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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this winter storm warning at Feb 20, 2013, 11:53 AM CST for 16 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Feb 21, 2013, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 19 hr. 33 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2013, 11:53 AM CST (17:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2013, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2013, 10:05 PM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
All 25 counties
Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 7:02 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 7 Nw Poplar Bluff, MO | LIGHT FREEZING RAIN PRODUCING A LIGHT GLAZE ON DRIVEWAYS...POWER LINES...TREE BRANCHES...AND VEHICLES. CURRENT TEMPERATURE 27 DEGREES. |
| Feb 21, 10:38 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Cambria, IL | SLEET BEGINNING TO COVER GROUND. |
| Feb 21, 10:48 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Du Quoin, IL | FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET REPORTED. ROADS WERE BEGINNING TO BECOME SLICK. |
| Feb 21, 11:00 AM CST | SLEET 0 | Thompsonville, IL | SLEET HAS FORMED LAYER OVER GROUND, CONCRETE, GRAVEL, AND GRASS. |
| Feb 21, 11:07 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 7 Nw Poplar Bluff, MO | FREEZING RAIN REPORTED UP TO 0.10 INCH COVERING POWER LINES AND TREES. FREEZING RAIN HAS BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING. |
| Feb 21, 12:02 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Marble Hill, MO | CARS ARE ICED OVER |
| Feb 21, 12:05 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Ellsinore, MO | ROADS BECOMING ICED COVERED. TREE BRANCHES ARE ICE COVERED. THUNDER BEING REPORTED. |
| Feb 21, 12:08 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Sikeston, MO | SIDE WALKS AND CARS ARE BECOMING ICED OVER |
| Feb 21, 1:17 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 5 S Dexter, MO | HEAVY FREEZING RAIN REPORTED. TREES BRANCHES ARE ICED OVER AND HANGING DOWN. |
| Feb 21, 1:20 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Doniphan, MO | ICE HAS ACCUMULATED ON TREES AND POWER LINES AT LEAST 1/4 INCH IN THE DONIPHAN, MO AREA. THUNDER BEING REPORTED WITH THE FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 21, 1:35 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Benton, IL | LAYER OF SLEET COVERING GROUND. MULTIPLE VEHICLE ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. SLEET IS MIXING WITH FREEZING RAIN. |
| Feb 21, 1:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Mcleansboro, IL | ICING ON CARS. BEGINNING TO COAT OTHER ELEVATED OBJECTS. |
| Feb 21, 1:49 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Cape Girardeau, MO | SLEET BEING REPORTED THROUGHOUT COUNTY. ACCIDENT CALLS COMING IN FROM INTERSTATE 55. |
| Feb 21, 2:05 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Carbondale, IL | FREEZING RAIN COATING SECONDARY ROADS, TREE BRANCHES, AND SURFACES IN CARBONDALE. |
| Feb 21, 2:30 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Dexter, MO | ICE BUILDUPS ON POWER LINES BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES OF BERNIE AND DEXTER. ROADS ARE STILL WET. |
| Feb 21, 2:45 PM CST | SLEET 1 | 2 S Carbondale, IL | 1 INCH OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BUILDUP SOUTH OF CARBONDALE. |
| Feb 21, 2:54 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Cape Girardeau, MO | HEAVY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OCCURRING. ROADS BECOMING HAZARDOUS. ICE BUILDUPS ON POWER LINES. |
| Feb 21, 2:59 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Neelyville, MO | ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS ARE EXPLODING. HEAVY ICE BUILDUPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. WIDEPSREAD POWER OUTAGES. 15 TO 20 FOOT TALL TREES BENDING TOWARD THE GROUND. |
| Feb 21, 3:04 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | 5 N Marble Hill, MO | NEARLY HALF INCH OF ICE BUILDUP ALONG HWY 51. POWER LINES SAGGING AND ROADS BECOMING HAZARDOUS. |
| Feb 21, 3:14 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Cape Girardeau, MO | LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OCCURRING. ICE AND SLEET BUILDUPS ON TREES, POWER LINES AND SHRUBS. |
| Feb 21, 3:14 PM CST | SLEET 0.75 | Sesser, IL | THREE QUARTER INCH OF SLEET BUILDUP IN THE COMMUNITY. |
| Feb 21, 3:16 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Wappapello, MO | FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING WITH ICE BUILDUPS ON EVERYTHING. TREES AND POWER LINES SAGGING. ROADS HAZARDOUS. |
| Feb 21, 3:20 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Shawneetown, IL | SLEET BUILDUP ON EVERYTHING. ROADS BECOMING HAZARDOUS. |
| Feb 21, 3:22 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Greenville, MO | WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. |
| Feb 21, 3:29 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Dudley, MO | MODERATE FREEZING RAIN. HEAVY ACCUMULATION ON POWER LINES AND TREES. HAZARDOUS ROADWAYS. |
| Feb 21, 4:09 PM CST | SLEET 0 | Mount Vernon, IL | SLEET, SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING IN THE COMMUNITY. TRAVELING BECOMING HAZARDOUS. |
| Feb 21, 4:16 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Marion, IL | HEAVY FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING MIXED WITH SLEET. ROADWAYS SLICK AND SLUSHY. RAPID BUILDUPS ON TREES AND POWERLINES. |
| Feb 21, 4:27 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Cape Girardeau, MO | 4 TO 6 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES ARE SNAPPING FROM THE WEIGHT OF FREEZING RAIN BUILDUP. OCCURRING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. HEAVY BUILDUPS ON TREES AND POWER LINES. |
| Feb 21, 4:45 PM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Shawneetown, IL | ONE QUARTER INCH OF SLEET BUILDUP. HWYS AND SECONDARY ROADS VERY HAZARDOUS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF VEHICLE ACCIDENTS COUNTY WIDE. |
| Feb 21, 4:54 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.4 | Bernie, MO | LIGHT TO MODERATE FREEZING RAIN OCCURRING. HEAVY ICE BUILDUPS ON EVERYTHING. LARGE TREE LIMBS BEGINNING TO SNAP. ALL ROADS VERY HAZARDOUS. |
| Feb 21, 5:19 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Dahlgren, IL | TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ICE BUILDUP. SLEET MIXED WITH THE BUILDUP ALSO. ROADS VERY HAZARDOUS. |
| Feb 21, 9:03 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 2 S Junction, IL | QUARTER INCH ICE BUILDUP ON TREES AND POWER LINES. POWER LINES ARE SAGGING. |
| Feb 21, 9:27 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | Saline, IL | TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ICE BUILDUP. |
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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 288 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
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
116 WWUS43 KPAH 201753 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1153 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...LATE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM TO BRING LIGHT WINTRY MIX TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THURSDAY... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. A MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM VERY LATE TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. MOZ100-107>109-210200- /O.UPG.KPAH.WW.Y.0006.130221T0900Z-130221T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KPAH.WS.W.0002.130221T0900Z-130222T0300Z/ WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN... POPLAR BLUFF 1153 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOOK FOR SNOW AND SLEET TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE RIPLEY AND CARTER COUNTIES AFTER 3 OR 4 AM THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DURING THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BY NOON OR SO. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE SNOW AND SLEET CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. * THIS WINTRY MIX WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WHERE THE MOST FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ075-076-080>082-084-MOZ076-086-087-210200- /O.NEW.KPAH.WS.W.0002.130221T0900Z-130222T0300Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-JACKSON-PERRY MO- BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD... PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARBONDALE... PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU 1153 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. * LOOK FOR SNOW AND SLEET TO BEGIN ACCUMULATING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DURING THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BY NOON OR SO. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE THE SNOW AND SLEET CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. * THIS WINTRY MIX WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WHERE THE MOST FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ077-078-083-085>094-INZ081-085-KYZ001>005-MOZ110>112-114- 210200- /O.NEW.KPAH.WW.Y.0007.130221T1200Z-130221T2100Z/ EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON- POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-POSEY-FULTON-HICKMAN- CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...CARMI... HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA... GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS... FORT BRANCH...POSEYVILLE...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 1153 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A PERIOD OF LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AROUND THE TIME OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL SURFACE TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING DURING FROM MID MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. * IF INDEED PRECIPITATION BEGINS AROUND THE TIME OF THE MORNING COMMUTE...MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION AND BE AWARE THAT A THIN LAYER OF ICE MAY BE PRESENT ON SOME ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED ROADS AND SECONDARY STREETS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MEFFERT
5 follow-up statements
214 WWUS43 KPAH 210144 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 744 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...LATE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM TO BRING LIGHT WINTRY MIX TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THURSDAY... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. A MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM VERY LATE TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. ILZ075-076-080>082-084-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>109-211100- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.130221T0900Z-130222T0300Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-JACKSON-PERRY MO- BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD... PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARBONDALE... PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT... VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF 744 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY. * SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LATER IN THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AROUND NOON. THIS TRANSITION WILL BE SLOWER IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ON TOP OF MINOR SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH A MINOR GLAZE OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE ON TOP. * THIS WINTRY MIX WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WHERE THE GREATEST ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ077-078-083-085>094-INZ081-085-KYZ001>005-MOZ110>112-114- 211100- /O.CON.KPAH.WW.Y.0007.130221T1200Z-130221T2100Z/ EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON- POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-POSEY-FULTON-HICKMAN- CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...CARMI... HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA... GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS... FORT BRANCH...POSEYVILLE...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 744 PM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL RAIN...AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE...AND UP TO A HALF INCH OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. * ICING WILL BE MOST LIKELY ON ELEVATED OBJECTS...BUT SOME SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. ANY PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SHORT-LIVED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DRS
458 WWUS43 KPAH 211104 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 504 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...A LATE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM TO BRING A WINTRY MIX TO PARTS OF THE QUAD STATE REGION TODAY... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM. ILZ075-076-080>082-084-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>109-211915- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T0300Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-JACKSON-PERRY MO- BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD... PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARBONDALE... PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT... VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF 504 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS WINTRY MIX WILL THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST INTO PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LATER IN THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS AFTERNOON THE WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN OVER ALL EXCEPT THE FAR WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. * THIS WINTRY MIX WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS AND ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WHERE THE GREATEST ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ077-078-083-085>094-INZ081-085-KYZ001>005-MOZ110>112-114- 211915- /O.CON.KPAH.WW.Y.0007.130221T1200Z-130221T2100Z/ EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON- POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-POSEY-FULTON-HICKMAN- CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...CARMI... HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA... GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS... FORT BRANCH...POSEYVILLE...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON... NEW MADRID 504 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME ALL RAIN...AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. * ICING WILL BE MOST LIKELY ON ELEVATED OBJECTS...BUT SOME SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. ANY PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SHORT-LIVED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ JP
016 WWUS43 KPAH 211735 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1135 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...A LATE FEBRUARY WINTER STORM TO BRING SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO PARTS OF THE QUAD STATE REGION TODAY... .A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE DESERT SOUTHWEST INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. ILZ077-078-083-085>089-092-093-MOZ110-111-220200- /O.UPG.KPAH.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130221T2100Z/ /O.EXB.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T0500Z/ EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON- ALEXANDER-PULASKI-STODDARD-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...CARMI... HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...JONESBORO...VIENNA...CAIRO... MOUND CITY...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON 1135 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LIGHT SLEET HAS BEGAN TO FALL OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT CARMEL ILLINOIS...TO VIENNA ILLINOIS TO DEXTER MISSOURI. THE SLEET IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAY ALSO TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER MAY ALSO BE HEARD. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING LATE IN THE EVENING....RESULTING IN A CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH HEAVY SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO. * THIS WINTRY MIX WILL LIKELY LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS...AND ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WHERE THE GREATEST ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ075-076-080>082-084-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>109-220200- /O.EXT.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T0500Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-JACKSON-PERRY MO- BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD... PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...CARBONDALE... PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT... VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF 1135 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. * LIGHT SLEET HAS BEGAN TO FALL OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THIS MORNING. THE WARNING AREA IS GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOUNT CARMEL ILLINOIS...TO VIENNA ILLINOIS TO DEXTER MISSOURI. THE SLEET IS EXPECTED TO PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON...AND MAY ALSO TRANSITION OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. SOME RUMBLES OF THUNDER MAY ALSO BE HEARD. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. TEMPERATURES SHOULD THEN CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING LATE IN THE EVENING....RESULTING IN A CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH HEAVY SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO. * THIS WINTRY MIX WILL LIKELY LEAD TO VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS...AND ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. SOME POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...WHERE THE GREATEST ICING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ INZ082-086>088-KYZ006>008-010-011-013>016-018>020-220200- /O.EXB.KPAH.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130222T0500Z/ PIKE-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL- CRITTENDEN-LYON-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-HENDERSON- DAVIESS-MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETERSBURG...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE... ROCKPORT...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MARION...EDDYVILLE... PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON... OWENSBORO...CALHOUN 1135 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED RUMBLES OF THUNDER MAY ALSO OCCUR IN HEAVIER BURSTS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. THE ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A MAYFIELD KENTUCKY TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN...AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING EARLY THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND MID TO LATE EVENING IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. * A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. IF MORE SLEET FALLS COMPARED TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH AN INCH OR SO. ICING WILL BE MOST LIKELY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. HOWEVER...ROADWAYS COULD BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS THE SUN LOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ILZ090-091-094-INZ081-085-KYZ001>005-MOZ112-114-220200- /O.EXT.KPAH.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130222T0500Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-GIBSON-POSEY-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD- MCCRACKEN-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... FORT BRANCH...POSEYVILLE...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 1135 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. * A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. ISOLATED RUMBLES OF THUNDER MAY ALSO OCCUR IN HEAVIER BURSTS OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. THE ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF A MAYFIELD KENTUCKY TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION ALL RAIN...AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING EARLY THIS EVENING OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND MID TO LATE EVENING IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA. * A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. IF MORE SLEET FALLS COMPARED TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS COULD APPROACH AN INCH OR SO. ICING WILL BE MOST LIKELY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. HOWEVER...ROADWAYS COULD BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS THE SUN LOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
545 WWUS43 KPAH 220201 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 801 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ILZ075>078-080>089-092-093-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>111-220500- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T0500Z/ 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- 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 801 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SCATTERED RAIN AND SLEET SHOWERS...AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THROUGH THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR THE FREEZING MARK AND SOME AREAS MAY SEE ADDITIONAL MINOR ICING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END LATER THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN WARMING...AND ADDITIONAL WARMING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF OF AN INCH HAVE OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AND SOME LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS HAVE UP TO 2 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW WITH SOME ICING ON TOP. MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. * WITH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO CLIMB SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK THIS EVENING...ICING ON ELEVATED OBJECTS WILL REMAIN ALONG WITH TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE POTENTIAL FOR TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES TO COME DOWN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY MIDNIGHT...SO THE ICING LOAD WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ090-091-094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>008-010-011-013>016- 018>020-MOZ112-114-220500- /O.CON.KPAH.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130222T0500Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER- FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON- MARSHALL-CRITTENDEN-LYON-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS- HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE... ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH... MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MARION...EDDYVILLE...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 801 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING. * SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN AND SLEET SHOWERS WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND LIFT NORTHEAST FROM THE MISSOURI BOOT HEEL REGION THROUGH MUCH OF WEST KENTUCKY AND INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR THE FREEZING MARK AND SOME AREAS MAY SEE ADDITIONAL MINOR ICING BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END LATER THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN WARMING...AND ADDITIONAL WARMING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE NIGHT. * A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF SLEET AND ICE HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER MUCH OF THE REGION...AND MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION UNTIL THE TEMPERATURES CLIMB SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK LATE THIS EVENING. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL BE ON LESSER TRAVELLED AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS BRIDGES. UNTIL THE ICE ON POWERLINES AND TREES BEGINS TO MELT...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO SOME POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DRS
325 WWUS43 KPAH 220405 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1005 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ILZ075>078-080>089-092-093-MOZ076-086-087-100-107>111-220515- /O.CAN.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130222T0500Z/ JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON- ALEXANDER-PULASKI-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO- CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION... MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO... CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN... JONESBORO...VIENNA...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...PERRYVILLE... MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN... POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON 1005 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ALL MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION HAS MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE WARNING AREA...AND TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED JUST ABOVE FREEZING AS WELL. MELTING SHOULD COMMENCE THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA AND ROAD CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT. $$ ILZ090-091-094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>008-010-011-013>016- 018>020-MOZ112-114-220515- /O.CAN.KPAH.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130222T0500Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER- FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON- MARSHALL-CRITTENDEN-LYON-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS- HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE... ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH... MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MARION...EDDYVILLE...PRINCETON... MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO... CALHOUN...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 1005 PM CST THU FEB 21 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED ABOVE FREEZING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...AND THE RESIDUAL AREA OF RAIN OVER THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE POSES NO FURTHER ICING THREAT LATE THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WARMING...SO ANY ICING SHOULD DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT. $$ DRS
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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 20, 5:26 AM CST, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 5:26 AM CST, 6 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
526 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 520 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013
UPDATED THE AVIATION SECTION FOR THE 12Z TAF ISSUANCE.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 342 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013
THE CONGEALING UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA /VIA THE UPPER
AIR AND SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS/ THIS MORNING WILL BE THE WEATHER
TROUBLE-MAKER FOR THE WFO PAH FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT AND
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
THE MODEL RUNS FOLLOWING THE 00Z WEDNESDAY UPPER AIR INGEST SHOW
THIS LOW TAKING A SLIGHTLY SOUTHERN TRACK THROUGH THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST...MOVING NEAR THE OK/TX PANHANDLE AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE CRITICAL PRECIPITATION TYPE SWITCH OVER FOR THE COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI PRIOR TO SUNRISE THURSDAY. THE SREF/ECMWF/GFS
STILL INDICATE IN THE SURFACE PRESSURE FIELDS A SHALLOW COLD AIR
DAMMING SCENARIO DOWN CRAWLEYS RIDGE OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY...SUGGESTING A REINFORCEMENT
OF COLD AIR AT LOW LEVELS DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.
IN REVIEWING EACH OF THE 00Z TO 06Z SHORT AND MEDIUM RANGE
NUMERICAL MODEL GUIDANCE...NEARLY ALL OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE WAS AT
LEAST ONE DEGREE CELSIUS TOO WARM AT 925/850/700 MB. THE NAM-WRF
AND CANADIAN /GEM/ GUIDANCE INITIALIZED THE BEST...BUT THERE WAS
SOME VARIANCE THERE AS WELL. ATTEMPTED TO ADJUST TO A SLIGHTLY
COLDER SURFACE/UPPER AIR SOLUTION LATER TONIGHT AND THROUGH MIDDAY
THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHTLY NORTHERLY COMPONENT TO THE
SURFACE WINDS EARLY THURSDAY. THERE IS A WEAK SOUTHERLY FLOW AT
850 MB BY 06Z THURSDAY...BUT THESE WINDS DO NOT STRENGTHEN UP INTO
THE 20-40 KNOTS UNTIL THE 12Z-18Z THURSDAY TIME FRAME. AT THE SAME
TIME...THERE IS A PERSISTENT EAST-SOUTHEAST 20-30 KNOT 925 MB
WINDS. THIS DIFFERENTIAL WARM ADVECTION SHOULD RAPIDLY DEEPEN AND
LOWER THE WARM THERMAL NOSE ALOFT FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY...SHRINKING THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED
WINTRY MIX OVER MOST OF THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI COUNTIES ALONG THE FOOTHILLS /BASICALLY FROM POPLAR BLUFF
TO PERRYVILLE MO NORTHWEST/ AND INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS /FROM
PINCKNEYVILLE TO MOUNT VERNON NORTHWEST/ WILL LIKELY HAVE THE BEST
RESIDENCE TIME FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANCES ON THURSDAY.
GIVEN THE PERSISTENT FORECAST SIGNAL THE LAST FIVE DAYS OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT AT LEAST A HALF TO
ONE INCH OF SNOW...ALONG WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF CARTER...RIPLEY...WAYNE AND BUTLER
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS IS A MARGINAL WINTER
EVENT...BUT GIVEN THAT THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR DURING THE
MORNING COMMUTING TIME PERIOD...FELT THAT A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY WOULD BE WARRANTED FOR THAT AREA STARTING FROM 3 AM
THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY.
FURTHER TO THE EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WEST KENTUCKY WILL LIKELY
CONTINUE A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HIGHLIGHTING A MIX OF
PRECIPITATION DURING THE MORNING HOURS...CHANGING OVER TO GENERAL
RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON.
MOST OF THE CRITICAL MOISTURE IN THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE DEPARTS
THURSDAY EVENING...SO WILL TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO
DRIZZLE/SPRINKLES ACROSS THE AREA.
.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 342 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE STORM SYSTEM...NOT MUCH GOING ON IN THE
EXTENDED PERIODS.
HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD KEEP THE REGION DRY WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES THROUGH SUNDAY. ON SATURDAY MODELS BRING AN H5 TROUGH
ACROSS THE REGION BUT WITH HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE ITS PASSAGE
SHOULD BE INCONSEQUENTIAL.
THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO BE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY NIGHT AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES AND CROSSES THE
REGION. STILL NOT ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO MENTION THUNDER SO KEPT IT
OUT. MODELS STILL NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE TIMING AND TRACK OF
THIS SYSTEM. THE GFS IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE (TYPICAL) SHOWING
CONVECTIVE TYPE PRECIP OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY 12Z MONDAY WHEREAS
THE ECMWF AND CANADIAN SHOW CONVECTIVE TYPE PRECIP NOT GETTING
STARTED UNTIL AFTER 12Z...SO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE. WRAP AROUND
PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM TRACKS JUST TO OUR
NORTH AND WEST. PER SOUNDINGS...CRITICAL THICKNESSES...AND FORECAST
SURFACE TEMPERATURES...THIS PRECIP SHOULD REMAIN ALL LIQUID.
IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE AND ZONAL FLOW
ALOFT SHOULD KEEP THE REGION DRY WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES
THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z THURSDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 520 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013
CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY LOWER FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE PERIOD...HOWEVER VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST AT
KEVV/KOWB THROUGH THE PERIOD. AT KCGI/KPAH VFR CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD...BUT AFTER 09Z MVFR CIGS AND
VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET. NORTHWEST
WINDS AOB KTS WILL SLOWLY VEER AROUND TO THE NORTHEAST BY 00Z.
&&
.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO NOON CST THURSDAY FOR
MOZ100-107>109.
IN...NONE.
KY...NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM/FIRE WX...SMITH
LONG TERM/AVIATION...JPHazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 4:50 AM CST, 7 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 450 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-211100- 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-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 450 AM CST WED FEB 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND ICE OVER CARTER...RIPLEY...WAYNE AND BUTLER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM CST THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH FOR MORE DETAILS. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH DAYBREAK THURSDAY. MINOR SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE QUAD STATE REGION MAINLY DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY THURSDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PADUCAH FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND OTHER WEATHER OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN ANY REPORTS OF SNOW...SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NWS PADUCAH FORECAST OFFICE ON THURSDAY. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 11:53 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac and 7 more | 34 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 8 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2013Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2013Every winter storm warning in 2013
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.