Alert archive / Kentucky / Blizzard Warnings in 2012
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this blizzard warning at Dec 25, 2012, 9:33 PM CST for Fulton County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 26, 2012, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2012, 9:33 PM CST (03:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2012, 8:52 AM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
County Fulton County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 467 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 829 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
352 WWUS43 KPAH 260333 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 933 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 KYZ001-261145- /O.CAN.KPAH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPAH.BZ.W.0002.121226T0600Z-121226T1800Z/ FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HICKMAN 933 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 5 TO 9 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTHEAST BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION RAPIDLY TO SNOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY CREATE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW HAS CAUSED HEART ATTACKS...BACK PROBLEMS...AND OTHER ISSUES IN PAST WINTER STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ075>078-080>089-092-093-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-261145- /O.CON.KPAH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON- ALEXANDER-PULASKI-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO- CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN... POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 933 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS: NORTHEAST BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT...AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING. * IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY CREATE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...SHOVEL LING HEAVY WET SNOW HAS CAUSED HEART ATTACKS...BACK PROBLEMS...AND OTHER ISSUES IN PAST WINTER STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ ILZ090-091-094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ002>011-013>016-018>020- 261145- /O.CON.KPAH.BZ.W.0001.121226T0600Z-121226T1800Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER- HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL- CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS- HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE... ROCKPORT...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD... SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN 933 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 4 TO 8 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED TOWARD THE OHIO AND WABASH RIVER COUNTIES. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS ALONG A LINE FROM CALHOUN DOWN TO MAYFIELD AND MURRAY IN WEST KENTUCKY. * WINDS: NORTHEAST BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING: MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY FROM MIDNIGHT ON...PERSISTING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. * IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE ROADS DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY CREATE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...SHOVEL LING HEAVY WET SNOW HAS CAUSED HEART ATTACKS...BACK PROBLEMS...AND OTHER ISSUES IN PAST WINTER STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KYZ012-017-021-022-261145- /O.CON.KPAH.WW.Y.0004.121226T1200Z-121226T1800Z/ TRIGG-CHRISTIAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPKINSVILLE...GREENVILLE... ELKTON 933 PM CST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS: NORTHEAST WINDS BECOMING NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CADIZ TO GREENVILLE KENTUCKY. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME RATHER SLICK...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
571 WWUS43 KPAH 261053 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 453 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ002>011-013>016-018>020- MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-261800- /O.CON.KPAH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-CALDWELL-UNION KY- WEBSTER-HOPKINS-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER- CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT- MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY... MARION...EDDYVILLE...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON... MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN... POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 453 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY CREATE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...SHOVELLING HEAVY WET SNOW HAS CAUSED HEART ATTACKS...BACK PROBLEMS...AND OTHER ISSUES IN PAST WINTER STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KYZ001-261800- /O.CON.KPAH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HICKMAN 453 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 4 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY CREATE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW HAS CAUSED HEART ATTACKS...BACK PROBLEMS...AND OTHER ISSUES IN PAST WINTER STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KYZ012-017-021-022-261800- /O.CON.KPAH.WW.Y.0004.121226T1200Z-121226T1800Z/ TRIGG-CHRISTIAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPKINSVILLE...GREENVILLE... ELKTON 453 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME RATHER SLICK...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DRS
311 WWUS43 KPAH 261346 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 746 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 KYZ008-009-011-013-016-261800- /O.CAN.KPAH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KPAH.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-LYON-CALDWELL-HOPKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENTON...MURRAY...EDDYVILLE... PRINCETON...MADISONVILLE 746 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME RATHER SLICK...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MOZ100-107-108-261500- /O.CAN.KPAH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN 746 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE SNOW HAS COME TO AN END...AND WIND GUSTS HAVE FALLEN OFF ENOUGH TO REDUCE THE RISK OF LOWERED VISIBILITIES DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. THEREFORE THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED EARLY. $$ ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ002>007-010-014-015- 018>020-MOZ076-086-087-109>112-114-261800- /O.CON.KPAH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-CRITTENDEN-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT- MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...MARION... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN... PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...POPLAR BLUFF... BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 746 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY CREATE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...SHOVELLING HEAVY WET SNOW HAS CAUSED HEART ATTACKS...BACK PROBLEMS...AND OTHER ISSUES IN PAST WINTER STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KYZ001-261800- /O.CON.KPAH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HICKMAN 746 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 2 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT TRAVEL TO BECOME VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY CREATE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...SHOVELING HEAVY WET SNOW HAS CAUSED HEART ATTACKS...BACK PROBLEMS...AND OTHER ISSUES IN PAST WINTER STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KYZ012-017-021-022-261800- /O.CON.KPAH.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ TRIGG-CHRISTIAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CADIZ...HOPKINSVILLE...GREENVILLE... ELKTON 746 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME RATHER SLICK...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ DRS
008 WWUS43 KPAH 261452 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 852 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 KYZ002>006-MOZ076-086-087-109>112-114-261600- /O.CAN.KPAH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER- CAPE GIRARDEAU-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE... PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU... POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 852 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. EXCEPT FOR SOME PATCHY LIGHT SNOW...THE PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND MOST OF THE PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON ROADWAYS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. $$ KYZ001-261600- /O.CAN.KPAH.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HICKMAN 852 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. EXCEPT FOR SOME PATCHY LIGHT SNOW...THE PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND MOST OF THE PURCHASE AREA OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION ON ROADWAYS. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY. $$ ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ007-010-014-015-018>020- 261800- /O.CON.KPAH.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-LIVINGSTON-CRITTENDEN-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HENDERSON- DAVIESS-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...SMITHLAND...MARION... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN 852 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: NARROW BANDS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS: BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. EXPECT TRAVEL TO REMAIN VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS MAY CREATE A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION FOR THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS THIS MORNING. * OTHER IMPACTS: THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. IN ADDITION...SHOVELLING HEAVY WET SNOW HAS CAUSED HEART ATTACKS...BACK PROBLEMS...AND OTHER ISSUES IN PAST WINTER STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KYZ008-009-011>013-016-017-021-022-261800- /O.CON.KPAH.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/ MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENTON...MURRAY...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ... PRINCETON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...GREENVILLE...ELKTON 852 AM CST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. * SNOWFALL AMOUNTS: 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS: NORTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 25 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING: WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES BY MIDDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADWAYS WILL BECOME RATHER SLICK...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE HANDLING OF VEHICLES DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ MY
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Blizzard Warnings in Kentucky, 2012Every blizzard warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.