HIGH WIND WARNING
Issue Date: 313 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...HIGH WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZING OVER OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON WILL STRENGTHEN
RAPIDLY AS IT TRACKS TO NEAR DETROIT BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. A TRAILING
COLD FRONT WILL RACE THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY TOWARDS DAWN ON
WEDNESDAY. STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS
THIS FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE AREA AND THEN FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY.
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JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...
MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...
PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...
BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
312 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT. A LINE OF
  SHOWERS...AND PERHAPS A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD
  FRONT INTO THE AREA TOWARDS DAWN. ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. STRONG AND
  POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND
  CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS: GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWERS OR
  THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SUSTAINED
  WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL THEN INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35
  MPH BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
  FOR A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD BEHIND THE FRONT...LIKELY EXTENDING INTO
  THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. WIND SPEEDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL
  REMAIN LIKELY INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* IMPACTS: TREE DAMAGE IS HIGHLY LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE
  AFTER RAINFALL LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT SATURATES THE SOIL. THE
  FALLING TREES WILL LIKELY DOWN POWER LINES...RESULTING IN THE
  POSSIBILITY OF PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES. DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND
  UNSECURED OBJECTS AND PROPERTY IS ALSO POSSIBLE. DRIVERS OF HIGH-
  PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-TO-SOUTH ROADWAYS...SUCH AS US 23 AND
  INTERSTATE 75...MAY ALSO HAVE EXTREME DIFFICULTY ON WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
&&
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 626 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION STARTING THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUING THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
AS THE POTENT COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA. WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY
STRONGER SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY CARRYING
OVER INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON NORTH-TO-SOUTH
ROADWAYS...SUCH AS US 23 AND INTERSTATE 75...MAY HAVE EXTREME
DIFFICULTY TRAVELING ON WEDNESDAY. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS
LIKELY...WHILE WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD LEAD TO DAMAGE TO
STRUCTURES AND UNSECURED OBJECTS AND PROPERTY. WIDESPREAD AND
POSSIBLY PROLONGED POWER OUTAGES ARE A POSSIBILITY.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM
DEPARTS FROM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
SNOW...OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
$$

HIGH WIND WATCH
Issue Date: 429 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1100 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE OVER OKLAHOMA TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
THEN STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY WHILE TRACKING TO NEAR DETROIT BY MIDDAY
WEDNESDAY. A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL RACE THROUGH EASTERN
KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG
AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE AS THIS FRONT PASSES
THROUGH THE AREA. THE STRONG...POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...
MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...
PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...
BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
429 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
PASSES THROUGH EASTERN KENTUCKY. A LINE OF SHOWERS...AND PERHAPS A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. ANY SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE
THREAT FOR STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE BEHIND THE
FRONT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO 20 TO 35 MPH.
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...
POSSIBLY CARRYING OVER INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL LIKELY OCCUR FROM MID MORNING THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ON
WEDNESDAY.
* DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS LIKELY...WHILE WINDS OF THIS
MAGNITUDE COULD ALSO LEAD TO DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND UNSECURED
OBJECTS AND PROPERTY. WIDESPREAD AND POSSIBLY PROLONGED POWER
OUTAGES ARE A POSSIBILITY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS
HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF
58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
$$
ABE/JP