Winter Storm Watch

[nWo]

OHIO-GRAYSON-BUTLER-EDMONSON-LOGAN-WARREN-SIMPSON-ALLEN-BARREN-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...HARTFORD...LEITCHFIELD...

MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...

FRANKLIN...PROVIDENCE...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW

248 AM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

 

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER

STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

 

* TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM WEDNESDAY. THE

BULK OF THE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 3 AM

AND NOON.

 

* ACCUMULATIONS...PLAN FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE

POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO LOCALLY 6 INCHES.

 

* MAIN IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS

WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE

WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. EXPECT TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND PLAN

FOR DELAYS IN GETTING TO YOUR DESTINATION. SNOW WILL QUICKLY

ACCUMULATE ON ROAD SURFACES.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CREATE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND

HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WHICH MAY FURTHER IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO

MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

 

[nWo]

Parts of WKY

 

333 AM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

 

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH

WEDNESDAY MORNING...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM

WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY

MORNING.

 

THIS WATCH COVERS A LARGE PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FROM MARION SOUTH AND EAST.

 

* ACCUMULATIONS... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AROUND 4 INCHES OF

SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA. SOME SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW.

 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST TO THE OHIO RIVER BY

MIDNIGHT...THEN ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEVERAL

HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL END

ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.

 

* MAIN IMPACT...THE SNOW WILL READILY STICK TO PAVED

SURFACES...CAUSING A RAPID DETERIORATION OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE VERY HAZARDOUS.

 

* OTHER IMPACTS... VISIBILITY MAY BE UNDER ONE HALF MILE DURING

THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT

SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT

TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE

UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE

CERTAIN.