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West Somerset, Kentucky, United States (42564)
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 Lat: 37.12N, Lon: 84.61W
Wx Zone: KYZ079 ICAO Used: KSME
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
 Issued: 411 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
 Expires: 700 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
 
High Wind Warning
 Issued: 312 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
 Expires: 1000 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
 
High Wind Watch
 Issued: 342 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
 Expires: 1100 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
 
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 411 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT WITH ONE TO TWO
INCHES LIKELY BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS ON WEDNESDAY. SOME URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY WHEREVER
HEAVIER SHOWERS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS.
THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT 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 TOWARDS DAWN ON WEDNESDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WIND WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH
BEHIND THE FRONT WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED
FOR A SEVERAL HOUR PERIOD DURING THE MORNING...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.
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE THEN POSSIBLE AS THE SYSTEM
DEPARTS FROM LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE WIND CHILL WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW...OR A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND THEN AGAIN
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OR FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON.
$$

HIGH WIND WARNING
Issue Date: 312 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.
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-090500-
/O.UPG.KJKL.HW.A.0002.091209T0900Z-091210T0400Z/
/O.NEW.KJKL.HW.W.0002.091209T0900Z-091210T0300Z/
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
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.
$$
ABE

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.
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-081000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.HW.A.0002.091209T0900Z-091210T0400Z/
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.
$$
ABE

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