URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1109 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009
...A SIGNIFICANT WINTRY MIX WILL IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT...
.A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE INTO
THE REGION OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL BRING PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET
AND SNOW TO THE AREA FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE 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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND
1109 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 /1009 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009/
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
/MIDNIGHT CST/ WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT
CST/ WEDNESDAY.
ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY...THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. SOME SLEET MIXING WITH SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED
AND UP TO AN INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. AN ADDITIONAL 2
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY EVENING.
ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED BY TUESDAY MORNING WITH ANOTHER 1 TO
2 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY EVENING.
FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY...MAINLY A SNOW AND SLEET
MIXTURE IS ANTICIPATED. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO
3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO
2 INCHES ACCUMULATION ON TUESDAY EVENING.
UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE
BLUEGRASS REGION AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY TUESDAY EVENING.
USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL ALSO DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS AND TRAVEL
MAY BECOME TREACHEROUS.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
$$
LS
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
949 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009
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ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE 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-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...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...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
949 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 /849 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009/
...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...
VERY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM SOUTHERN
INDIANA SOUTH TO BOWLING GREEN THIS EVENING. RADAR SHOWS THIS AREA
OF FREEZING DRIZZLE MOVING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA. VERY LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE AND A FEW
ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK...MAINLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THIS
PRECIPITATION IS AHEAD OF THE WINTER STORM THAT WILL AFFECT THE
AREA TONIGHT. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION THROUGH MIDNIGHT AND
WATCH FOR AREAS OF BLACK ICE.
$$
NF
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
408 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009
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ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE 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-
408 PM EST MON JAN 26 2009 /308 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. AT THIS TIME...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF
3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT 3 TO 6
INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. ACROSS
THE BLUEGRASS REGION...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED.
FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY...SNOW AND SLEET TOTAL
AROUND 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
FROM FREEZING RAIN.
THIS WINTRY WEATHER WILL MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS OVERNIGHT AS
UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME SNOW AND ICE COVERED. SLICK SPOTS MAY
DEVELOP ON TREATED ROADWAYS TOO AS HIGH PRECIPITATION RATES WILL
INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ACCUMULATIONS ON ROAD SURFACES. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW LOTS OF EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A WINTER WEATHER KIT CONTAINING EXTRA
FOOD...BLANKETS AND OTHER SAFETY ITEMS SHOULD BE TAKEN ALONG IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL. LET OTHERS KNOW WHAT YOUR PLANNED ROUTE WILL BE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL STILL BE IN EFFECT...WHERE SNOW WILL
BE ONGOING ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND A SNOW AND SLEET MIX WILL
BE ONGOING ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHERN
BLUEGRASS REGION TUESDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...AND A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS
INDIANA...WITH MAINLY A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXTURE OVER
NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. OVERALL...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
ACROSS THE NORTH ON TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE NORTHERN
BLUEGRASS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH.
A WINTRY MIX TUESDAY EVENING WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT
AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF AROUND
MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ON THE ORDER OF 1 TO 3 INCHES.
CONDITIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...AND TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST
FORECASTS AND OUTLOOKS ON THIS WINTER STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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wow! we are under a lot of statements!
and a local meteorologist is saying we could get thundersleet!