[KYHAM] Ky ARES Advisory: Ice Storm Warning

[Ron Dodson]

An Ice Storm Warning has been issued for a good portion of
North and East Central Ky.  (Advisory Below).  Should
disaster conditions arise from major power outages Ky
Emergency Net MAY NEED TO ACTIVATE for state EM
coordination.

Should we be asked to activate we will be using our 75 meter
freq of 3.888 MHz. until 9 am EST and then 7.228 MHz on 40
meters thereafter until evening around 5 PM EST or as long
as it would be needed on this schedule.

AGAIN, this has not been done and may not be.  However,
should conditions warrent and KyEM requests we do so, these
would be the frequencies we will use + or - QRM by a few
khz.

73, 
Ron, KA4MAP
SEC Ky

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
500 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2003

ANDERSON KY-BOURBON KY-BOYLE KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-BULLITT
KY-CLARK KY-
CLARK IN-CRAWFORD IN-FAYETTE KY-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN KY-GARRARD
KY-
GRAYSON KY-HANCOCK KY-HARDIN KY-HARRISON KY-HARRISON
IN-HENRY KY-
JEFFERSON KY-JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-MADISON KY-MARION
KY-MEADE KY-
MERCER KY-NELSON KY-NICHOLAS KY-OHIO KY-OLDHAM KY-PERRY
IN-SCOTT KY-
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-TRIMBLE KY-WASHINGTON KY-WOODFORD KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES
OF...LOUISVILLE...LEXINGTON...WINCHESTER...
VERSAILLES...SHELBYVILLE...RICHMOND...HARRODSBURG...HARDINSBURG...
FRANKFORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...DANVILLE...CYNTHIANA...BARDSTOWN...
NEW ALBANY AND CORYDON

...ICE STORM WARNING TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

AN ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR
NORTH 
AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AS WELL AS THOSE SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA 
COUNTIES BORDERING THE OHIO RIVER. SOME CITIES IN THE
WARNING 
INCLUDE LOUISVILLE... LEXINGTON... FRANKFORT...BARDSTOWN AND
NEW 
ALBANY.

A SWATH OF MOISTURE...NEAR THE GULF OF MEXICO...IS EXPECTED
TO SURGE 
NORTH AND OVERRUN A COLD DOME OF AIR AT THE SURFACE.
MEANWHILE... 
LOW PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN LATER TONIGHT IN
MISSISSIPPI...THEN 
MOVE TOWARD EASTERN TENNESSEE LATER SUNDAY.  THE COMBINATION
OF 
THESE TWO WEATHER FACTORS WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF FREEZING
RAIN AND 
SLEET ACROSS THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF
AN INCH 
CAN BE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. 

INITIALLY THE ICE WILL COLLECT ON TREES...POWER LINES AND
ELEVATED 
SURFACES...SINCE THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH IS RELATIVELY
WARM. 
HOWEVER...AS ADDITIONAL COOLING CONTINUES TONIGHT...SOME ICE
WILL 
FORM ON SIDEWALKS AND ROADS AS WELL.

IF YOU ARE TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT OR
SUNDAY...USE EXTRA 
CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.