Author: kg4vma

INCREASED FIRE DANGER THROUGH EARLY EVENING

…INCREASED FIRE DANGER THROUGH EARLY EVENING…

VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST
ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNSET. OUTDOOR
FIELD AND BRUSH FIRES COULD EASILY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. ANYONE
CONSIDERING OUTDOOR BURNING THIS AFTERNOON USE EXTREME
CAUTION…OR POSTPONE BURNING UNTIL CONDITIONS ARE SAFER.

Special Weather Statement 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
245 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014

KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-020000-
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-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-
GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-
SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-
RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY
245 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /145 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER THROUGH EARLY EVENING...

VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST
ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY UNTIL AN HOUR OR TWO AFTER SUNSET. OUTDOOR
FIELD AND BRUSH FIRES COULD EASILY SPREAD OUT OF CONTROL. ANYONE
CONSIDERING OUTDOOR BURNING THIS AFTERNOON USE EXTREME
CAUTION...OR POSTPONE BURNING UNTIL CONDITIONS ARE SAFER.

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RAS
RAS

WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

Winter Storm Watch valid until February 3 10:00am EST 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
230 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014

...RAIN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ON SUNDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE OHIO RIVER EARLY
SUNDAY...AND INTO TENNESSEE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A SERIES OF WEAK
DISTURBANCES WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS KENTUCKY SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME ALL SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. SOME
FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW EARLY MONDAY NEAR TENNESSEE. AREA
ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK BY LATE SUNDAY.

KYZ035>037-039>043-045>049-053>057-062>067-071>078-081-082-021000-
/O.NEW.KLMK.WS.A.0002.140202T2100Z-140203T1500Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON 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-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-
CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-
MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-
CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...
WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...
RICHMOND...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
230 PM EST SAT FEB 1 2014 /130 PM CST SAT FEB 1 2014/

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

* TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN SUNDAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
  BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. SNOW MAY
  INITIALLY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

* MAIN IMPACT: AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AND SNOW BEGINS
  TO ACCUMULATE LATE SUNDAY...AREA ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND
  HAZARDOUS. THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS CENTRAL
  AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY BEFORE ENDING BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.
  LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE
  POSSIBLE NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

* OTHER IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE
  MILE UNDER ANY BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW THAT MAY DEVELOP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ADVANCED NOTICE THAT SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE.

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JSD