URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
354 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015
...MAJOR WINTER STORM IMPACTING KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA...
.SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. PLAN ON SIGNIFICANT SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION...WITH SOME ICING
POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS EVENING.
KYZ023>031-033>043-045>049-053>057-061>065-070>072-050500-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-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
354 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 /254 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015/
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON
CST/ THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON
CST/ THURSDAY.
* TIMING: RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THIS SLEET THEN WILL THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW...BECOMING
HEAVY BY MID EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. SNOW WILL END
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS: 4 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
FROM THE NORTHERN BLUE GRASS TO THE NOLIN AND ROUGH RIVER LAKE
AREAS.
* MAIN IMPACT: PLAN ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. SNOW RATES MAY BE INTENSE...RESULTING IN RAPID
ACCUMULATIONS AND LOW VISIBILITIES.
* OTHER IMPACTS: NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. THIS
COMBINED WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW COULD RESULT IN SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREE LIMBS.
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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