{"id":76048,"date":"2026-01-30T01:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=76048"},"modified":"2026-01-30T01:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T06:28:17","slug":"winter-storm-alert-far-southeastern-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/?p=76048","title":{"rendered":"Winter Storm ALERT Far Southeastern Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, everyone. It&#8217;s a Winter Storm ALERT now for far southeastern Kentucky where 4&#8243; or more of snow look to fall through the weekend. This setup is bringing another round of brutally cold temps into Kentucky and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how this setup looks to play out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A period of light snow is working along and south of the Interstate 64 corridor early today.<\/li>\n<li>This puts down light accumulations along the way.<\/li>\n<li>This band of snow will intensify as it hits southeastern Kentucky.<\/li>\n<li>That continues into tonight and Saturday with several inches likely in the far southeast.<\/li>\n<li>A strong north to northwest wind flow will bring widespread snow showers, squalls and flurries Saturday and Saturday night. The Great Lakes will be busy.<\/li>\n<li>The highest totals of 6&#8243; or more will show up along the highest elevations along the Virginia order.<\/li>\n<li>The snow showers and squalls will put down some it and run light accumulations for any one location.<\/li>\n<li>Life-threatening cold air surges in over the weekend. Lows can drop to -5 to 5 above Saturday morning, Sunday morning then again Monday morning.<\/li>\n<li>Wind chills will drop into the -10 to -20 range for some areas over the next few mornings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the current Winter Weather Alerts for Kentucky&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"Watches\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m rolling with my OG Call for Snowfall&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76040\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"783\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-8.jpg 783w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-8-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1-MAP-8-768x433.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see ow far northwest the cutoff is to the heaviest snow in the southeast.<\/p>\n<p>The future radar from the NAM seems to be doing a good job in trying to capture the amount of snow showers and squalls developing. This animation starts this evening and goes through Sunday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-19.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76050\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/NAM-19.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wind chills are brutal this weekend and will be into the Life-threatening range for anyone caught outside for an extended period or for those without proper heating sources.<\/p>\n<p>This animation shows wind chills approaching -20 in the north late tonight&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-48.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76058\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-48.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wind chills for the rest of Saturday into Sunday morning continue to be way down there&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-2-30.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76056\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-2-30.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few light snow showers and flurries are possible Monday with a bigger storm system setting up late Tuesday into Wednesday. The storm track will be crucial with that one as another big arctic blast looks to follow it up later next week&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-3-9.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76057\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-3-9.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The EURO Weeklies continue with a strong winter signal as far as they go out into the middle of March. This is ugly for those of us who want an early spring&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-2-14.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76051\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-2-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-2-14.png 964w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-2-14-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-2-14-768x604.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 964px) 100vw, 964px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a cold and likely snowy setup, folks. The Weeklies give us one heck of a late season snow signal&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-76052\" src=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"966\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-30.png 966w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-30-300x235.png 300w, https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EURO-30-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 966px) 100vw, 966px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Updates come your way later today. I\u2019ll also have updates on my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChrisBaileyWKYT\">Meteorologist Chris Bailey Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Until then, here are your tracking tools for the day\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" alt=\"Watches\" data-src=\"https:\/\/webpubcontent.gray.tv\/wkyt\/WEBWATCHES.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/x-hv1.pivotalweather.com\/maps\/warnings\/nwshaz.us_ov.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/builder.zoomradar.net\/zoomradar_weather_map\/weather_page.php?key=dlFZs5IY4VCw7bK\" width=\"560\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/radar-large.asp?partner=netweather&amp;traveler=0&amp;site=KY_&amp;type=SIR&amp;anim=1&amp;level=state&amp;large=1#\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" alt=\"\" usemap=\"#largemap\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sirocco.accuweather.com\/nx_mosaic_640x480_public\/sir\/inmaSIRKY_.gif\" data-lazy-loaded=\"1\" \/><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make it a great Friday and take care.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Friday, everyone. It&#8217;s a Winter Storm ALERT now for far southeastern Kentucky where 4&#8243; or more of snow look to fall through the weekend. This setup is bringing another round of brutally cold temps into Kentucky and surrounding areas. Here&#8217;s how this setup looks to play out: A period of light snow is working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76048"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76060,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76048\/revisions\/76060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kyweathercenter.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}