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East Coast Storm; Heavy Rain and Flooding in the Southwest U.S.; Typhoon Remnants Impacting Alaska

A coastal storm continues to bring heavy rain, coastal flooding, high surf, dangerous rip currents, and gusty winds to the East Coast into early Tuesday. A heavy rain and flash flood risk continues for the Southwest/Four Corners region with lingering tropical moisture through Monday. Typhoon remnants are causing strong winds, heavy rain, and coastal flooding across western Alaska through Monday. Read More >

Cold high pressure at the surface slipped beneath warm moist air aloft on December 16, 2008, and caused signicant amounts of snow, sleet, and freezing rain to fall on southern Indiana and central Kentucky.  A band of snow dropped 2 to 4 inches of accumulation from Hartford through Elizabethtown to around Lexington.  Below are a few snapshots sent in by local weather watchers:

 

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky.  John Bradshaw
 Clarkson, Kentucky Clarkson, Kentucky.  Scotty Gore
 Clarkson, Kentucky  Clarkson, Kentucky.  Scotty Gore
 Hartford, kentucky Hartford, Kentucky.  Mike Poteet
 Lexington, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky.  Tommy Bodnar
 Shepherdsville, Kentucky Shepherdsville, Kentucky.  Angelian Keith
Georgetown, Kentucky Georgetown, Kentucky.  Ron Malinowski, Jr.