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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
446 AM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-112100-
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
446 AM EDT TUE MAR 11 2014

...STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT EASTERN KENTUCKY LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEEPEN RAPIDLY AS IT CROSSES NORTHERN
KENTUCKY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...BEFORE MAKING ITS WAY
TO NEW ENGLAND BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL
THREATEN THE AREA WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HEADS EAST AND
CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PRECEDE THE
ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS FOLLOWING IT.
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.

ADDITIONALLY...AS MUCH COLDER AIR WRAPS IN BEHIND THE STORM SYSTEM...
RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW SHOWERS COMBINED WITH THE
WIND COULD BRING NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ANY SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY BE MORE RESTRICTED TO ELEVATED
SURFACES...WITH GENERALLY A HALF INCH OR LESS EXPECTED IN THE
VALLEYS...AND CLOSER TO AN INCH ON RIDGETOPS. FINALLY...AS
TEMPERATURES PLUMMET DOWN INTO THE TEENS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WIND
CHILL READINGS WILL GET DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AT TIMES.

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GEOGERIAN