[KYHAM] [Fwd: Winter Storm Watch - North & So Cnetral Ky

[Ron Dodson]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EST MON DEC 20 2004

...FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO
VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY...

.A MAJOR LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG TEXAS GULF
COAST TUESDAY NIGHT.  THIS SYSTEM IS THEN FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AND
MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
ON WEDNESDAY.  INCREASING GULF MOISTURE ALONG WITH ANOTHER SHOT OF
POLAR AIR MOVING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY
INGREDIENTS FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER
OHIO VALLEY.

BRECKINRIDGE-BULLITT-BUTLER-CLARK-CRAWFORD-DUBOIS-FLOYD-FRANKLIN-
GRAYSON-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HARRISON-HENRY-JEFFERSON-LARUE-MEADE-NELSON-
OHIO-OLDHAM-ORANGE-PERRY-SCOTT-SHELBY-SPENCER-TRIMBLE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOUISVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...HARDINSBURG...
FRANKFORT...ELIZABETHTOWN...BARDSTOWN...NEW ALBANY...
JASPER AND CORYDON
330 PM EST MON DEC 20 2004

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT TO THURSDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH.  THIS WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND OVERSPREAD THE REGION EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  IN AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM BEAVER DAM TO
LOUISVILLE TO MADISON INDIANA...MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN
IN THE FORM OF SNOW. IN AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE...THE PRECIPITATION
WILL BEGIN AS RAIN AND THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN.  
AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THIS FREEZING RAIN WILL
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW...WITH SOME MINOR ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH.
AT THIS TIME...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER.  THE AREA LIKELY TO
RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WOULD BE IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE
64 IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.  THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE CITIES OF
JASPER...PAOLI...SALEM AND SCOTTSBURG.

FURTHER SOUTH...WHERE THE BULK OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM
OF FREEZING RAIN...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER
OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OCCURS.  AREAS
THAT MAY SEE THE ICING INCLUDE...ELIZABETHTOWN...
BARDSTOWN...TAYLORSVILLE AND FRANKFORT.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT CHANGES IN THE TRACK OF THIS STORM SYSTEM ARE
POSSIBLE.  ANY CHANGE IN THE TRACK WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN
WHERE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION FALLS...AS WELL AS ITS TYPE.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS.  WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PICKING
UP IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS...IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. FUTURE TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY
BECOME HAZARDOUS.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO...COMMERCIAL
MEDIA OUTLETS OR LOCAL TELEVISION MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE
INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/LMK
OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.