND AN INCH OF SLUSHY ACCUMULATION...MAINLY ON GRASSY
AREAS...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET...2
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE HIGHEST TERRAIN.

THE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL
CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.



A Winter Weather Advisory has already been issued for Pike Co., KY.
Shew, this snow is never going to end it seems like!