Alert archive / Kentucky / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this winter storm warning at Feb 11, 2008, 4:05 AM EST for 31 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Feb 11, 2008, 12:10 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr. 47 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2008, 4:05 AM EST (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2008, 12:10 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
All 41 counties
Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Clark County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 3:30 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Beaver Dam, KY | TRACE OF SNOW AND TRACE OF ICE. MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET OCCURING. |
| Feb 11, 4:41 PM EST | SNOW 1.1 | Mcdaniels, KY | 1.1 INCH SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST HOUR |
| Feb 11, 4:46 PM EST | SLEET 0 | Mcdaniels, KY | SLEET/FREEZING JUST BEGINNING. TEMP 22 DEGREES F. |
| Feb 11, 4:47 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 E Brandenburg, KY | 0.5 INCH IN A HALF OF AN HOUR |
| Feb 11, 5:35 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | 2 E Brandenburg, KY | 1.5 INCHES TOTAL SNOWFALL |
| Feb 11, 5:40 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Boston, KY | SNOW COVERED ROADS |
| Feb 11, 5:42 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | 5 E Shepherdsville, KY | |
| Feb 11, 5:57 PM EST | SNOW 1 | 2 E Birdseye, IN | |
| Feb 11, 6:04 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 E Brandenburg, KY | 2.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 6PM EST |
| Feb 11, 6:04 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 E Brandenburg, KY | 2.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL AS OF 6PM EST. |
| Feb 11, 6:05 PM EST | SNOW 0.8 | Corydon, IN | SNOW COVERED ROADS |
| Feb 11, 6:09 PM EST | SNOW 1 | English, IN | |
| Feb 11, 6:43 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Bedford, KY | TRACE OF SNOW AS OF 640 PM EST |
| Feb 11, 6:43 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Frankfort, KY | |
| Feb 11, 6:43 PM EST | SNOW 0 | New Castle, KY | TRACE OF SNOWFALL AS OF 640 PM EST |
| Feb 11, 6:43 PM EST | SNOW 0 | Shelbyville, KY | 1.0 INCH OF SNOW AS OF 640 PM EST |
| Feb 11, 6:43 PM EST | SNOW 0.3 | La Grange, KY | 0.3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AS OF 640 PM EST |
| Feb 11, 6:43 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Fairdale, KY | 0.5 INCH OF SNOWFALL AS OF 640 PM EST. |
| Feb 11, 6:43 PM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Taylorsville, KY | 0.5 INCH OF SNOW AS OF 640 PM EST |
| Feb 11, 6:43 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Shepherdsville, KY | |
| Feb 11, 6:48 PM EST | SNOW 1.2 | Rineyville, KY | 1.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AS OF 650 PM EST |
| Feb 11, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Mcdaniels, KY | 1.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AS OF 7 PM EST |
| Feb 11, 7:06 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 E Brandenburg, KY | 2.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AS OF 7PM EST. SNOW DEPTH OF 3 INCHES. |
| Feb 11, 7:55 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Tell City, IN | |
| Feb 11, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Corydon, IN | |
| Feb 11, 8:06 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 2 E Brandenburg, KY | 3.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AS OF 8 PM. SNOW DEPTH OF 3 INCHES. |
| Feb 11, 8:10 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Martinsburg, IN | |
| Feb 11, 8:10 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Jeffersonville, IN | |
| Feb 11, 8:25 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Birdseye, IN | |
| Feb 11, 8:25 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Crandall, IN | SNOWFALL IS 3.5 INCHES AT 9 PM WITH A SNOW DEPTH OF 4 INCHES |
| Feb 11, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Boston, KY | 1.5 INCH SNOW DEPTH AT 9 PM |
| Feb 11, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Lawrenceburg, KY | |
| Feb 11, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Corydon, IN | SNOW DEPTH 3 INCHES AT 9 PM |
| Feb 11, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Georgetown, IN | |
| Feb 11, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Leavenworth, IN | |
| Feb 11, 9:00 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 2 E Brandenburg, KY | 3.8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL AS OF 9 PM. SNOW DEPTH OF 4 INCHES. |
| Feb 11, 9:30 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Millersburg, KY | |
| Feb 11, 9:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Crestwood, KY | |
| Feb 11, 10:31 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Crandall, IN | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR 4.7 INCHES. |
| Feb 11, 10:35 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 2 Nne St. Matthews, KY | 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL IN LAST 6.5 HOURS IN NORTHFIELD. |
| Feb 11, 10:38 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Frankfort, KY | 4 INCHES TOTAL. 3.5 INCHES IN LAST 2.5 HOURS. |
| Feb 11, 11:00 PM EST | ICE STORM 0 | 5 S Lexington, KY | 0.10 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TREES AND POWERLINES. ALSO 1 INCH OF SNOW ON GROUND. |
| Feb 11, 11:40 PM EST | ICE STORM | 1 Nw Martinsburg, IN | 0.10 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION OVER THE PAST HALF AN HOUR. SNOW DEPTH OF ONE INCH AS WELL. |
| Feb 11, 11:42 PM EST | SNOW 4 | 2 E Brandenburg, KY | STORM TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET 4.25 INCHES. ALSO A TRACE OF ICING ON AREA SURFACES. |
| Feb 12, 12:10 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Crestwood, KY | |
| Feb 12, 1:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Shepherdsville, KY | SNOW DEPTH AT 1 AM WAS 2 INCHES. |
| Feb 12, 1:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Jeffersonville, IN | SNOW DEPTH AT 1 AM WAS 3 INCHES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 207 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KLMK 110905 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 405 AM EST MON FEB 11 2008 .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND BRING POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO MAINLY SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF MIXED PRECIPITATION STARTING TONIGHT AND LASTING THROUGH MID-MORNING TUESDAY. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-030>033-111700- /O.UPG.KLMK.WS.A.0001.080211T2100Z-080212T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.WS.W.0002.080211T2100Z-080212T1700Z/ 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-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY- HENRY KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE 405 AM EST MON FEB 11 2008 /305 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE NORTH OF A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP THE FRONT INTO KENTUCKY. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 8 PM TONIGHT AND 4 AM TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND FAR NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THESE SAME AREAS MAINLY BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM GENERALLY TWO TO FIVE INCHES...WITH THE LESSER AMOUNTS OCCURRING ACROSS THE WARNED KENTUCKY COUNTIES...AND THE LARGEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING OVER DUBOIS...ORANGE...WASHINGTON...SCOTT AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN INDIANA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER THE KENTUCKY COUNTIES WITHIN THIS WARNING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KYZ026>029-034>043-045>049-053>057-111700- /O.UPG.KLMK.WS.A.0001.080211T2100Z-080212T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0004.080211T2100Z-080212T1700Z/ OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT 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...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD... ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER... RICHMOND 405 AM EST MON FEB 11 2008 /305 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE NORTH OF A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP THE FRONT INTO KENTUCKY. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 8 PM TONIGHT AND 4 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER MAINLY BETWEEN 4 AM AND 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL BE LIKELY BY MID-MORNING TUESDAY BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. ICE AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...AND SIDEWALKS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ AL
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KLMK 111710 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1210 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND BRING POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO MAINLY SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION STARTING LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AND LASTING THROUGH MID-DAY TUESDAY. KYZ029-034>043-049-120115- /O.UPG.KLMK.WW.Y.0004.080211T2100Z-080212T1700Z/ /O.EXA.KLMK.WS.W.0002.080211T2100Z-080212T1700Z/ BULLITT KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY- ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY- CLARK KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE... SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE... LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE... WINCHESTER 1210 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE NORTH OF A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP THE FRONT INTO KENTUCKY. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 8 PM TONIGHT AND 2 AM TUESDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 12 PM TUESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A TIGHT GRADIENT OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE WARNED AREA. FROM BULLITT COUNTY EAST INTO THE BLUEGRASS AREA INCLUDING THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. ICE AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...AND SIDEWALKS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-030>033-120115- /O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0002.080211T2100Z-080212T1700Z/ 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-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY- HENRY KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE 1210 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 /1110 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE NORTH OF A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP THE FRONT INTO KENTUCKY. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM TONIGHT AND 2 AM TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND FAR NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THESE SAME AREAS MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AM AND 12 PM TUESDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE A TIGHT GRADIENT OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE WARNED AREA. SOUTHERN INDIANA IS EXPECT TO RECEIVE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER DUBOIS...ORANGE...WASHINGTON... SCOTT...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN INDIANA. FROM HANCOCK COUNTY KENTUCKY TO HENRY COUNTY KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM GENERALLY 4 TO 8 INCHES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE WARNED AREA WILL RANGE FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER THE KENTUCKY COUNTIES WITHIN THIS WARNING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KYZ026>028-045>048-053>057-120115- /O.CON.KLMK.WW.Y.0004.080211T2100Z-080212T1700Z/ OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY- JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD... ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND 1210 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 /1110 AM CST MON FEB 11 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO THE NORTH OF A SLOW MOVING WARM FRONT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AS WEAK LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP THE FRONT INTO KENTUCKY. AT THIS TIME...THE BEST CHANCE FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 6 PM TONIGHT AND MIDNIGHT TUESDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER MAINLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 12 PM TUESDAY MORNING. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR MORE WILL BE LIKELY BY MID-MORNING TUESDAY BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO RAIN. A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. ICE AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...AND SIDEWALKS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ DK/AML
000 WWUS43 KLMK 112138 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 438 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND BRING POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO MAINLY SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION STARTING LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AND LASTING THROUGH MID-DAY TUESDAY. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-029>043-049-120545- /O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080212T1700Z/ 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-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-CLARK KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...WINCHESTER 438 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 /338 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN HAS DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE BEST TIME PERIOD FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE TONIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON TOMORROW. SOUTHERN INDIANA IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE. FROM HANCOCK COUNTY KENTUCKY TO HENRY COUNTY KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. FROM BULLITT COUNTY EAST INTO THE BLUEGRASS AREA INCLUDING THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KYZ026>028-045>048-053>057-120545- /O.CON.KLMK.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T1700Z/ OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY- JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD... ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND 438 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 /338 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN HAS DEVELOPED OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE BEST TIME PERIOD FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL BE TONIGHT BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON TOMORROW. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. ICE AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...AND SIDEWALKS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ DK/AML
000 WWUS43 KLMK 120348 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1048 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 .A WINTER STORM WILL BRING POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN TO SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH- CENTRAL KENTUCKY. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-029>043-049-121000- /O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080212T1700Z/ 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-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-CLARK KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...WINCHESTER 1048 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 /948 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. SOUTHERN INDIANA IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE. FROM HANCOCK COUNTY KENTUCKY TO HENRY COUNTY KENTUCKY INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. FROM BULLITT COUNTY EAST INTO THE BLUEGRASS AREA INCLUDING THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ KYZ026>028-045>048-053>057-121000- /O.CON.KLMK.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T1700Z/ OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY- JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD... ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND 1048 PM EST MON FEB 11 2008 /948 PM CST MON FEB 11 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SOME SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AND SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. A COMBINATION OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. ICE AND SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...AND SIDEWALKS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ 13
000 WWUS43 KLMK 120853 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 353 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 .A WINTER STORM WILL BRING POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN TO SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS MORNING. KYZ026>028-045>048-053>057-121700- /O.UPG.KLMK.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-080212T1700Z/ /O.EXA.KLMK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080212T1700Z/ OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY- JESSAMINE KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD... ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND 353 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 /253 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY... ...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME THIS MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF FREEZING MAY SNAP SOME TREE LIMBS. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING. $$ INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-029>043-049-121700- /O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080212T1700Z/ 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-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-CLARK KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...WINCHESTER 353 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 /253 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY... MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF FREEZING MAY SNAP SOME TREE LIMBS AND DOWN SOME POWERLINES. NEVER APPROACH DOWNED POWERLINES. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING WITH THE ICE COVERING THE SNOW WHICH FELL MONDAY NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ JA
000 WWUS43 KLMK 121649 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 .A MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. INZ076>079-083-084-089-KYZ023-130000- /O.EXP.KLMK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080212T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0005.080212T1700Z-080213T0000Z/ ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HANCOCK KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...HAWESVILLE 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 /1049 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY... MAJOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF KENTUCKY HAVE ENDED...THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON EST. HOWEVER...WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT A LIGHT MIX OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THEREFORE AN ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 7PM EST. A COMBINATION OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE ROADS...BRIDGES...AND SIDEWALKS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ INZ090>092-KYZ024>043-045>049-053>057-121800- /O.EXP.KLMK.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080212T1700Z/ HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-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...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE... 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 1149 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 /1049 AM CST TUE FEB 12 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY... FROZEN PRECIPITATION ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY HAS CHANGED OVER TO PLAIN RAIN...THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT NOON EST. $$ AML
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 11, 3:15 AM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 3:15 AM EST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
315 AM EST MON FEB 11 2008
.SHORT TERM (MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE SHAPE MONDAY...AFFECTING OUR
CWA MAINLY MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW
AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF
THE CWA...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SOUTH.
THE STORM SYSTEM AT HAND WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SRN PLAINS AS AN
INVERTED SFC TROUGH. NAM A LITTLE FASTER THAN GFS WITH ITS NEWD
MOVEMENT. NAM TEMPS ARE ON TRACK BETTER...SO HAVE FOLLOWED THE NAM
FOR TIMING/PRECIP TYPE. PRECIP ONSET WILL BE OVER THE WRN/NWRN CWA
MONDAY AFTERNOON CAUSED BY WARM FRONT/ISENTROPIC LIFT. NAM BUFKIT
SOUNDINGS INDICATE ALL SNOW AT ONSET...EXCEPT FOR OUR FAR SWRN CWA
WHICH COULD BE RAIN INITIALLY.
BY 00Z...NAM/GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS INDICATE HEAVY SNOW OVER THE NWRN
CWA...WITH WARM AIR ALOFT PUSHING NORTHWARD THROUGH 12Z...CHANGING
SNOW TO A SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN MIX TOWARD 12Z TUESDAY. WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDER SNOW...COULD BE QUICK 2-4 INCH SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS (MAYBE MORE) OVER OUR FAR NRN INDIANA
COUNTIES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH. WITH THE ICING ON
TOP OF THIS MAINLY BETWEEN 06-12Z...THINK A WINTER STORM WARNING
IS THE WAY TO GO OVER OUR INDIANA COUNTIES AND INCLUDING GENERALLY
OUR NORTHERN MOST KY TIER OF COUNTIES (INCLUDING LOUISVILLE METRO).
COULD SEE GENERALLY A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TOP
OF THE SNOW THAT FALLS...SO VERY HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY
LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
FURTHER SOUTH INTO CENTRAL KY...SFC TEMPS WILL BE WARMER BUT STILL
COLD ENOUGH WITH ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT THAT MORE OF AN ICING EVENT
WILL TAKE PLACE...WITH LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMS MONDAY AFTN-EVEN. THINK
AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUM IS POSSIBLE WITH PERHAPS
1-2 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY SOUTH OF THE WARNING AND NORTH OF A
LINE FROM HARTFORD TO LEBANON TO RICHMOND (INCLUDING THE LEXINGTON
METRO AREA). ANY FROZEN PRECIP SHOULD CHANGEOVER TO ALL RAIN BY
MIDDAY TUESDAY...THOUGH A COLD RAIN. GREAT MOISTURE TRANSPORT
ALONG THE FRONT/TROUGH...SO HEAVY RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.
SOUTH OF THE LINE FROM HARTFORD TO LEBANON TO RICHMOND SHOULD BE
MOSTLY RAIN THE ENTIRE TIME. SOME LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE LATE
MONDAY/EARLY TUESDAY...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
SOUTH-CENTRAL KY MAY RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...MOST AREAS WILL HAVE CHANGED OVER TO
RAIN...EXCEPT THE FAR NWRN CWA WHERE A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS MOST LIKELY.
SHORT-TERM MODELS HAVE THE TROUGH SWEEPING THROUGH OUR WRN CWA
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...THROUGH OUR CENTRAL CWA AROUND 00Z WED...AND
THROUGH OUR EAST BY MIDNIGHT. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WNW AND BE
GUSTY AT TIMES. FOR PRECIP...ANY RAIN WILL CHANGEOVER TO A RAIN/SNOW
MIX TO SOLELY SNOW LATE TUESDAY...ENDING OVER THE BLUEGRASS SHORTLY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. THINK THAT ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON THE BACK SIDE
OF THE FRONT WILL BE MINIMAL. MAIN SHOW WILL BE BETWEEN 00Z-14Z
TUESDAY.
.LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)...
SHOWERS FROM SHORT TERM SYSTEM TO EXIT BY WEDNESDAY WITH MAYBE A FEW
FLURRIES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN BEFORE MID MORNING...THOUGH NOT
ENOUGH OF A THREAT AT THIS POINT TO MENTION IN THE FORECAST SINCE IT
APPEARS THAT ALL FORCING WILL BE WELL EAST OF THE CWA. HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN WEDNESDAY AND REMAINS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR QUIET AND
COOL WEATHER BOTH DAYS. SPLIT FLOW DEVELOPS IN TIME FOR FRIDAY WITH
A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN RETURNING TO THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING ANY PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA...AND WILL
CONTINUE INHERITED BROADBRUSHED POPS APPROACH TO THE WEEKEND
FORECAST. GFS MODEL BRINGS THE IMPACTS OF A FAIRLY STRONG SURFACE
LOW FROM THE SOUTH INTO THE CWA BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WHERE
AS THE EUROPEAN MODEL HOLDS THIS INITIAL IMPACTS OF THE LOW OFF
UNTIL VERY LATE IN THE WEEKEND. BOTH MODELS CURRENT SOLUTION WOULD
KEEP US ENTIRELY ON THE COLDER SIDE OF THE LOW FOR AN ALL SNOW TYPE
EVENT...HOWEVER LATEST RUNS OF BOTH MODELS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THE
FURTHER NORTH TRENDING OF THE SURFACE LOW THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE
WITH EVERY LOW THROUGH THE EASTERN US THIS WINTER. THE FURTHER NORTH
SOLUTION WOULD RESULT IN MORE OF A MIXTURE FOR THE AREA AND HAVE
KEPT MIXED WORDING FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST AS WELL...AND WILL MONITOR
MODELS AND LOW TRACK AS THE WEEKEND MOVES CLOSER TO SEE IF WINTER
SCENARIO INDEED DEVELOPS.
AS FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE EXTENDED...MODEL ENSEMBLE RANGES ARE ON
THE ORDER OF 10-15 DEGREES EARLY IN THE EXTENDED WITH RANGES OF
15-20 OR MORE IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE PERIOD. THIS LEADS TO A VERY
UNCERTAIN TEMPERATURE FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED AND HAVE KEPT
FORECAST VALUES FOR HIGHS AND LOWS TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE ENSEMBLE
RANGES. THIS RESULTS IN A NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE
FORECAST...BUT CONSIDERING THE WIDELY VARYING MODEL SOLUTIONS
TEMPERATURES COULD END UP BEING MUCH WARMER OR COLDER THAN CURRENT
FORECAST VALUES.
&&
.AVIATION (06Z TAFS)...
...LARGE AVIATION THREAT LAST 6 HOURS OF THIS 24-HOUR TAF PERIOD...
NORTHWEST WIND GRADIENT WILL RELAX OVERNIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE
SETTLES IN FROM THE NW. NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE SHAPE OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS...AND START TO INCREASE HIGHER CLOUDS (MID DECK
AROUND 11KFT) ACROSS THE REGION. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST BY 18Z
WITH CLOUDS AROUND 5KFT INCREASING BETWEEN 18Z AND 00Z FROM THE
APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM.
THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SN TO SDF AND RA TO BWG ROUGHLY BETWEEN
22Z-03Z...WITH IP OR FZRA MIXING IN WITH THE SN BEYOND THAT AT SDF.
THIS WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT AVIATION HAZARD AT SDF BETWEEN 00-06Z.
THE 925MB WINDS INCREASE TO 40-50KTS BY 06Z SO THERE COULD BE A
LOW-LEVEL WIND SHEAR THREAT TOWARD THE LATTER PART OF THIS TAF
PERIOD AS WELL...MAINLY AT BWG AND SDF.
AS PREVIOUS FORECASTER NOTED...AIRPORTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO
UNDERGO DE-ICING OPERATIONS MONDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT
OPERATIONS AT UPS AT SDF.
&&
.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO
12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY FOR KYZ023>025-030>032.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON
TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY FOR KYZ026>029-033>043-
045>049-053>057.
IN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO
12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY FOR INZ076>079-083-084-
089>092.
&&
SHORT TERM...AL
LONG TERM....MACZKO
AVIATION.....ALHazardous weather outlook, Feb 10, 4:42 PM EST, 11 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 442 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-112145- 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- 442 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 /342 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MONDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA WITH 3 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. LESSER ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS MONDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES HOVER JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS MONDAY NIGHT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. KYZ061>067-070>078-081-082-112145- 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- 442 PM EST SUN FEB 10 2008 /342 PM CST SUN FEB 10 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAIN AMOUNTS MONDAY NIGHT. DK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 4:05 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette and 18 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Kentucky, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Indiana, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.