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Winter Storm Watches & Warnings - Ohio River Valley

#1 Postby Dave » Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:42 pm

Ok folks here we go up here in the Ohio River Valley. Anyone want snow, ice, freezing rain? Come on up. :D

From the Paducah NWS Office:

250 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR ALL OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND
FOR MOST OF FAR SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY.

THERE WILL BE 2 ROUNDS OF PRECIPITATION AND WINTER STORM THREATS.
THE 1ST SUCH ROUND WILL OCCUR TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
RAIN WILL EXPAND ACROSS ALL OF THE AREA TONIGHT...AND THEN TOMORROW
MORNING...A COLD FRONT BLASTS ARCTIC AIR INTO THE REGION...AND
TEMPERATURES PLUMMET BELOW FREEZING. ANY LINGERING RAIN WILL
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN BEFORE WINDING DOWN TEMPORARILY ON
MONDAY...WHICH WILL CREATE AT LEAST SOME ICING PROBLEMS.

THE NEXT ICING THREAT OCCURS WITH A RETURN CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN
MONDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL AGAIN DEVELOP AND
EXPAND ACROSS THE REGION...AND BY THEN TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE
20S...SO WIDESPREAD ICING IS EXPECTED. AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM A
LOW END OF ABOUT 1/4 INCH OF ICE...TO POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 3/4
INCHES OF ICE. THIS WILL CAUSE MAJOR TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND MAY DOWN
TREES AND POWER LINES.
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#2 Postby Dave » Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:43 pm

Louisville KY NWS:

Wintry Weather Expected Monday Night and Tuesday
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY MONDAYRESULTING IN RAPID TEMPERATURE FALLS THROUGH THE DAY. THE FRONTWILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY RAIN...WITH A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZINGRAIN...SLEET AND SNOW DEVELOPING DURING THE AFTERNOON ASTEMPERATURES FALL TO NEAR FREEZING OR BELOW. THE MIX OFPRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING ASTEMPERATURES FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION.

THIS WINTRY MIX WILL AFFECT THE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUEADAY MORNING COMMUTE.
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#3 Postby Dave » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:54 am

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
857 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-
BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-
HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...
RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...
INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...
BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...LONDON...
COLUMBUS...NEWARK...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...
CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...
CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...
HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
857 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
EVENING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.


IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THIS
MORNING...FREEZING PRECIPITATION...AND FREEZING OF ALREADY WET
ROADS WILL OCCUR. TONIGHT...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN OHIO
VALLEY FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST BAND OCCURRING FROM
CINCINNATI...TO HILLSBORO...TO CHILLICOTHE. SOUTH OF THE OHIO
RIVER...SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

IN ADDITION...THIS COLD AIR WILL STILL BE IN PLACE WHEN ANOTHER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS RAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS A POSSIBILITY WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM.
THE POSITIONING AND TIMING OF THE RAIN AND LOW PRESSURE HERE
STILL REMAIN IN DOUBT...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR ADVERSE WEATHER IS
HIGH.
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#4 Postby Dave » Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:58 am

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
506 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...


INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>065-
070>074-076-151815-
/O.UPG.KLMK.WS.A.0004.081215T1800Z-081216T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KLMK.WS.W.0004.081215T1700Z-081216T1200Z/
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-
METCALFE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
EDMONTON
506 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /406 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY
TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...EFFECTIVE FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 7 AM
EST /6 AM CST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.


ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL AFFECT THE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS FROM LOCAL MEDIA...THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE...OR THE WEB AT: WEATHER.GOV.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.


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