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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
819 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013

KYZ023>031-033>043-045>049-053-141000-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-
BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...
BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...
FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...
LA GRANGE...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE
819 PM EST FRI DEC 13 2013 /719 PM CST FRI DEC 13 2013/

...WINTRY MIX EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH-CENTRAL AND EAST-
CENTRAL KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT
AND WILL BRING A MIXED BAG OF WINTRY CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

THE LATEST FORECASTS INDICATE THAT PRECIPITATION WILL START THIS
EVENING AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
AS THE EVENING WEARS ON...THE RAIN AND SLEET MAY CHANGE OVER TO
MAINLY SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL SLEET MIXING IN FROM TIME TO TIME.
WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION BEFORE SUNRISE ON
SATURDAY RESULTING IN THE SNOW CHANGING OVER TO A COLD RAIN.

BEFORE THE CHANGE OVER TO A COLD RAIN OCCURS...A SLUSHY
ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN AN INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE
IN AREAS OF NORTH-CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL KENTUCKY ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE WESTERN KENTUCKY AND BLUEGRASS PARKWAYS. SOME SLICK
SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS LATE TONIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING...STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AND ALLOW YOURSELF
EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO AND YOUR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

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MJ/RJS