Low pressure tracking across Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia brought a roughly 12 hour period of moderate to heavy snow to most of the state of Kentucky from Sunday night into Monday February 16, 2015.
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| Loop of Surface Analysis and Radar Image from 7 pm EST Sunday 2/15/2015 through 1 am EST Tuesday 2/17/2015 |
The snow fell with temperatures in the teens to low 20s for most locations resulting in a powdery snow. Snowfall amounts of 8 to 12" were common across eastern Kentucky, with a stripe of 12 to 18" across the heart of central and eastern Kentucky. For many areas, this was the most snow received in over a decade. A period of sleet and freezing rain mixing in with the snow cut into the snowfall amounts along the Tennessee border where 4 to 8" of snow was the rule.
Below is a listing of some of the largest snowfall totals from reports received by NWS Jackson, KY through 11 pm February 16th...
LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE ...BATH COUNTY... POLKSVILLE 10.5 IN 0545 PM 02/16 ...BELL COUNTY... BEVERLY 7.6 IN 0930 PM 02/16 FRAKES 5.0 IN 1047 PM 02/16 ...BREATHITT COUNTY... CLAYHOLE 14.2 IN 1039 PM 02/16 1 N FROZEN CREEK 14.0 IN 0950 PM 02/16 JACKSON 12.5 IN 1000 PM 02/16 JACKSON 12.0 IN 0630 PM 02/16 LAWSON 11.6 IN 0734 PM 02/16 4 ENE JACKSON (NWS OFFICE) 11.1 IN 0650 PM 02/16 1 S FIVEMILE 11.0 IN 0630 PM 02/16 ...CLAY COUNTY... MANCHESTER 9.0 IN 0654 PM 02/16 ...ELLIOTT COUNTY... 3 W BRUIN 9.0 IN 0630 PM 02/16 ...ESTILL COUNTY... IRVINE 14.0 IN 0803 PM 02/16 1 NW LOCUST BRANCH 12.0 IN 0554 PM 02/16 ...FLEMING COUNTY... FLEMINGSBURG 9.0 IN 0547 PM 02/16 EWING 8.0 IN 0547 PM 02/16 ...FLOYD COUNTY... ESTILL 14.0 IN 0605 PM 02/16 EMMA 12.0 IN 0915 PM 02/16 1 NW CLIFF 11.8 IN 1020 PM 02/16 2 ENE DOTSON 11.3 IN 0635 PM 02/16 ...HARLAN COUNTY... BLEDSOE 8.0 IN 0950 PM 02/16 ...JACKSON COUNTY... MCKEE 10.0 IN 0540 PM 02/16 1 ESE MAULDEN 9.5 IN 0800 PM 02/16 ...JOHNSON COUNTY... PAINTSVILLE 12.0 IN 0700 PM 02/16 ...KNOTT COUNTY... FISTY 16.5 IN 0959 PM 02/16 TOPMOST 15.0 IN 0946 PM 02/16 ...LEE COUNTY... BEATTYVILLE 14.0 IN 0600 PM 02/16 IDAMAY 13.8 IN 0700 PM 02/16 2 SSW MOUNT OLIVE 12.0 IN 0545 PM 02/16 ...LETCHER COUNTY... THORNTON 9.0 IN 0600 PM 02/16 ...MENIFEE COUNTY... FRENCHBURG 11.0 IN 0623 PM 02/16 ...MORGAN COUNTY... 1 W CANNEL CITY 11.0 IN 0600 PM 02/16 ...PERRY COUNTY... 2 E BULAN 17.0 IN 0912 PM 02/16 DICE 15.3 IN 0953 PM 02/16 VIPER 10.0 IN 1018 PM 02/16 ...PIKE COUNTY... 2 W COLEMAN 18.0 IN 1000 PM 02/16 PHELPS 14.0 IN 0700 PM 02/16 PIKEVILLE 14.0 IN 0550 PM 02/16 2 S GARDEN VILLAGE 13.5 IN 0800 PM 02/16 1 SE HATFIELD STATION 12.0 IN 0755 PM 02/16 VIRGIE 9.5 IN 0600 PM 02/16 ...POWELL COUNTY... 2 SW BOWEN 11.2 IN 0615 PM 02/16 ...PULASKI COUNTY... BURNSIDE 11.0 IN 1016 PM 02/16 4 ESE ELIHU 7.6 IN 0735 PM 02/16 ...ROCKCASTLE COUNTY... MUELLERSVILLE 12.0 IN 0540 PM 02/16 LIVINGSTON 11.0 IN 0640 PM 02/16 ...WAYNE COUNTY... 1 NNW CABELL 7.0 IN 0600 PM 02/16 ...WOLFE COUNTY... HAZEL GREEN 15.0 IN 1024 PM 02/16 ROGERS 11.0 IN 0600 PM 02/16 PINE RIDGE 10.0 IN 0645 PM 02/16
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