| Wind Chill Advisory valid until February 21 4:00pm EST |
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 325 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY... .WEST BREEZES WILL BRING FRIGID WIND CHILLS TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A POTENTIAL WINTER STORM COULD BRING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE TO AREAS SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. STAY UP TO DATE OF THE LATEST FORECASTS. INZ083-084-089-090-KYZ037-200500- /O.EXA.KLMK.WS.A.0002.150220T2000Z-150221T2100Z/ /O.CON.KLMK.WC.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-150220T1200Z/ DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-HARRISON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY... CORYDON...CYNTHIANA 325 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 /225 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015/ ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING: WIND CHILL READINGS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE 10 TO 20 DEGREE BELOW ZERO RANGE OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. A WINTER STORM IS THEN EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION STARTING EARLY FRIDAY EVENING AND LASTING THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION TYPE MAY CHANGE TO RAIN BY MIDDAY SATURDAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. * MAIN IMPACT: BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS WILL MAKE IT DANGEROUS TO BE OUTSIDE FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF TIME THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THEN...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET OR ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. STAY UP TO DATE OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AS EXACT AMOUNTS AND PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE STILL IN QUESTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DRESS IN LAYERS TO TRAP BODY HEAT AND TO INSULATE YOU FROM THE COLD AIR. COVER AS MUCH EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE AND STAY DRY. SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION MAY DEVELOP...BUT THE EXACT TIMING...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY ARE YET UNDETERMINED. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES. && $$ |
NWS Louisville Briefing File – Feb192015_330PM