JOSHUA TIME 709

ITS WINTER TIME

Special Weather Statement


FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL- POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON- PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY- KNOX-BELL-HARLAN- ELLIOTT-MORGAN- JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE- BREATHITT-KNOTT- OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY- LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING... OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE... MIDDLESBORO... PINEVILLE...HARLAN... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE... CAMPTON... SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN... BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER... HYDEN...WHITESBURG... INEZ...PIKEVILLE 440 AM EST FRI JAN 19 2007
...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON SATURDAY. THIS WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST...SPREADING A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN INTO THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS A PERIOD OF SNOW LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN IS SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY...AND ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 75. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...ANY FREEZING RAIN MAY PRODUCE A GLAZE OF ICE ON EXPOSED SURFACES.

THE AMOUNT AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEPEND ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AT THIS TIME...AND PERSONS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION