Winter Weather Advisory URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 540 AM EDT FRI OCT 31 2014 ...FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON FOR THE KY CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS... KYZ087-088-118-120-312000- /O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0023.141101T0000Z-141101T1800Z/ BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN... WHITESBURG...PIKEVILLE 540 AM EDT FRI OCT 31 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AT ELEVATIONS OF 2000 FEET AND ABOVE. THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DESCEND TO THE VALLEYS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND DAWN SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS ON SATURDAY MORNING...BUT REMAIN AS MOSTLY SNOW AT ELEVATIONS OF 1500 FEET AND ABOVE THROUGH EARLY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...A DUSTING TO AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS...AND ONE TO THREE INCHES AT ELEVATIONS FROM 1500 TO 3000 FEET. ABOVE 3000 FEET...THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE CROSSING THE THE HIGHER PASSES ABOVE 2000 FEET MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED...SLUSHY OR SLICK... RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED AT TIMES TO ONE HALF OF A MILE OR LESS DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOW AND ON THE RIDGETOPS. AN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGE IS ALSO POSSIBLE...AS DOWNED TREES WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE SNOW ACCUMULATING ON FOLIAGE STILL LEFT ON MANY TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. $$ JP/GEOGERIAN
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:13:01 +0000