WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM MONDAY

Event Upgraded for Harrison County

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
418 AM EST SUN FEB 2 2014

..IMPACTFUL WINTER WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... 

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST OF THE OHIO RIVER EARLY
TODAY...AND INTO TENNESSEE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. A SERIES OF
DISTURBANCES WILL THEN SPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS KENTUCKY
LATER TODAY INTO MONDAY MORNING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME ALL SNOW BY LATE SUNDAY
NIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH SNOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AREA ROADS ARE EXPECTED
TO BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

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HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-
BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM 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-LINCOLN KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...
BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...
FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...
LA GRANGE...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...STANFORD
418 AM EST SUN FEB 2 2014 /318 AM CST SUN FEB 2 2014/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3
PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON
  OR EARLY SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SNOW
  WILL END JUST BEFORE DAWN ON MONDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AND SNOW BEGINS
  TO ACCUMULATE LATE SUNDAY...AREA ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SLICK AND
  HAZARDOUS. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
  KENTUCKY BEFORE ENDING BY LATE MONDAY MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS: THERE IS A BRIEF WINDOW WHERE RAIN MAY FALL WITH
  TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ANTECEDENT WARM
  SURFACES WILL LAG BEHIND AIR TEMPERATURE SO ICE IS NOT EXPECTED
  TO ACCUMULATE. WILL ONLY CALL FOR A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN AT
  THIS TIME. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE
  UNDER ANY BANDS OF HEAVIER SNOW THAT MAY DEVELOP.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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