WInter Storm Watch for West KY by PAH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
459 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008


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MOZ110>112-114-141900-
/O.NEW.KPAH.WS.A.0006.081215T1200Z-081216T1200Z/
EDWARDS-WABASH-HAMILTON-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-
JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-
MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-
TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-
DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-
NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...
GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...
FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...
ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...
MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...
CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...
HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...
ELKTON...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
459 AM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
MONDAY NIGHT.

RAIN TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN MONDAY
AND MONDAY AFTERNOON AS A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE
REGION. THE CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN WILL TAKE PLACE EARLY IN THE
DAY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO RIVER...THEN DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...FURTHER SOUTHEAST. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS
ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF THE OHIO
RIVER.

THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...ANOTHER WAVE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN THE
FORM OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...MAY OVERSPREAD THE REGION AGAIN
MONDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL ICING CONCERNS AS
TEMPERATURES HOVER IN THE 20S.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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