Alert archive / Kentucky / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this winter storm warning at Dec 15, 2008, 4:06 AM CST for 49 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Dec 15, 2008, 11:00 AM CST. It was in force for 31 hr. 26 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
- Dec 15, 2008, 4:06 AM CST (10:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2008, 11:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2008, 6:08 PM CST
- In force
- 31 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 09:57 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 3:04 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Salem, IN | LIGHT SNOW REPORTED IN SALEM. |
| Dec 15, 3:33 PM CST | SLEET 0 | New Albany, IN | SNOW/SLEET MIX |
| Dec 15, 4:10 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Valley Station, KY | |
| Dec 15, 4:36 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Brandenburg, KY | SLEET COVERED ROADS IN MEADE COUNTY |
| Dec 15, 5:26 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Tell City, IN | ONE QUARTER INCH OF SLEET ACCUMULATED ON ROADWAYS |
| Dec 15, 6:47 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Clarkson, KY | LIGHT TO MODERATE SLEET FALLING...WITH ICE ON ROOFTOPS AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES. SLICK SPOTS DEVELOPING. |
| Dec 16, 4:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Frankfort, KY | |
| Dec 16, 4:28 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | Bardstown, KY | 0.25 INCH OF ICE |
| Dec 16, 4:28 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3 | Bardstown, KY | |
| Dec 16, 5:53 AM CST | ICE STORM 0 | 1 E Perryville, KY | .25 TO .3 INCHES OF ICE WITH .5 INCH OF SLEET ON TOP. |
| Dec 16, 5:56 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Georgetown, IN | 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW AND .25 INCHES OF ICE. |
| Dec 16, 5:56 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.5 | Georgetown, KY | 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW AND .25 INCH OF ICE. |
| Dec 16, 6:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Lawrenceburg, KY | 3 INCHES OF SNOW 0.10 INCH OF ICE |
| Dec 16, 6:50 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Hartford, KY | 4 TO 5 INCHES REPORTED FROM STATE TROOPER. |
| Dec 16, 6:55 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Leitchfield, KY | ESTIMATED AMOUNTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGERS. |
| Dec 16, 7:02 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Hardinsburg, KY | ESTIMATED BY EMERGENCY MANAGERS |
| Dec 16, 7:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 5 S Taylorsville, KY | |
| Dec 16, 7:14 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Cynthiana, KY | ESTIMATED AMOUNTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGERS. |
| Dec 16, 7:17 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Paris, KY | ESTIMATED FROM EMERGENCY MANAGERS. |
| Dec 16, 7:21 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Carlisle, KY | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED FROM EMERGENCY MANAGERS. |
| Dec 16, 7:43 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Harrodsburg, KY | UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET MIXED REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. |
| Dec 16, 7:52 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Versailles, KY | TWO TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AROUND THE COUNTY REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGERS. |
| Dec 16, 7:53 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 8 N Carlisle, KY | 3 INCHES OF SNOW AT BLUE LICK SPRINGS |
| Dec 16, 8:05 AM CST | ICE STORM | Gamaliel, KY | ICE METLTING ON ROADS. 33 DEGREES. |
| Dec 16, 8:55 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Clarkson, KY | |
| Dec 16, 8:57 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Cynthiana, 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 00:00Z, 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 451 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 151006 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 506 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008 ...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>065- 070>074-076-151815- /O.UPG.KLMK.WS.A.0004.081215T1800Z-081216T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.WS.W.0004.081215T1700Z-081216T1200Z/ 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-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY- METCALFE 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... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW... EDMONTON 506 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /406 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...EFFECTIVE FROM NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL AFFECT THE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM LOCAL MEDIA...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR THE WEB AT: WEATHER.GOV. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KYZ066-067-075-077-078-081-082-151815- /O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0010.081216T0000Z-081216T1200Z/ CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-MONROE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY- CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...STANFORD...TOMPKINSVILLE... COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 506 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /406 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TUESDAY. RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER SUNSET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ DK
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KLMK 151609 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1109 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008 ...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TONIGHT... INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>065- 070>074-076-152215- /O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0004.081215T1700Z-081216T1200Z/ 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-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY- METCALFE 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... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW... EDMONTON 1109 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /1009 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TUESDAY... SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW AND ICE ARE EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE OVERNIGHT. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL MAINLY AFFECT THE TUESDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM LOCAL MEDIA...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...OR THE WEB AT: WEATHER.GOV. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ KYZ066-067-075-077-078-081-082-152215- /O.CON.KLMK.WW.Y.0010.081216T0000Z-081216T1200Z/ CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-MONROE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY- CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...STANFORD...TOMPKINSVILLE... COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 1109 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /1009 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TUESDAY... RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AFTER SUNSET. LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BUT SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ JA
000 WWUS43 KLMK 152044 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 344 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 ...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL OVERRUN A SHALLOW DOME OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. KYZ066-067-075-077-078-081-082-160445- /O.UPG.KLMK.WW.Y.0010.081216T0000Z-081216T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-MONROE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY- CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...STANFORD...TOMPKINSVILLE... COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 344 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /244 PM CST MON DEC 15 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN AREA OF MOISTURE WILL OVERRUN THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. THE FREEZING OR FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. $$ INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>065- 070>074-076-160445- /O.EXT.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ 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-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY- METCALFE 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... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW... EDMONTON 344 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /244 PM CST MON DEC 15 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... AN ARE OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO FALL AFTER 4AM. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED... CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THE PREVALENT PRECIPITATION BEING FREEZING RAIN. OVER THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TONIGHT... CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GREATLY AFFECT THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE. FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO SNAP POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES. REMEMBER... DO NOT TOUCH A DOWNED POWER LINE. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ JA
000 WWUS43 KLMK 152301 CCA WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 344 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 ...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TONIGHT AND TUESDAY... WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL OVERRUN A SHALLOW DOME OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. KYZ066-067-075-077-078-081-082-160445- /O.UPG.KLMK.WW.Y.0010.081216T0000Z-081216T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-MONROE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY- CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...STANFORD...TOMPKINSVILLE... COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 344 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /244 PM CST MON DEC 15 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AN AREA OF MOISTURE WILL OVERRUN THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. THE FREEZING OR FROZEN PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. $$ INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>065- 070>074-076-160445- /O.EXT.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ 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-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY- METCALFE 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... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW... EDMONTON 344 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /244 PM CST MON DEC 15 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO FALL AFTER 4AM. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED... CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THE PREVALENT PRECIPITATION BEING FREEZING RAIN. OVER THE BLUEGRASS REGION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TONIGHT... CHANGING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN BY MID MORNING TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GREATLY AFFECT THE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON COMMUTE. FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO SNAP POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES. REMEMBER... DO NOT TOUCH A DOWNED POWER LINE. THIS WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ JA
000 WWUS43 KLMK 160345 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1045 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 ...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL OVERRUN A SHALLOW DOME OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE RESULT WILL BE A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-160930- /O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ 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 1045 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /945 PM CST MON DEC 15 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY... WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO IS OVERRUNNING A SHALLOW DOME OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. PRECIPITATION WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...AND INTO SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. AT TIMES...SLEET AND SNOW COULD BECOME MODERATE...WITH PERHAPS AN INCH OR MORE OF SLEET AND SNOW...AND UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE BY DAWN. HOWEVER...A SECOND WAVE OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY MORNING ALONG AND SURROUNDING THE OHIO RIVER. THIS AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MORE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS SOUTH- CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...WHERE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS PRECIPITATION IS ALSO EXPECTED TO AFFECT CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND PERHAPS SOUTH-CENTRAL KENTUCKY LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...WITH FREEZING RAIN BEING THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE WITH SLEET MIXING IN AT TIMES. GENERALLY UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER THE BLUEGRASS REGION...WITH PERHAPS AN INCH OF SNOW OR SLEET FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GREATLY AFFECT THE TUESDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO SNAP POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES. REMEMBER...DO NOT TOUCH A DOWNED POWER LINE. TRAVEL ON TUESDAY WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ JA/AL
000 WWUS43 KLMK 160939 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 439 AM EST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING... .WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL OVERRUN A SHALLOW DOME OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR OVERNIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE RESULT WILL BE A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-161745- /O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ 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 439 AM EST TUE DEC 16 2008 /339 AM CST TUE DEC 16 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... A MIXTURE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY EARLY THIS MORNING...RANGING FROM SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH TO FREEZING RAIN OVER THE SOUTH. AREAS FROM THE OHIO RIVER SOUTH TO NEAR BOWLING GREEN WILL SEE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING WHILE TO THE SOUTH SOME LOCATIONS COULD SEE ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN. A SECOND WAVE OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AS WARMER AIR OVERRIDES THE VERY COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THE SNOW OVER THE NORTH WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN LATE THIS MORNING. SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL SEE THE CHANGEOVER THE FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PARTS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY. SOME AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 COULD SEE ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE FROM THE FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND MOST AREAS WILL SEE ONLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM OVER THE ENTIRE AREA WITH ONLY RAIN OVER THE SOUTH. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL GREATLY AFFECT THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES TODAY. FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO SNAP POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES. REMEMBER...DO NOT TOUCH A DOWNED POWER LINE. TRAVEL ON TUESDAY WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SCHOLZ
000 WWUS43 KLMK 161613 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1113 AM EST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH THIS EVENING... .WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO OVERRIDE A SHALLOW DOME OF COLD ARCTIC AIR. THE RESULT WILL BE A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA. INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-170000- /O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ 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 1113 AM EST TUE DEC 16 2008 /1013 AM CST TUE DEC 16 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... AN AREA OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY... GENERALLY SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT BUT UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BLUEGRASS REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY. OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY SCATTERED FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN WILL OCCUR. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND MOST AREAS WILL SEE ONLY LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM OVER THE ENTIRE AREA WITH ONLY RAIN OVER THE SOUTH. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL AFFECT THE EVENING COMMUTES TODAY. FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO SNAP POWER LINES AND TREE BRANCHES. REMEMBER...DO NOT TOUCH A DOWNED POWER LINE. $$ JA
000 WWUS43 KLMK 162043 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 343 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING... .WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO OVERRIDE A SHALLOW DOME OF COLD ARCTIC AIR. THE RESULT WILL BE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. KYZ053>057-062>067-071>078-081-082-162145- /O.CAN.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-EDMONSON KY- HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-WARREN KY- SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY- RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE... LANCASTER...RICHMOND...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG... CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN... SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA... JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 343 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008 /243 PM CST TUE DEC 16 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA HAVE RISEN ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK. $$ INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-061-070-170000- /O.CON.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ 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-BUTLER KY-LOGAN 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...MORGANTOWN... RUSSELLVILLE 343 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008 /243 PM CST TUE DEC 16 2008/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL BE LIGHT BUT MAY BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME SLICK SPOTS... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION MAY AFFECT THE EVENING COMMUTES. $$ JA
000 WWUS43 KLMK 170008 WSWLMK URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 708 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008 ...FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS... .WARM MOIST AIR IS STILL RIDING UP OVER SHALLOW BUT COLD ARCTIC AIR. THIS WILL LEAD TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AND ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL INDIANA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. KYZ024>031-033>043-045>049-061-070-170600- /O.CAN.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0011.081217T0008Z-081217T0600Z/ BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM 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-BUTLER KY-LOGAN KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA... TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS... CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG... NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...MORGANTOWN...RUSSELLVILLE 708 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008 /608 PM CST TUE DEC 16 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...THIS WILL STILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM UP ENOUGH OVERNIGHT HOWEVER THAT THE FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE SHOULD CHANGEOVER TO JUST RAIN A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023-032-170815- /O.CAN.KLMK.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-081217T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0011.081217T0008Z-081217T1200Z/ ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- TRIMBLE KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...BEDFORD 708 PM EST TUE DEC 16 2008 /608 PM CST TUE DEC 16 2008/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT AND LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...THIS WILL STILL CAUSE ROADWAYS TO BECOME VERY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH TOWARDS MORNING SO THE WORST OF THE FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR UNTIL ROUGHLY LOCAL MIDNIGHT. FOG IS ALSO EXPECTED TO FORM OVERNIGHT. EVEN IF PRECIPITATION ENDS...WITH SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND PATCHY DENSE FOG...FREEZING FOG MAY FORM AND HELP TO CAUSE SLICK ROADWAYS EVEN WITHOUT PRECIPITATION. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ AL
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 Dec 15, 3:00 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 3:00 AM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
400 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008
.SHORT TERM (TDA THRU TUE)...
WILL ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING BEGINNING AT NOON EST TODAY AND
ENDING AT 12Z TUE FOR THOSE AREAS UNDER A WATCH PREVIOUSLY. THIS
INCLUDES ALL BUT OUR FAR SERN COUNTIES WHERE AN ADVISORY WILL BE
ISSUED FOR TNGT.
ARCTIC CDFNT AT 09Z EXTENDING FROM WRN INDIANA TO THE WRN TIP OF
KY...SHOULD BE NEAR A CVG TO SDF LINE AROUND 12Z AND EXITING OUR FAR
SERN COUNTIES BY 18Z. TEMPS WILL FALL 15-20 DEGS IN THE FIRST HR OR
SO WITH FROPA. BY 00Z THIS EVE...THESE ARE THE EXPECTED TEMPS:
HNB...21
SDF...24
BWG...25
FFT...25
LEX...27
RICHMOND...29
MAIN CONCERN IS AFTER SUNSET TNGT...WHEN MODELS INDICATE LOW TO MID
LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS FROM 0Z TO 06Z ACRS SCNTRL INDIANA...DROPPING
SEWD INTO KY FROM 03Z-09Z. THINK MOST PRECIP WILL BE SNOW OR SLEET
AFTER 00Z FOR THE NWRN HALF OF OUR FA WITH A MIX OF ZR/IP/SNOW FROM
SCNTRL THRU SRN PARTS OF THE BLUEGRASS REGION WITH R/ZR- OVER OUR
FAR SERN COUNTIES. NOTICED SLIGHTLY NEG TO AROUND 0 EQUIVALENT
POTENTIAL VIORTICITY AT 06Z ACRS OUR FA. WITH ABOVE IN
MIND...THINKING A STRIP OF 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW/ICE WILL ACCUMULATE
LATE TDA/TNGT OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL KY WITH 1-3 INCHES OVER SCNTRL
INDIANA. THIS WILL IMPACT THE LATE AFTN COMMUTE TDA AND THE MORNING
RUSH TUE MORNING AS WELL AS SCHOOL RELEASE DECISIONS BY EARLY AFTN
TDA. WE WILL LIKELY DO AN EM/MEDIA CC LATER THIS MORNING. WARNING
MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED THRU NOON TUE...BUT WILL NOT DO AT THIS TIME.
COORDINATED WILL ALL SURROUNDING OFFICES.
.LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)...
A STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EXTENDED PERIOD. SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS WILL
PROVIDE SOME MODERATION OF THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES THAT INVADE
THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY ON MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES STARTING OUT THE
LONG TERM ALL ABOVE FREEZING. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO AROUND
FREEZING LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL INCLUDE A CHANCE OF FREEZING
RAIN MIXING WITH THE RAIN TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL
QUICKLY TURN BACK TO RAIN SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND WILL MENTION
ONLY RAIN ON WEDNESDAY AND FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK.
ECMWF HAS HAD A GOOD HANDLE ON THE TEMPERATURES AND WILL STAY CLOSE
TO ECMWF WHICH SHOWS SOME WARMUP BUT NOT AS MUCH AS GFS. WITH CLOUD
COVER AND RAIN OCCURRING FOR MUCH OF THE REST OF THE WEEK AS WARM
AIR OVERRUNS A FRONT STALLED TO OUR SOUTH AND WEAK SHORT WAVES MOVE
THROUGH THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN. ANOTHER COLD FRONT INVADES OVER THE
WEEKEND.
NO CHANGES MADE TO LATTER PART OF FORECAST. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION
BELOW FOR NEXT WEEKEND WEATHER...
A DEEP UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS COMING WEEKEND AND WILL
SERVE TO BRING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH. HIGHS OVER THE
WEEKEND WILL ONLY WARM INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S WITH LOWS IN
THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S.
&&
.AVIATION (00Z TAFS)...
A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY THIS
MORNING. REACHING SDF AROUND 1430Z...BWG AROUND 16Z AND LEX AROUND
1730Z.
PRIOR TO FRONTAL PASSAGE WINDS WILL STAY BRISK FROM THE SOUTH WITH
GUSTS TO 25 KTS. WILL KEEP LLWS IN FORECAST WITH WINDS AT 2 THOUSAND
FEET EXPECTED TO BE 40 TO 50 KTS. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE WINDS WILL
VEER TO NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 25 KTS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. GUSTS
SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON.
CIGS WILL STAY VFR OVERNIGHT WITH HEIGHTS 4 TO 7 THOUSAND FEET THEN
LOWERING JUST BEFORE FRONTAL PASSAGE.
A FEW SPRINKLES OR LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE FRONT
WITH MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN ARRIVING WITH THE FRONT. CIGS AND VSYBS
WILL LOWER INTO MVFR RANGE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THEN TO CLOSE TO
IFR BEHIND THE FRONT. CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR 3-5
HOURS AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE.
&&
.LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS AFTN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>065-070>074-076.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR LINCOLN...CASEY...
ADAIR...RUSSELL...MONROE...CUMBERLAND...AND CLINTON COUNTIES.
IN...WINTER STORM WARNING THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR INZ076>079-083-084-089>092.
&&
SHORT TERM...DK
LONG TERM....MBS
AVIATION.....MBSHazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 4:00 AM CST, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 500 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067- 070>078-081-082-160930- 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- 500 AM EST (400 AM CST) SUN DEC 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE BY TUESDAY MORNING. AS RAIN CHANGES TO FREEZING RAIN...SOME GLAZING OF ROADWAYS COULD OCCUR AS TEMPERATURES DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT. DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE ROADS THAT ARE UNTREATED AS TEMPS FALL INTO THE 20S. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TUESDAY MORNING. THIS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR UNTREATED ROADWAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING. ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARD THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND PASS THROUGH ON FRIDAY. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT...WHERE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS WILL BE NEEDED MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY TO REPORT WINTRY PRECIPITATION. DK/MBS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | LMK | Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Monroe and 1 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.