WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11AM THIS MORNING TO 1PM THURSDAY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
350 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA...

.MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AT THIS TIME...PLAN ON SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SOME ICING
POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

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/O.EXT.KLMK.WS.W.0003.150304T1600Z-150305T1800Z/
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-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON 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...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN
350 AM EST WED MAR 4 2015 /250 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/
THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST /10 AM
CST/ THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY.

* TIMING: RAIN WILL TRANSITION OVER TO SLEET AROUND LUNCHTIME
  ALONG THE I-64 CORRIDOR AND A LITTLE LATER OVER THE KENTUCKY
  PARKWAYS. THIS SLEET THEN WILL TRANSITION BY MID AFTERNOON TO
  SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.
  SNOW ENDS THURSDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH
  CENTRAL KENTUCKY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* MAIN IMPACT: MAJOR TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PLAN ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
  DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW RATES MAY BE INTENSE...
  RESULTING IN RAPID ACCUMULATIONS.

* OTHER IMPACTS: NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW COULD RESULT
  IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS WITH SOME ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE.
HAVE AN EMERGENCY KIT OF BLANKETS...FOOD...WATER AND FLASHLIGHTS
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL.

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