Well, we've had our third real snowfall of the season, and I guess this is
the biggest one so far. Here in East Frankfort, we got between 3" and 3.5"
of the fluffy stuff.

There was one Louisville forecaster who, on Thursday, said all the other
forecasters were wrong, and the snow would not get here until Friday
evening. By Friday morning, most of the others had fallen in-line with
him, but a few of the Lexington forecasters were still calling for the
"more than flurries" snow to start around noon.

The original Louisville guy got it right. Snow held off here until
sometime after 10 PM. Not sure exactly when it first started in Louisville,
but it was evening.

Here are some observations reported to the NWS, followed by an NWS
statement for Eastern KY:

01/30/2010 1140 am
Frankfort, Franklin County.
Snow m4.0 inch, reported by co-op observer.

01/30/2010 0644 am
Albany, Clinton County.
Snow m5.0 inch, reported by trained spotter.

01/30/2010 0650 am
Pikeville, Pike County.
Heavy snow e7.0 inch, reported by dept of highways.
Highway dept reported 6 to 8 inches across Pike County.

01/30/2010 1109 am
Elkhorn City, Pike County.
Heavy snow m7.5 inch, reported by Emergency Mngr.
7.5 inches of storm total snowfall was reported by the
Elkhorn City Fire Department and relayed by the County EM.

A few more reports, in a more "raw" format (approx. 10 AM this morning):
Location Codes : Snow : Depth : County (Jefferson = Metro Louisville)
kyal01 : Scottsville 8wnw : 7.0 : 7.0 : Allen
kyal03 : Scottsville 5ne : 5.8 : 5.8 : Allen
kyal04 : Scottsville 9ese : 5.8 : 5.8 : Allen
kyal11 : Scottsville 5ne : 4.5 : 4.5 : Allen
kyan01 : Lawrenceburg 5sse : 4.1 : 4.1 : Anderson
kybt01 : Fox Chase 1w : 5.0 : 5.0 : Bullitt
kybt02 : Mount Washington 1nne : 4.2 : 4.2 : Bullitt
kycs01 : Bradfordsville 8ene : 5.2 : 5.2 : Casey
kyfy02 : Lexington 5ssw : 3.7 : 3.7 : Fayette
kyfy09 : Lexington 2sse : 2.7 : 2.5 : Fayette
kyhn01 : Lewisport 3e : 5.5 : 5.5 : Hancock
kyhn02 : Lewisport 4s : 6.0 : 6.0 : Hancock
kyhd05 : Elizabethtown 2se : 4.0 : 4.0 : Hardin
kyhr01 : Cynthiana 8ene : 2.5 : 2.5 : Harrison
kyjf01 : Anchorage 3ne : 1.5 : 1.5 : Jefferson
kyjf02 : Old Brownsboro Place : 2.5 : 2.5 : Jefferson
kyjf04 : Langdon Place : 2.6 : 2.5 : Jefferson
kyjf10 : Pleasure Ridge Park 1nnw : 3.3 : 3.5 : Jefferson
kyjf13 : Fairdale 2se : 4.8 : 5.0 : Jefferson
kymd01 : Irvington 4n : 3.0 : 3.0 : Meade
kymo01 : Tompkinsville 12wnw : 5.0 : 5.0 : Monroe
kyol01 : Park Lake 2ne : 0.5 : 0.5 : Oldham
kysc01 : Georgetown 1nne : 1.3 : 1.3 : Scott
kysh02 : Shelbyville 3e : 2.5 : 2.5 : Shelby
kywr03 : Bowling Green 6ese : 4.8 : 4.8 : Warren
kywy01 : Monticello 9w : 5.8 : 5.8 : Wayne

Statement as of 8:35 am EST on January 30, 2010
.... Totals from last night/S snowfall...

Snow overtook most of east Kentucky last evening and continued...
heavy at times into the early morning hours. Additional snowfall is
expected through the afternoon so these totals are just preliminary
and subject to be added to. Below is a listing of snowfall amounts
by County from reports received by the National Weather Service in
Jackson through 8:30 am. The sources for the reports include trained
spotters... Highway departments... law enforcement personnel...
Co-Operative observers and the general public.

County... ... .amounts

Harlan... ... .10 inches... 16 inches on Black Mountain
Wayne... ... ..8 inches
Johnson... ... 7 inches
Floyd... ... ..7 inches
Pike... ... ... 7 inches
Whitley... ... 7 inches
Martin... ... .6 to 8 inches
Letcher... ... 6 to 8 inches
Knott... ... ..6 to 8 inches
Bell... ... ... 6 to 8 inches
Leslie... ... .6 to 7 inches
Jackson... ... 6 inches
Laurel... ... .6 inches
Lee... ... ... .6 inches
Breathitt... .6 inches
Estill... ... .6 inches
Magoffin... ..6 inches
Clay... ... ... 6 inches
Rockcastle... 6 inches
Powell... ... .5 to 7 inches
Pulaski... ... 5 to 6 inches
McCreary... ..5 inches
Knox... ... ... 5 inches
Owsley... ... .5 inches
Perry... ... ..5 inches
Wolfe... ... ..5 inches
Morgan... ... .4 inches
Menifee... ... 4 inches
Elliott... ... 3 to 6 inches
Bath... ... ... 2 inches
Montgomery... 2 inches
Fleming... ... 2 inches
Rowan... ... ..1 inch

Local storm reports will continue to be transmitted throughout the
morning and day as reports are received.