Winter Weather — Breathitt, Kentucky

2017-01-05 · Breathitt, Kentucky

Wider weather episode

An area of light snow developed early this morning, bringing widespread accumulations of 1-3 inches across eastern Kentucky through the day. A couple of more intense bands developed during the morning hours. These occurred across Perry County from Hazard south to Viper where 4 inches of snow were measured, and across portions of Martin County near Inez where 4 inches of snow occurred through the afternoon before another 1.2 inches fell during the evening and early overnight. These two areas experienced numerous travel complications as snow fell rather quickly underneath these bands. Other areas experienced traffic impacts and accidents, including south of Jackson in Breathitt County where a motorist slid off of Highway 476 and was killed. Another serious accident near Williamsburg on Interstate 75 in Whitley County forced the closure of the northbound lanes between mile markers 15 and 16 during the latter hours of the morning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 665799. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.