- Winter Storm Watch for Laurel County, Kentucky
- Winter Storm Watch issued January 20 at 11:05PM EST until January 23 at 7:00PM EST by NWS
- Effective: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 11:05 p.m.
- Expires: Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 7 p.m.
...MAJOR WINTER STORM SHAPING UP FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...
.A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH
LATE THIS WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
TRANSPORT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE NORTHWARD OVER COLDER AIR IN
PLACE ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN EXTENDED PERIOD
OF WINTRY WEATHER FOR OUR AREA. AT PRESENT THERE IS STILL A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO PRECIPITATION
TYPES AND EXACT AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY EVENING...
* PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP NORTHWARD OVER THE REGION LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE FOR A PROLONGED
PERIOD. A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR. THE GREATEST
LIKELIHOOD FOR MOSTLY SNOW IS IN AREAS NORTH OF THE MOUNTAIN
PARKWAY. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION TO
FALL AS RAIN IS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY...LOUIE
B NUNN PARKWAY...AND CONNECTING PORTION OF STATE ROUTE 80. IN
BETWEEN THESE CORRIDORS IS WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE AMOUNTS
OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS GREATEST. PRECIPITATION WILL BE ON THE
DECLINE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
* HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE MAY OCCUR...WITH A FOOT OF
SNOW POSSIBLE WHERE THE SWATH OF HEAVIEST SNOW FALLS.
* TRAVEL WOULD BE GREATLY AFFECTED. WHERE LARGE AMOUNTS OF ICE OR
WET SNOW OCCUR...POWER OUTAGES MAY ALSO BE A CONCERN.