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

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
332 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT SOUTHERN INDIANA
AND THE NORTHERN HALF OF KENTUCKY...

.A FAST MOVING WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION TO THE OHIO VALLEY BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND THE
NORTHERN HALF OF KENTUCKY.

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OHIO 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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...ELIZABETHTOWN...
FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...
LA GRANGE...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN
332 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014 /232 AM CST TUE FEB 4 2014/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM
EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND MID-AFTERNOON
  AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT
  HOURS. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS
  EVENING AND THEN DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT.

* MAIN IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
  NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO AS MUCH AS ONE THIRD OF AN INCH
  ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA. THE AREA AT MOST RISK FOR
  SIGNIFICANT ICING IS THAT PORTION OF KENTUCKY ALONG AND NORTH OF
  THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE LOUISVILLE AND LEXINGTON
  METRO AREAS. IF FUTURE FORECASTS SUGGEST HIGHER AMOUNTS OF
  ICING...THIS AREA MAY BE UPGRADED TO AN ICE STORM WARNING LATER
  TODAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
  THIS EVENING. ICE IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ON TREE BRANCHES AND
  POWER LINES. SHOULD SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCUR...POWER OUTAGES ARE
  A STRONG POSSIBILITY IN SOME AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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