A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
554 PM EST THU DEC 5 2013

...IMPACTFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT...

.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PROGRESSED SOUTH OF THE AREA EARLIER TODAY.
MEANWHILE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE
REGION BEHIND THE FRONT. 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...WHICH IS VERY DEPENDENT ON LOCATION. THE
TRANSITION WILL OCCUR INITIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS
EVENING TO AROUND THE OHIO RIVER THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. THE
TRANSITION WILL THEN SLIDE SOUTHEAST TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH
THE DAY ON FRIDAY. BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING.

KYZ027>029-034>043-045>049-053>057-061>063-070>072-060700-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.A.0001.131206T0600Z-131207T0600Z/
GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT 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-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-
SIMPSON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...
FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...
WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...
RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...
RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN
554 PM EST THU DEC 5 2013 /454 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013/

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT
CST/ FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT
CST/ FRIDAY THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING: THE INITIAL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX LOOKS TO OCCUR
  AROUND OR JUST AFTER DAYBREAK ALONG AN ELIZABETHTOWN TO
  FRANKFORT LINE...AND THEN BY LATE MORNING...EARLY AFTERNOON
  ACROSS THE REST OF THE WATCH AREA.

* MAIN IMPACT: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW
  ARE POSSIBLE AND 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 THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AREA.

* 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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BJS