WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SATURDAY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1100 PM EST THU DEC 5 2013

...IMPACTFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT PROGRESSED SOUTH OF THE AREA EARLIER TODAY.
MEANWHILE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO
THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT. SEVERAL MOISTURE-RICH DISTURBANCES
WILL THEN RIDE NORTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY ACROSS OUR REGION
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING A COMPLEX AND MESSY PERIOD
OF WEATHER WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE...WHICH IS VERY DEPENDENT ON LOCATION. THE
TRANSITION WILL OCCUR INITIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND MAKE
IT TO AROUND THE OHIO RIVER OVERNIGHT. THE TRANSITION WILL THEN
SLIDE SOUTHEAST TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. BE
PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FROM FRIDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

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GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-
HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...
FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE
1100 PM EST THU DEC 5 2013 /1000 PM CST THU DEC 5 2013/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: THE INITIAL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX LOOKS TO OCCUR
  AROUND OR JUST AFTER DAYBREAK ALONG AN ELIZABETHTOWN TO
  FRANKFORT LINE.

* MAIN IMPACT: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW
  ARE POSSIBLE AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT DEPENDENT ON LOCATION. SOME
  ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS
  MOST PREVALENT...WHICH APPEARS TO BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
  KENTUCKY.

* OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL ACROSS THE
  ENTIRE WARNING AREA ON FRIDAY NIGHT. ANY PRE-EXISTING WET
  SURFACES COULD QUICKLY FREEZE CREATING MORE HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  AND WALKING CONDITIONS.

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.

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