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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

March 6, 200849 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this winter storm warning at Mar 6, 2008, 4:07 PM CST for 49 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Mar 6, 2008, 8:39 PM CST. It was in force for 42 hr. 60 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
Mar 6, 2008, 4:07 PM CST (22:07 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2008, 8:39 PM CST
Expired
Mar 8, 2008, 2:14 PM CST
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
All 59 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, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 7, 6:38 AM CSTSNOW 0Louisville, KYSNOW HAS ACCUMULATED ONE HALF INCH WITHIN ONE HALF HOUR AT THE FORECAST OFFICE. ROAD SURFACES MOSTLY STILL WET.
Mar 7, 8:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.3Louisville, KYMEASURED ON THE GROUND AT THE NWS OFFICE IN LOUISVILLE
Mar 7, 8:31 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Clarkson, KY
Mar 7, 8:48 AM CSTSNOW 14 E Shepherdsville, KY
Mar 7, 9:04 AM CSTSNOW 2Elizabethtown, KY2.0 INCHES SNOW ON ELEVATED SURFACES.
Mar 7, 9:21 AM CSTSNOW 1.2Louisville, KYREPORT TAKEN NEAR AIRORT AND I65. I65 AND WATTERSON EXPRESSWAY SLUSHY AND SLICK IN SPOTS.
Mar 7, 9:51 AM CSTSNOW 2English, IN2 INCHES OF SNOW FELL DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
Mar 7, 10:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.51 N Martinsburg, IN
Mar 7, 1:28 PM CSTSNOW 3.2Memphis, IN
Mar 7, 2:23 PM CSTSNOW 0English, INTHREE INCHES REPORTED ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 2:23 PM CSTSNOW 0Hardinsburg, KYTHREE INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 2:23 PM CSTSNOW 0Mcdaniels, KY2 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 2:34 PM CSTSNOW 0Louisville, KY4.3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT THE NWS OFFICE.
Mar 7, 2:34 PM CSTSNOW 2.5Bardstown, KY2.5 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 2:34 PM CSTSNOW 4.3Louisville, KY4.3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT THE NWS OFFICE.
Mar 7, 2:59 PM CSTSNOW 0Elizabethtown, KY1.5 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 2:59 PM CSTSNOW 1.5Elizabethtown, KY1.5 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 3:19 PM CSTSNOW 0Salem, IN2 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 3:19 PM CSTSNOW 2Salem, IN2 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 3:44 PM CSTSNOW 3Borden, INSNOWFALL THROUGH 445 PM EST
Mar 7, 4:24 PM CSTSNOW 0Sadieville, KY2.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 4:51 PM CSTSNOW 0Brandenburg, KY3 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 5:12 PM CSTSNOW 0Brooks, KY4.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 5:33 PM CSTSNOW 5Louisville, KY5.0 INCHES ON THE GROUND AT THE NWS OFFICE.
Mar 7, 5:45 PM CSTSNOW 0.4Lexington, KY4 TENTHS OF AN INCH ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 5:45 PM CSTSNOW 1.5Mcdaniels, KY1.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 6:17 PM CSTSNOW 1.5Lewisport, KY1.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 6:31 PM CSTSNOW 4New Salisbury, IN4 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 6:32 PM CSTSNOW 4Corydon, IN4 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 7:56 PM CSTSNOW 4Jeffersonville, IN4 INCHES REPORTED ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 7:56 PM CSTSNOW 5Smithfield, KY5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 8:12 PM CSTSNOW 6Louisville, KY6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT THE NWS OFFICE.
Mar 7, 8:15 PM CSTSNOW 4Charlestown, IN4 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 8:40 PM CSTSNOW 2Mchenry, KY2 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 8:54 PM CSTSNOW 5Lanesville, IN6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 8:54 PM CSTSNOW 6Lanesville, IN6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 9:19 PM CSTSNOW 6Louisville, KY6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT VA HOSPITAL.
Mar 7, 9:29 PM CSTSNOW 8Austin, IN8 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 9:30 PM CSTSNOW 6Scottsburg, IN6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 9:45 PM CSTSNOW 4Louisville, KY4 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
Mar 7, 9:56 PM CSTSNOW 105 S Salem, IN10 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 10:23 PM CSTSNOW 3Bowling Green, KY2.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 10:23 PM CSTSNOW 8Fordsville, KY7 AND 3/4 OF AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 10:57 PM CSTSNOW 61 N Jeffersonville, IN5.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 11:03 PM CSTSNOW 5Prospect, KY5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 11:16 PM CSTSNOW 6Mcdaniels, KY5.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 11:20 PM CSTSNOW 8English, IN
Mar 7, 11:20 PM CSTSNOW 9Leavenworth, IN
Mar 7, 11:20 PM CSTSNOW 9Paoli, IN
Mar 7, 11:20 PM CSTSNOW 10Milltown, IN
Mar 7, 11:20 PM CSTSNOW 11New Pekin, IN11.0 INCHES TOTAL ON THE GROUND. 1 INCH IN LAST 90 MINUTES. SNOW DRIFTS AROUND 3 TO 4 FEET.
Mar 7, 11:24 PM CSTSNOW 7Leopold, IN
Mar 7, 11:24 PM CSTSNOW 8Birdseye, IN
Mar 7, 11:48 PM CSTSNOW 8Shively, KY7.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 11:50 PM CSTSNOW 7Anchorage, KY6.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 7, 11:56 PM CSTSNOW 71 Se St. Matthews, KY6.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT OXMOOR MALL.
Mar 8, 1:03 AM CSTSNOW 4Bristow, IN4.3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 8, 1:03 AM CSTSNOW 8Prospect, KY8.0 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 8, 1:45 AM CSTSNOW 4Bristow, IN4.3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND.
Mar 8, 2:33 AM CSTSNOW 91 Nw St. Matthews, KY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2008-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2008-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KLMK 062207
WSWLMK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
507 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008

...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. 

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-030>033-070615-
/O.UPG.KLMK.WS.A.0003.080307T0800Z-080308T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KLMK.WS.W.0003.080307T0800Z-080308T2100Z/
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
507 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /407 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/ FRIDAY
TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/
FRIDAY TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE BY FRIDAY NIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THOSE NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY COUNTIES NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. 

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ027>029-034>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-070615-
/O.EXB.KLMK.WS.A.0003.080307T2100Z-080308T2100Z/
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-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...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...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY
507 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /407 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008/

...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. 

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE BY
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. TOTAL
SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO
8 INCHES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. 

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE OR WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ADVANCED NOTICE THAT SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER IS LIKELY. 

$$

KYZ026-070615-
/O.EXT.KLMK.WS.A.0003.080307T2100Z-080308T2100Z/
OHIO KY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BEAVER DAM
407 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE BY
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. TOTAL
SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO
6 INCHES. 

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ADVANCED NOTICE THAT SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER IS LIKELY. 

$$
DK
8 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KLMK 070239
WSWLMK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
939 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008

...A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY BEGINNING LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.

KYZ026>029-034-038-045-046-053-071045-
/O.UPG.KLMK.WS.A.0003.080307T2100Z-080308T2100Z/
/O.EXA.KLMK.WS.W.0003.080307T0800Z-080308T2100Z/
OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-
NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-LARUE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...
ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...
SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HODGENVILLE
939 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /839 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/ FRIDAY
TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM CST/
FRIDAY TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES
FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. TOTAL SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE
OR WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

$$

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-030>033-071045-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.080307T0800Z-080308T2100Z/
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
939 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /839 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM EST /2 AM
CST/ FRIDAY TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE BY FRIDAY NIGHT AS
TEMPERATURES FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS
SOUTHERN INDIANA AND 6 TO 11 INCHES ACROSS THOSE NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKY COUNTIES NEAR THE OHIO RIVER.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ035>037-039>043-047>049-054>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-071045-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.A.0003.080307T2100Z-080308T2100Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK 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...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...
GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY
939 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /839 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008/

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE BY
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING. TOTAL
SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO
8 INCHES ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE OR WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ADVANCED NOTICE THAT SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER IS LIKELY.

$$

MJ/DK
000 
WWUS43 KLMK 070913
WSWLMK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
413 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM IN THE GULF COAST STATES WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM
IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY...

KYZ061>067-070>074-076-077-071715-
/O.UPG.KLMK.WS.A.0003.080307T2100Z-080308T2100Z/
/O.EXB.KLMK.WS.W.0003.080307T1700Z-080308T2100Z/
BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-
LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-
METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...
MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...
RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
EDMONTON...COLUMBIA
413 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /313 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY
TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... 

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY TODAY AND
WILL BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
TO FLURRIES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4
TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY
HAZARDOUS. 

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOWLINGGREEN.

$$

KYZ035>037-039>043-047>049-054>057-071715-
/O.UPG.KLMK.WS.A.0003.080307T2100Z-080308T2100Z/
/O.EXB.KLMK.WS.W.0003.080307T1700Z-080308T2100Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-
MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...LEBANON...DANVILLE...
LANCASTER...RICHMOND
413 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY
TODAY AND MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY
HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON. 

$$

KYZ027-071715-
/O.EXT.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
GRAYSON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LEITCHFIELD
313 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
3 PM CST SATURDAY...

PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY TODAY AND
MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
TO FLURRIES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4
TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY
HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOWLINGGREEN.


$$

KYZ046-071715-
/O.EXT.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
WASHINGTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SPRINGFIELD
413 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY
TODAY AND MAY BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON. 

$$

INZ076-083-084-089-071715-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY
413 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /313 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY...

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. THE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY
HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.


$$

INZ077>079-090>092-KYZ023>026-071715-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...
HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM
413 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /313 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY...

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA TODAY. THE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO
10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY
HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.


$$

KYZ028>034-038-045-053-071715-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-NELSON KY-LARUE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...BARDSTOWN...
HODGENVILLE
413 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY TODAY. THE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT...MAINLY BETWEEN 8PM AND 4AM
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY
HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ075-078-081-082-071715-
/O.UPG.KLMK.WS.A.0003.080307T2100Z-080308T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0007.080307T2200Z-080308T2100Z/
MONROE KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMPKINSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...
BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
313 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
3 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY
THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO
SLEET AND SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING
OFF TO FLURRIES. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.


$$
000 
WWUS43 KLMK 071805
WSWLMK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1259 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM IN THE GULF COAST STATES WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM
IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SNOW AND SLEET ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY BEGINNING TODAY AND CONTINUING
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

INZ076-083-084-089-080200-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY
1259 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /1159 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY. 

SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TAPER
OFF TO FLURRIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR
TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

INZ077>079-090>092-KYZ023>026-080200-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...
HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM
1259 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /1159 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY. 

SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ028>034-038-045-053-080200-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-NELSON KY-LARUE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...BARDSTOWN...
HODGENVILLE
1259 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SATURDAY.

SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT...MAINLY BETWEEN 8PM AND 4AM EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ027-061>067-070>074-076-077-080200-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
GRAYSON 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-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEITCHFIELD...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA
1259 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /1159 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY.

LIGHT RAIN AND SLEET WILL MIX WITH SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
BECOME ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES LATE 
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE 
EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOWLINGGREEN.

$$

KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-080200-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-
JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND
1259 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST SATURDAY.

SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL BECOME ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY
HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

$$

KYZ075-078-081-082-080200-
/O.CON.KLMK.WW.Y.0007.080307T2200Z-080308T2100Z/
MONROE KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMPKINSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...
BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
1159 AM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 3 PM CST SATURDAY. 

RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON...CHANGE TO SNOW
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO
FLURRIES. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AFTER
MIDNIGHT.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

$$
DK
000 
WWUS43 KLMK 072134
WSWLMK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
434 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHERN INDIANA AND CENTRAL
KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

.A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE NORTH GULF COAST STATES
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY THIS EVENING WITH SNOW OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA. AS COLDER AIR WORKS IN TONIGHT...ALL
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

KYZ075-078-081-082-080545-
/O.UPG.KLMK.WW.Y.0007.080307T2200Z-080308T2100Z/
/O.EXA.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
MONROE KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMPKINSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...
BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
334 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST SATURDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT
AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO
FLURRIES. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. THIS WINTRY MIX OF WEATHER WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

$$

KYZ027-061>067-070>074-076-077-080545-
/O.EXT.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
GRAYSON 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-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEITCHFIELD...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA
434 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /334 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/
SATURDAY...

THE MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET OCCURRING OVER THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO
FLURRIES BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3
TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY
HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOWLINGGREEN.

$$

INZ076-083-084-089-080545-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY
434 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /334 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY...

SNOW...WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING AND
WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

INZ077>079-090>092-KYZ023>026-080545-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...
HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM
434 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /334 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY...

SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. THE
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AND TAPER OFF TO
FLURRIES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ028>034-038-045-053-080545-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-NELSON KY-LARUE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...BARDSTOWN...
HODGENVILLE
434 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SNOW WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO FALL BETWEEN 9 PM AND 5 AM SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-080545-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-
JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND
434 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL QUICKLY BECOME
ALL SNOW TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY BEFORE
TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME
HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10
INCHES EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

$$

MJ
000 
WWUS43 KLMK 080249
WSWLMK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
949 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
CENTRAL KENTUCKY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

.A STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE NORTH GULF COAST STATES
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THIS
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW ACROSS
SOUTHERN KENTUCKY THIS EVENING WITH SNOW OVER NORTHERN KENTUCKY
AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. AS COLDER AIR WORKS IN TONIGHT...ALL
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

INZ076-083-084-089-081100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY
949 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /849 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY...

SNOW...WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING AND
WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

INZ077>079-090>092-KYZ023>026-081100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...
HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM
949 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /849 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY...

SNOW...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THIS EVENING. THE
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD AND TAPER OFF TO
FLURRIES BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ028>034-038-045-053-081100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-NELSON KY-LARUE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...BARDSTOWN...
HODGENVILLE
949 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SNOW WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT AND WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO FALL BETWEEN 9 PM AND 5 AM SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ027-061>067-070>074-076-077-081100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
GRAYSON 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-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEITCHFIELD...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA
949 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 /849 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ SATURDAY...

A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW
WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOWLINGGREEN.

$$

KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-081100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-
JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND
949 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST
SATURDAY...

A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING
OFF TO FLURRIES BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES OVERNIGHT WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES
EXPECTED BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
HIGHLY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING ESPECIALLY.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

$$

KYZ075-078-081-082-081100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
MONROE KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMPKINSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...
BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
849 PM CST FRI MAR 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST
SATURDAY...

A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING
OFF TO FLURRIES. TOTAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WINTRY MIX OF WEATHER WILL MAKE FOR
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

$$

MJ
000 
WWUS43 KLMK 080819
WSWLMK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
319 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

.A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING AMPLE SNOWFALL TO THE
LOWER OHIO VALLEY. THE MAJORITY OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL
ACCUMULATE MAINLY THROUGH MIDDAY...AND WILL THEN TAPER FROM WEST
TO EAST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

INZ076-083-084-089-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY
319 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 /219 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA THROUGH MIDDAY TODAY...AND WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES THIS
AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD OCCUR THROUGH ROUGHLY 8 OR 9
AM CST. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 6 TO 10
INCHES. THESE SNOWY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY
HAZARDOUS...AND THUS ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

INZ077>079-090>092-KYZ023>026-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...
HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM
319 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 /219 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH
MIDDAY...AND WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH ROUGHLY 9 OR 10 AM EST.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH MIDDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY
HAZARDOUS...AND THUS ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ028>034-038-045-053-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-NELSON KY-LARUE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...BARDSTOWN...
HODGENVILLE
319 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES THROUGH ROUGHLY MID-MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2-4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
TO MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS...AND THUS TRAVEL SHOULD BE
POSTPONED. 

STAY ABREAST OF THIS WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

$$

KYZ027-061>067-070>074-076-077-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
GRAYSON 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-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEITCHFIELD...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA
319 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 /219 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS...WITH SNOW TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH STORM
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS...THUS ALL TRAVEL
SHOULD BE POSTPONED.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BOWLINGGREEN.

$$

KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-
JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND
319 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY TONIGHT. THE
SNOW WILL BE THE HEAVIEST THROUGH MIDDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY
TONIGHT SHOULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES. THESE CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL HIGHLY HAZARDOUS...THUS ALL TRAVEL SHOULD
BE POSTPONED AT LEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

$$

KYZ075-078-081-082-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
MONROE KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMPKINSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...
BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
219 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

MODERATE TO SOMETIMES HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES BY TONIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OFF AND ON THROUGH MIDDAY...WITH
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BEING POSSIBLE.
STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY TONIGHT SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 3
INCHES. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS...THUS TRAVEL SHOULD BE POSTPONED THROUGH AT LEAST THE
AFTERNOON HOURS.

STAY ABREAST OF THIS WINTER STORM BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON.

$$

MJ/AL
000 
WWUS43 KLMK 081632
WSWLMK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1132 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

.A POTENT STORM WILL SLOWLY EXIT NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL END BY NOON WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
BLUEGRASS REGION THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.

INZ076-083-084-089-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
ORANGE IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY
1132 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 /1032 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

WHILE SNOW HAS ENDED...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE DRIVING
HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW MAY COVER RECENTLY PLOWED ROADS AND CAUSE
SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY.


$$

INZ077>079-090>092-KYZ023>026-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-
HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...
HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM
1132 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 /1032 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON. BLOWING SNOW MAY
COVER RECENTLY PLOWED ROADS AND CAUSE SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN
VISIBILITY.



$$

KYZ028>034-038-045-053-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-NELSON KY-LARUE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...BARDSTOWN...
HODGENVILLE
1132 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND ONE HALF INCH. 
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW
MAY COVER RECENTLY PLOWED ROADS AND CAUSE SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN
VISIBILITY.

$$

KYZ027-061>067-070>074-076-077-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
GRAYSON 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-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEITCHFIELD...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA
1132 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 /1032 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. 

SNOW HAS TAPERED TO JUST FLURRIES. HOWEVER...ROADS REMAIN SNOW
COVERED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY COVER RECENTLY PLOWED
ROADS AND CAUSE SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. MOTORISTS SHOULD
USE EXTRA CAUTION THIS AFTERNOON. 

$$

KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-
JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...
LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...
SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND
1132 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WITH AN
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AROUND AN INCH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW MAY COVER RECENTLY
PLOWED ROADS AND CAUSE SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY.

$$

KYZ075-078-081-082-082100-
/O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
MONROE KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOMPKINSVILLE...JAMESTOWN...
BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
1032 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ANY ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATION OF LESS THAN ONE INCH. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS. BLOWING SNOW MAY COVER RECENTLY PLOWED
ROADS AND CAUSE SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KLMK 082014
WSWLMK

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
314 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALL OF CENTRAL
KENTUCKY HAVE BEEN CANCELED...

.THE UPPER LOW THAT BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW EARLIER TODAY HAS MOVED
EAST. ALTHOUGH FLURRIES WILL LINGER ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS THROUGH
EARLY EVENING...ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED.

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-082115-
/O.CAN.KLMK.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080308T2100Z/
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
314 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 /214 PM CST SAT MAR 8 2008/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS CANCELED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 



$$

JSD

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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 Mar 6, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
330 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008

.SHORT RANGE (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)

...CONFIDENCE INCREASING THAT MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT PARTS
OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA...ALTHOUGH DETAILS
STILL UNCERTAIN...

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CURRENTLY SHOWS PRONOUNCED SHORTWAVE OVER NEW
MEXICO SIMILAR TO MODEL PROJECTIONS...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK
PUNCHING SOUTHWARD INTO NRN ROCKIES. THIS UPPER JET IS IMPORTANT TO
THE FCST SINCE IT SHOULD KEEP THE SRN SYSTEM FROM LIFTING TOO FAR
WWD WHICH IS CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORED WHICH WOULD NORMALLY LEAD TO A
WARMER INFLUX OF MOIST AIR AND MORE RAIN OVER ENTIRE AREA.

CURRENTLY...MILD AIR IS INDEED IN PLACE AT THE SFC AND ALOFT OVER TN
VALLEY INTO KY EVIDENCED BY SFC TEMPS THIS AFTERNOON IN LOWER 50S
OVER CENTRAL KY. HOWEVER COLDER AIR OVER SRN IND AT THIS TIME (MID
30S) WILL SAG SWD INTO KY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...BOUNDARY LAYER
TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN AT OR ABOVE FREEZING OVERNIGHT OVER
MUCH OF CENTRAL KY.

SHORT RANGE MODELS BASICALLY AGREE ON SYNOPTIC SITUATION BY LIFTING
SRN SYSTEM NEWD...BUT DIFFER ON EXACT TRACK OF MID-LEVEL LOW AND
DETAILS OF THE THERMAL FIELD...WHICH COULD LEAD TO A SIGNIFICANT
RANGE OF SOLUTIONS AND IMPACTS ON OUR FCST AREA.

AT THIS TIME...WE WILL BE UPGRADING S-CENTRAL IND AND FAR N-CENTRAL
KY (INCLUDING LOUISVILLE) TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH SAT AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL BE ISSUED FOR
REMAINDER OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

WHAT IS AGREED UPON IN THE MODELS IS THAT TWO PRIMARY SURGES OF
PRECIP SHOULD OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM. FIRST SURGE WILL BE CAUSED BY
STRONG WARM MOIST ADVECTION ALOFT AND A COUPLED UPPER LEVEL JET
CONFIGURATION WHICH SHOULD LEAD TO ENHANCED VERTICAL MOTION OVER
LOWER OHIO AND TN VALLEYS. MODELS ALSO SHOW GOOD LOW-TO-MID LEVEL
FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME BANDING WITHIN THE
MORE GENERAL AREA OF PRECIP.

THE FORCING AND FAST SW FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN RAPID DEVELOPMENT
AND MOVEMENT OF PRECIP OCCURRING RIGHT NOW IN NRN TX TO NW ARK...
BRINGING THE PRECIP SHIELD INTO OUR FCST AREA BEFORE 12Z FRI BEFORE
STREAKING NEWD DURING MORNING OVER ENTIRE AREA. MODEL THERMAL
DIFFERENCES CREATE A PROBLEM IN DETERMINING PRECIP TYPES. MODELS
HAVE BEEN TRENDING SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH SYSTEM...AND THIS SHOULD
MEAN THAT PRECIP WILL BE SNOW OVER SOUTHERN IND AND AT LEAST FAR
N-CENTRAL KY FRI. OVER SRN KY...ENOUGH LOW LEVEL AND/OR ELEVATED
WARM AIR SHOULD BE IN PLACE FOR MAINLY RAIN WITH SLEET AT TIMES. IN
BETWEEN...WILL GO WITH A RAIN SLEET MIXTURE...WHICH COULD CHANGE TO
SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON IF COLDER GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS VERIFY...
WHICH MAY BE AT LEAST PARTLY ON RIGHT TRACK. OPERATIONAL NAM AND
IN-HOUSE HI RESOLUTION NAM-WRF ARE WARMER WITH A LATER (MAYBE NOT
UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT) CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING OR FROZEN PRECIP. BELIEVE
LIQUID PRECIP WILL OCCUR FOR A TIME...BUT PERHAPS NOT QUITE AS LONG
AS NAM SUGGESTS AS FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING FAVORS AN AGEOSTROPHIC
FLOW OF COLDER LOW-LEVEL AIR INTO KY WITH TIME. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW
ARE LIKELY WITH THIS FIRST SURGE OVER NRN THIRD OF FCST AREA.

THERE MAY BE A LULL IN PRECIP RATES SOMETIME FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING AS MAIN LOW LEVEL JET AND FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING LIFT NEWD.
HOWEVER...MUST THEN DEAL WITH POTENTIAL SECONDARY SURGE...
DEFORMATION TO N AND NW OF UPR LOW TRACK. MODELS AGAIN DEVELOP
SLOPED FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING WITH THIS BAND AS WELL AS NEGATIVE
EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL VORTICITY (EPV) WHICH WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO RESULT IN SOME SLANTWISE CONVECTION AND BANDS OF HEAVY PRECIP
WITHIN THE DEFORMATION AXIS...WHICH WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW.
THE PROBLEM IS DETERMINING WHERE THIS AXIS WILL SET UP...AND WILL IT
ACTUALLY RESULT IN HEAVY BANDED PRECIP. SOME MODELS SUGGEST SRN
IND...SOME SAY CENTRAL KY. AT THIS TIME...WE FAVOR A SLIGHTLY
FARTHER N TRACK OF THIS BAND OVER NRN/WRN PART OF FCST AREA...BUT
THIS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY.

BEST ESTIMATE OF SNOW AMOUNTS AT THIS TIME BY THE TIME THE SYSTEM
EXITS SATURDAY AFTERNOON...8-12 OVER SRN IND...5 TO 10 INCHES OVER
FAR N-CENTRAL KY INCLUDING LOUISVILLE...4-8 OVER E-CENTRAL KY
INCLUDING LEXINGTON...3-6 OVER REST OF N-CENTRAL KY...2-4 OVER SW
PART OF FCST AREA INCLUDING BOWLING GREEN...TO 1-3 INCHES IN FAR SE
PART OF FCST AREA. IN ADDITION...WILL NEED TO WATCH SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN POTENTIAL OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL KY.

THIS SYSTEM IS STILL OVER THE SRN PLAINS AND WITH MODEL DIFFERENCES
IT IS DIFFICULT TO TELL WHERE THE HIGHEST PRECIP TOTALS AND EXACT
PRECIP TYPES WILL OCCUR.

SNOW AMOUNTS COULD END UP HIGHER THAN THOSE GIVEN ABOVE IF FAVORABLE
BANDING DEVELOPS OVER SOME AREAS. IF WARMER AIR HOLDS LONGER...
AMOUNTS MAY BE LOWER IN SOME LOCATIONS.

THIS FCST WILL CONTINUE TO BE REFINED AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES AND
AFFECTS OUR AREA. TRAVEL MAY BECOME EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS OVER PARTS
OF OUR FCST AREA...ESPECIALLY NRN LOCATIONS...DURING THIS EVENT.
TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PREPARE FOR THE STORM.

.LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...

MAJOR WINTER STORM FRIDAY/SATURDAY WILL BE PUSHING UP THE EAST COAST
BY SATURDAY NIGHT. EXPECT SNOW FLURRIES TO LINGER IN ITS WAKE
SATURDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY IN THE BLUEGRASS. EXPECTING TEMPS TO DROP
PRETTY WELL SATURDAY NIGHT BEHIND THIS SYSTEM.  DROPPED MIN TEMPS
INTO THE UPPER TEENS TO AROUND 20...BUT THEY MAY NEED TO BE DROPPED
LOWER THAN THAT DEPENDING ON COLD ADVECTION AND SNOW COVER BEHIND
THE SYSTEM. 12Z GFS RAW MODEL DATA SUGGESTS COLDER TEMPS...SO WILL
NEED TO MONITOR.

SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

MEAN LONGWAVE TROUGH SETTLES OVER THE ERN CONUS THROUGH TUESDAY.
WITHIN THIS FLOW...A COUPLE SHORTWAVES WILL MAKE THEIR WAY ACROSS
THE REGION ALTHOUGH MODELS DIFFER IN TIMING...RH...AND INTENSITY.
THE FIRST CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM LOOKS TO BE SUNDAY NIGHT. GEM/GFS/
ECMWF ALL DEPICT THIS FIRST WAVE WHICH IS MOISTURE STARVED BUT STILL
LOOKS TO HAVE SOME LIGHT QPF AMOUNTS. WILL ADD SLIGHT CHC IN THE S
AND LOW CHC POPS IN THE N FOR RAIN OR SNOW SINCE TEMPS WILL BE
BORDER LINE AT LEAST EARLY IN THE EVENING.

NEXT SHORTWAVE LOOKS TO PASS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALTHOUGH BY
THIS TIME THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT MODEL DIFFERENCES IN EWD PROGRESSION
OF THE WRN CONUS RIDGE. SO ECMWF DROPS THE TRACK THROUGH THE MIDWEST
WHILE THE GFS TAKES THE SHORTWAVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES. BECAUSE
OF UNCERTAINTY WILL CONTINUE THIS PERIOD DRY.

TEMPS WILL BE WARMING BY THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS IN
THE 50S BY TUES/WED.

&&

.AVIATION (18Z TAFS)...

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE TAF SITES BEGINNING EARLY TOMORROW...

FIRST OF ALL...BORDERLINE MVFR/VFR CIGS TO OCCUR AT SDF AND BWG FOR
A TIME THIS AFTERNOON.  STUBBORN MID STRATUS DECK OVER SRN IL/WRN
KY/SRN IN KNOCKING AT THE DOOR OF SDF AND BWG AT 1720Z.  WILL
INCLUDE BKN030 AT THESE TERMINALS.  LEX SHOULD JUST SEE HIGH VFR
CIGS THIS AFTERNOON.

THE MAIN ISSUE WILL BE AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM BEGINNING EARLY
TOMORROW.  THIS TAF PERIOD WILL INCLUDE THE BEGINNING OF THIS STORM
STARTING OUT AS RAIN AT BWG AT 8Z...AND A MIX AT SDF AT 9Z.  PRECIP
WILL START LATER AT LEX AROUND 12Z AS RAIN.  ALTHOUGH PRECIP IS
EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SLEET/SNOW TOMORROW EVENING AT ALL TAF
SITES...THIS IS BEYOND THE TAF PERIOD.  WILL GO WITH MVFR CIGS/VSBYS
FOR NOW BUT NOTE THAT THIS WILL PROBABLY DECREASE TO IFR/LIFR
CONDITIONS IN LATER TAF ISSUANCES AS TIMING AND PRECIP INTENSITY
WITH THIS SYSTEM BECOMES CLEARER.

&&

.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

KY...WINTER STORM WARNING 08Z FRIDAY TO 21Z SATURDAY...HANCOCK...
BRECKINRIDGE...MEADE...JEFFERSON...OLDHAM...HENRY...AND TRIMBLE
COUNTIES. WINTER STORM WATCH 21Z FRIDAY TO 21Z SATURDAY FOR
REMAINDER OF CENTRAL KY.
IN...WINTER STORM WARNING 08Z FRIDAY TO 21Z SATURDAY...DUBOIS...
PERRY...CRAWFORD...ORANGE...HARRISON...WASHINGTON...FLOYD...
CLARK...SCOTT...AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES.
&&

SHORT TERM...TWF/JDK
LONG TERM....AML
AVIATION.....AML
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 4:02 PM CST, 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
502 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>025-030>033-072215-
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-
502 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /402 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SNOW OR SLEET WILL DEVELOP BEFORE DAYBREAK FRIDAY MORNING. AN INCH
OR SO OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE BY RUSH HOUR. SLICK SPOTS WILL
DEVELOP ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS AND BRIDGES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF FRIDAY THOUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BEGINNING ON
FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE
AREA. SOME SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW ON THE KENTUCKY SIDE
OF THE OHIO RIVER FRIDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND
GREATLY ON THE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM. AT THIS TIME...8 TO 12
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES
POSSIBLE ON THE KENTUCKY SIDE OF THE RIVER INCLUDING LOUISVILLE BY
THE TIME THE STORM EXITS THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM
COULD GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND CONDITIONS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.

KYZ026>029-034>043-045>049-053-072215-
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-
502 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /402 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL DEVELOP BEFORE DAYBREAK
FRIDAY MORNING. SOME SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ESPECIALLY ON
SECONDARY ROADS AND BRIDGES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BEGINNING ON
FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES TO
THE AREA. RAIN SHOULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR
SNOW ON FRIDAY THEN CONTINUE AT TIMES AS MAINLY SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON THE TRACK OF
THE STORM SYSTEM AND ON THE AMOUNT OF WARMER AIR ALOFT THAT GETS
INGESTED INTO THE SYSTEM. AT THIS TIME...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO
8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS
THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS AND CONDITIONS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.

KYZ054>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-072215-
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-
502 PM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /402 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA BEFORE DAYBREAK. THE RAIN COULD BE
MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...BUT SHOULD NOT CREATE MUCH IN THE WAY
OF TRAVEL PROBLEMS BY DAYBREAK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BEGINNING ON
FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA...MIXED WITH SLEET
AT TIMES...ON FRIDAY. ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...PRECIPITATION
SHOULD CHANGE TO SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN..AND EVENTUALLY SNOW. SNOW
AND ICE AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON THE TRACK OF THE STORM
SYSTEM AND ON THE AMOUNT OF WARMER AIR ALOFT THAT GETS INGESTED
INTO THE SYSTEM. AT THIS TIME...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE AREA BY THE TIME THE STORM EXITS THE AREA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WITHIN THIS SNOWFALL RANGE...HIGHEST AMOUNTS
SEEM LIKELY IN AN AXIS FROM AROUND BOWLING GREEN TO TAYLORSVILLE
TO RICHMOND...WITH LOWER AMOUNTS FARTHER SOUTH INCLUDING
BURKESVILLE AND ALBANY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CALL IN RAIN...SNOW AND ICE AMOUNTS AND CONDITIONS
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.

TWF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 6, 10:51 AM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1151 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008

KYZ027>029-034>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-062130-
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-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...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...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...
TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...
ALBANY
1151 AM EST THU MAR 6 2008 /1051 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008/

...SNOW EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT...

A DEVELOPING WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS AS IF THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.
AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT THE RAIN WILL
CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
FROM SOUTHWEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY NORTHEAST INTO THE BLUEGRASS
REGION INCLUDING LEXINGTON... FRANKFORT... AND WINCHESTER. ACROSS
THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY SNOWFALL SHOULD AVERAGE
AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY MORNING.

A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS WITH THE TRACK AND
STRENGTH OF THIS STORM SYSTEM AND ITS AFFECT ON CENTRAL
KENTUCKY. ANY SHIFT IN THE TRACK MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY
DIFFERENT WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA.

PERSONS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR THIS DEVELOPING STORM.

FOR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INFORMATION ON THE WEB...PLEASE VISIT
WEATHER.GOV/LEXINGTON OR WEATHER.GOV/BOWLINGGREEN.

JA/AML

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 3:18 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchLMKAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more24 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.