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Snow Across the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast; Unsettled Weather in the West

Light to moderate snow will continue into Saturday over the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast. This weekend into next week, a series of atmospheric rivers will bring gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and mountain snow to northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Colder temperatures are in store for the weekend from the Great Lakes to East Coast. Read More >

The winter that just won't quit brought another widespread winter storm to eastern Kentucky from late on Sunday March 2nd through the day of Monday March 3rd.

As seen in the surface map and radar loop below, a cold front passed southeastward across eastern Kentucky late on Sunday.  A shallow layer of very cold air infiltrated the area behind the cold front with temperatures dropping into the 20s and eventually teens behind this front.  A few thousand feet above the ground however, temperatures were in the 40s Sunday evening.  As a result, rain changed to freezing rain and sleet Sunday night from northwest to southeast Sunday night.  Eventually, the warm layer aloft eroded and the sleet changed to a period of heavy snow for many areas.  Periods of snow, some heavy at times, continued through Monday morning before tapering off during the afternoon hours.

 

WPC Surface Analysis w/ Radar Loop - 1 am EST Sun 3/2 thru 7 pm EST Mon 3/3/2014

Several inches of combined sleet and snow were reported across many areas of east Kentucky.  The warm air hung in the longest over extreme southeast Kentucky, limiting snow and sleet totals there, but a thin stripe of freezing rain coated trees and caused power outages over parts of the Upper Cumberland region.  Travel was the biggest impact as the combination of prior rain freezing on the roads, with sleet and snow on top made a mess of area roads.

Below is a map and listing of snow, sleet and ice totals from area trained weather spotters, Cooperative Weather Observers, highway departments, Emergency Managers and the general public.

***********************SNOWFALL REPORTS***********************

 INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
  7.60   3 WSW PRESTONSBURG       KY  FLOYD            0115 PM
  7.50   PAINTSVILLE              KY  JOHNSON          0125 PM
  7.30   CAMPTON                  KY  WOLFE            0330 PM
  7.30   5 W PRESTONSBURG         KY  FLOYD            0250 PM
  7.00   JACKSON                  KY  BREATHITT        0335 PM
  7.00   MOREHEAD                 KY  ROWAN            0325 PM
  7.00   FRENCHBURG               KY  MENIFEE          0235 PM
  7.00   1 NNE PRESTONSBURG       KY  FLOYD            0139 PM
  7.00   4 SE WEST LIBERTY        KY  MORGAN           1250 PM
  7.00   6 S SALYERSVILLE         KY  MAGOFFIN         1250 PM
  7.00   SALYERSVILLE             KY  MAGOFFIN         1016 AM
  6.80   PAINTSVILLE              KY  JOHNSON          0350 PM
  6.60   STANTON                  KY  POWELL           0245 PM
  6.50   5 W PRESTONSBURG         KY  FLOYD            1150 AM
  6.50   SALYERSVILLE             KY  MAGOFFIN         1000 AM
  6.30   CANNEL CITY              KY  MORGAN           1146 AM
  6.20   4 NE JACKSON             KY  BREATHITT        1250 PM
  6.20   STANTON                  KY  POWELL           1105 AM
  6.00   SALYERSVILLE             KY  MAGOFFIN         0345 PM
  6.00   POMEROYTON               KY  MENIFEE          0300 PM
  6.00   2 N PRESTONSBURG         KY  FLOYD            0225 PM
  6.00   QUICKSAND                KY  BREATHITT        0215 PM
  6.00   4 NE JACKSON             KY  BREATHITT        1150 AM
  6.00   MARETBURG                KY  ROCKCASTLE       1130 AM
  6.00   3 NW WEST LIBERTY        KY  MORGAN           1120 AM
  6.00   LOVELY                   KY  MARTIN           1010 AM
  6.00   NIPPA                    KY  JOHNSON          1009 AM
  6.00   SANDY HOOK               KY  ELLIOTT          0100 AM
  5.90   4 ESE STANTON            KY  POWELL           1245 PM
  5.80   MOUNT VERNON             KY  ROCKCASTLE       0305 PM
  5.80   2 S HAZEL GREEN          KY  WOLFE            1140 AM
  5.70   2 NW ISLAND CITY         KY  OWSLEY           0215 PM
  5.50   MOREHEAD                 KY  ROWAN            0220 PM
  5.50   4 E FRENCHBURG           KY  MENIFEE          0118 PM
  5.30   1 SW FRENCHBURG          KY  MENIFEE          1030 AM
  5.30   1 WSW CLOVER BOTTOM      KY  JACKSON          0700 AM
  5.10   GRAY HAWK                KY  JACKSON          1241 PM
  5.10   HATFIELD STATION         KY  PIKE             1133 AM
  5.00   IRVINE                   KY  ESTILL           0133 PM
  5.00   QUICKSAND                KY  BREATHITT        1140 AM
  5.00   JACKSON                  KY  BREATHITT        1140 AM
  5.00   4 NE JACKSON             KY  BREATHITT        1030 AM
  5.00   SOUTH WILLIAMSON         KY  PIKE             1020 AM
  4.50   LONDON                   KY  LAUREL           0400 PM
  4.50   OWINGSVILLE              KY  BATH             0225 PM
  4.50   2 ESE TALBERT            KY  BREATHITT        0203 PM
  4.00   HINDMAN                  KY  KNOTT            0127 PM
  4.00   KIMPER                   KY  PIKE             1238 PM
  4.00   BOONEVILLE               KY  OWSLEY           1137 AM
  3.00   PAYNE GAP                KY  LETCHER          1215 PM


**********************ICE/SLEET REPORTS***********************

 INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
  1.50   LONDON                   KY  LAUREL           0516 AM
  1.50   MCKEE                    KY  JACKSON          0330 AM
  1.00   2 NE HAZARD              KY  PERRY            0622 AM
  1.00   CAMPTON                  KY  WOLFE            0611 AM
  1.00   HYDEN                    KY  LESLIE           0555 AM
  1.00   CARRIE                   KY  KNOTT            0537 AM
  1.00   PHELPS                   KY  PIKE             0534 AM
  1.00   HINDMAN                  KY  KNOTT            0525 AM
  1.00   HAZARD                   KY  PERRY            0410 AM
  1.00   ISLAND CITY              KY  OWSLEY           0400 AM
  1.00   MOUNT VERNON             KY  ROCKCASTLE       0325 AM
  1.00   MOUNT STERLING           KY  MONTGOMERY       0115 AM
  0.90   PAYNE GAP                KY  LETCHER          0600 AM
  0.75   5 SE SANDGAP             KY  JACKSON          0830 AM
  0.75   12 SW BOONEVILLE         KY  JACKSON          0800 AM
  0.75   SHELBIANA                KY  PIKE             0532 AM
  0.70   2 ESE TALBERT            KY  BREATHITT        0850 AM
  0.60   4 ESE STANTON            KY  POWELL           0200 AM
  0.50   HARLAN                   KY  HARLAN           0420 PM
  0.50   MONTICELLO               KY  WAYNE            0240 PM
  0.50   BLACKEY                  KY  LETCHER          0740 AM
  0.50   HAZARD                   KY  PERRY            0740 AM
  0.50   MANCHESTER               KY  CLAY             0430 AM
  0.50   4 NE JACKSON             KY  BREATHITT        0259 AM
  0.50   MINNIE                   KY  FLOYD            0156 AM
  0.50   BEATTYVILLE              KY  LEE              0142 AM
  0.50   IRVINE                   KY  ESTILL           0130 AM
  0.50   SANDY HOOK               KY  ELLIOTT          0125 AM
  0.40   BUNCH                    KY  LAUREL           0900 AM
  0.40   HAZARD                   KY  PERRY            0259 AM
  0.25   SOMERSET                 KY  PULASKI          0255 PM
  0.25   PHELPS                   KY  PIKE             0200 AM
  0.25   BOONEVILLE               KY  OWSLEY           0154 AM
  0.25   INEZ                     KY  MARTIN           0144 AM
  0.25   CAMPTON                  KY  WOLFE            0141 AM
  0.25   SALYERSVILLE             KY  MAGOFFIN         0140 AM
  0.25   PAINTSVILLE              KY  JOHNSON          0138 AM
  0.25   HYDEN                    KY  LESLIE           0134 AM
  0.25   WEST LIBERTY             KY  MORGAN           0130 AM
  0.25   FRENCHBURG               KY  MENIFEE          0128 AM
  0.25   MOREHEAD                 KY  ROWAN            0118 AM
  0.25   FLEMINGSBURG             KY  FLEMING          0110 AM
  0.20   HARLAN                   KY  HARLAN           0415 PM


********************FREEZING RAIN REPORTS*********************

 INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
  0.50   3 E CORBIN	          KY  KNOX             0500 AM
  0.30   STONEY FORK              KY  BELL             1000 AM