[KYHAM] Winter Storm WARNING for Central Ky Counties!

[Ron Dodson]

Note the last line in the following bulletin from Louisville
NWSFO! 

Ron
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
630 AM EST WED DEC 4 2002

...WINTER STORM HEADING TOWARD THE OHIO VALLEY...

BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT KY-GRAYSON KY-HANCOCK KY-HARDIN
KY-LARUE KY-
MARION KY-MEADE KY-NELSON KY-OHIO KY-WASHINGTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARDINSBURG...ELIZABETHTOWN AND
BARDSTOWN

...WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR CENTRAL
KENTUCKY...

LOW PRESSURE IN EAST TEXAS WILL MOVE INTO MISSISSIPPI LATER
TODAY... 
THEN TO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING. 
ABUNDANT MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL STREAM INTO THE
REGION... 
LEADING TO WINTERY PRECIPITATION.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATER THIS 
MORNING...WITH THE SNOW GRADUALLY MIXING WITH SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN 
DURING THE AFTERNOON.  A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN THIS 
EVENING...WILL TRANSITION BACK TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.
TOTAL 
SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SOME ICE 
ACCUMULATION. NOTE...THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT FREEZING RAIN
AND 
SLEET FALLS...COULD GREATLY ALTER SNOWFALL ESTIMATES.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE...AS
PRECIPITATION 
DEVELOPS AROUND THE AREA. ALL INTERESTS IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY
ARE 
URGED TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS ON NOAA
WEATHER 
RADIO.      

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REQUESTS SNOW AND ICE REPORTS
TODAY AND 
TONIGHT FROM SPOTTERS...AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT.