WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1144 AM EST WED DEC 4 2013

...IMPACTFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED EARLY FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT... 

.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND
STALL JUST SOUTH OF KENTUCKY. SEVERAL MOISTURE RICH DISTURBANCES
WILL THEN RIDE NORTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY ACROSS OUR REGION
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING A COMPLEX AND MESSY PERIOD
OF WEATHER WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE DEPENDENT ON LOCATION.
THE TRANSITION WILL OCCUR INITIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. THE
TRANSITION WILL THEN QUICKLY SLIDE SOUTHEAST TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY
THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH THE DAY.

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ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN
1144 AM EST WED DEC 4 2013 /1044 AM CST WED DEC 4 2013/

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. 

* TIMING: THE INITIAL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX LOOKS TO OCCUR
  ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN
  MIDNIGHT AND DAWN ON FRIDAY MORNING. THE TRANSITION LINE WILL
  GRADUALLY SINK SOUTHEAST OF THE OHIO RIVER TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY
  AND THE BLUEGRASS THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW
  WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND
  FRIDAY NIGHT DEPENDENT ON LOCATION. SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES
  WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS MOST PREVALENT...WHICH
  APPEARS TO BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
  SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
  ALONG THE OHIO RIVER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

* OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE
  WATCH AREA ON FRIDAY NIGHT. ANY PRE-EXISTING WET SURFACES COULD
  QUICKLY FREEZE CREATING MORE HAZARDOUS DRIVING AND WALKING
  CONDITIONS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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