812  
WWUS43 KJKL 232218  
WSWJKL  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
518 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026  
 
KYZ087-117-240300-  
/O.EXT.KJKL.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-260224T0300Z/  
BELL-LESLIE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PINEVILLE, MIDDLESBORO, AND HYDEN  
518 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS  
EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL SNOW  
ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING OF A DUSTING TO LOCALLY ONE INCH IN ANY  
MORE PERSISTENT AREAS OF SNOW SHOWERS.  
 
* WHERE...BELL AND LESLIE COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON TIMES OF SLICK, SLUSHY, OR SNOW COVERED ROADS  
AND SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN ROAD CONDITIONS OVER RATHER SHORT  
DISTANCES AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. DURING OR FOLLOWING A SNOW  
SHOWER, ANY UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES, AS WELL AS BRIDGES AND  
OVERPASSES, MAY BECOME ICY IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH IN THE HEAVIER  
SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE, COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW MAY  
CAUSE SUDDEN VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING, SLOW DOWN AND EXERCISE CAUTION. ALLOW  
PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS FOR KENTUCKY CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING HTTPS://GOKY.KY.GOV.  
 
 
 
 
 
KYZ088-110-113-115-118>120-240500-  
/O.CON.KJKL.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-260224T0500Z/  
HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CUMBERLAND, PIPPA PASSES, WHEELWRIGHT,  
SOUTH WILLIAMSON, HINDMAN, COAL RUN, HAZARD, WHITESBURG, INEZ,  
ELKHORN CITY, PIKEVILLE, HARLAN, JENKINS, AND PRESTONSBURG  
518 PM EST MON FEB 23 2026  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL SNOW  
ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING OF A DUSTING TO ONE INCH. LOCALLY  
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 2000 FEET AND IN THE MOST  
PERSISTENT AREAS OF SNOW SHOWERS.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON TIMES OF SLICK, SLUSHY, OR SNOW COVERED ROADS  
AND SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN ROAD CONDITIONS OVER RATHER SHORT  
DISTANCES AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. DURING OR FOLLOWING A SNOW  
SHOWER, ANY UNTREATED ROADS AND SURFACES, AS WELL AS BRIDGES AND  
OVERPASSES, MAY BECOME ICY IN SOME LOCATIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE EVENING COMMUTE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 25 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN  
THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS, COMBINED WITH THE FALLING SNOW MAY CAUSE  
SUDDEN VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING, SLOW DOWN AND EXERCISE CAUTION. ALLOW  
PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. THE LATEST ROAD  
CONDITIONS FOR KENTUCKY CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING HTTPS://GOKY.KY.GOV.  
 
 
 
 
 
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