An early season winter storm system tracked across the southeastern United States from the evening of December 8th through December 9th. This brought a wintry mix of precipitation, including freezing rain, to far southeast Kentucky, beginning late in the evening on the 8th. The mixed precipitation lifted north into much of the remainder of southeastern Kentucky early on the 9th, eventually changing over to heavy wet snow through the afternoon.
The snow came to an end early in the evening of the 9th with some locations in far eastern Kentucky across Harlan, Letcher, and Pike Counties reporting 6-8 inches of wet snow. This in combination with earlier ice accretion resulted in some fallen trees and limbs across southeastern Kentucky, particularly from London to Bernstadt in Laurel County, with approximately 2,000 or more power outages as well. Traffic impacts were also felt as the Kentucky State Police reported numerous accidents on Interstate 75 near and just south of London on the afternoon of the 9th.
A sampling of storm total snowfall amounts:
-  8    - Cranks (Harlan County)
-  8    - Kimper (Pike County)
-  8    - 2 SSE Majestic (Pike County)
-  7.8 - Phelps (Pike County)
-  7.5 - 1 E Big Black Mountain (Harlan County)
-  6.3 - Hardy (Pike County)
-  6    - Eolia (Letcher County)
-  6    - Jenkins (Letcher County)
-  5.5 - 1 ENE Jonancy (Pike County)
-  4.5 - Smith (Harlan County)
-  4.1 - 4 WSW Prestonsburg (Floyd County)
-  4    - Minnie (Floyd County)
-  4    - Delphia (Perry County)
-  4    - 1 NE Panco (Perry County)
-  3.5 - 2 NNE Fonde (Bell County)
-  3.5 - 1 NNW Gibbs (Knox County)
-  3.5 - 2 SSW Leatherwood (Leslie County)
-  3.5 - Gardner (Clay County)
-  3.5 - 6 NW Hindman (Knott County)
-  2.5 - 1 E Paintsville (Johnson County)
Reported ice accumulations:
-  0.20 - London (Laurel County)
-  0.13 - 4 ENE Jackson (Breathitt County)
-  0.10 - Hazard (Perry County)
-  0.10 - 4 E Slade (Wolfe County)
-  0.10 - Nancy (Pulaski County).

Heavy Snow in PIKE, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 02:30:00 to 09-DEC-18 18:45:00 (EST-5)
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Heavy Snow in FLOYD, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 01:30:00 to 09-DEC-18 18:00:00 (EST-5)
Reported by: NWS Employee

Heavy Snow in BELL, KENTUCKY
From 08-DEC-18 23:30:00 to 09-DEC-18 17:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Heavy Snow in HARLAN, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 00:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 18:00:00 (EST-5)
Reported by: Department of Highways

Heavy Snow in LETCHER, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 01:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 18:30:00 (EST-5)
Reported by: Public

Winter Storm in PERRY, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 01:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 17:00:00 (EST-5)
Reported by: Department of Highways

Heavy Snow in LESLIE, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 00:30:00 to 09-DEC-18 16:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Heavy Snow in KNOX, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 00:30:00 to 09-DEC-18 16:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Weather in LAUREL, KENTUCKY
From 08-DEC-18 23:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 40.00K
Crop damage: 1.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in BREATHITT, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 02:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 16:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Weather in MAGOFFIN, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 01:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 16:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Winter Weather in WHITLEY, KENTUCKY
From 08-DEC-18 22:30:00 to 09-DEC-18 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in ROCKCASTLE, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 00:30:00 to 09-DEC-18 14:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Winter Weather in OWSLEY, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 02:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Social Media

Winter Weather in PULASKI, KENTUCKY
From 08-DEC-18 23:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 11:45:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Heavy Snow in KNOTT, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 01:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 18:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Heavy Snow in CLAY, KENTUCKY
From 08-DEC-18 23:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 17:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Department of Highways

Winter Weather in JOHNSON, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 03:00:00 to 09-DEC-18 18:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in WOLFE, KENTUCKY
From 09-DEC-18 02:30:00 to 09-DEC-18 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee