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.
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HIGH WIND WATCH
Issue Date: 342 PM EST MON DEC 07 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...AND THEN CONTINUING BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
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FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
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
342 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009
...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT 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 SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY CONTAIN STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THE
THREAT FOR STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL THEN CONTINUE BEHIND THE
FRONT WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST.
* WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
SUSTAINED WINDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
60 MPH ARE THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY
CARRYING OVER INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH WINDS OF
THIS MAGNITUDE.
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.
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ABE