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Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Paducah, KY

January 19, 20164 states

NWS Paducah, KY issued this winter storm warning at Jan 19, 2016, 12:04 PM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 19, 2016, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 hr. 30 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
Jan 19, 2016, 12:04 PM CST (18:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 19, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 20, 2016, 7:47 AM CST
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
All 58 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 19, 10:30 PM CSTSLEET 0.25Dudley, MOTEMPERATURE 23 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
Jan 20, 12:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.1Henderson, KYREPORTED ON NE SIDE OF TOWN.
Jan 20, 12:01 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Du Quoin, ILALL AREA ROADS SNOW COVERED.
Jan 20, 12:01 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Du Quoin, ILREPORTED BY EM. ALL AREA ROADS SNOW COVERED.
Jan 20, 12:06 AM CSTSLEET 0.25Poplar Bluff, MOQUARTER INCH OF SLEET MEASURED BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW.
Jan 20, 12:12 AM CSTSNOW 2Benton, IL1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.
Jan 20, 1:52 AM CSTSNOW 2Owensboro, KY1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL REPORTED IN THE COUNTY. ROADS ARE BECOMING HAZARDOUS.
Jan 20, 2:33 AM CSTSNOW 3Evansville, INREPORTED ON SOUTHEAST SIDE OF COMMUNITY.
Jan 20, 2:39 AM CSTSNOW 0Owensboro, KYPORTION OF OLD HWY 60 NEAR HUBERT ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
Jan 20, 3:09 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Fort Branch, IN
Jan 20, 3:15 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Buckskin, INROADS SNOW COVERED BUT PASSABLE.
Jan 20, 3:16 AM CSTSNOW 3Fort Branch, INTHE SNOW FELL WITHIN 4 HOURS.
Jan 20, 3:30 AM CSTSNOW 1.8Carterville, IL
Jan 20, 4:13 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Cadiz, KYROADS ARE SNOW COVERED.
Jan 20, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.2West Paducah, KYMEASURED AT NWS OFFICE. SNOW DEPTH 1 INCH.
Jan 20, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 1.5Calvert City, KYSNOW DEPTH 2 INCHES.
Jan 20, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 2.5Murray, KYMIX OF SNOW AND SLEET.
Jan 20, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 3Mount Vernon, IN
Jan 20, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 3.3Evansville, INMEASURED AT THE AIRPORT. SNOW DEPTH 3 INCHES.
Jan 20, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 4Rockport, IN
Jan 20, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 4.2Petersburg, IN6 HOUR ACCUMULATION
Jan 20, 6:00 AM CSTSNOW 4.3Petersburg, IN
Jan 20, 6:30 AM CSTSNOW 1.52 E Pinckneyville, ILSTORM TOTAL
Jan 20, 7:15 AM CSTSNOW 3.34 W Owensboro, KY
Jan 20, 7:20 AM CSTSNOW 1.3Dudley, MOCOMBINED TOTAL OF SNOW AND SLEET
Jan 20, 7:20 AM CSTSNOW 3Shawneetown, IL3 INCHES STORM TOTAL
Jan 20, 7:21 AM CSTSNOW 1Poplar Bluff, MO1.0 INCH OF SNOW ALONG WITH A TRACE OF ICE
Jan 20, 7:30 AM CSTSNOW 32 S Junction, IL
Jan 20, 7:30 AM CSTSNOW 38 Se Carbondale, IL
Jan 20, 7:32 AM CSTSNOW 32 E Crossville, IL

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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 228 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2016-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

522 
WWUS43 KPAH 191804
WSWPAH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1204 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

ILZ075>078-080>084-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>003-006-009-018-019-
MOZ076-086-087-100-107>112-114-200400-
/O.UPG.KPAH.WW.Y.0002.160120T0300Z-160120T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPAH.WS.W.0001.160120T0000Z-160120T1800Z/
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-
FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-GRAVES-CALLOWAY-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-
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...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...MAYFIELD...MURRAY...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...
VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...
CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
1204 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...AN AVERAGE OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS
  THE ENTIRE AREA. SLEET WILL BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT
  TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND IN SOUTHWEST
  KENTUCKY CLOSER TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

  HEAVIEST SNOW CHANCE...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER SNOW
  TO PRODUCE A 6 TO 8 INCH SWATH...MOST LIKELY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
  THE OHIO RIVER AND THE TENNESSEE BORDER ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY
  AND EXTENDING INTO AND ACROSS ADJACENT PARTS OF FAR SOUTHERN
  ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

  LESSER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL SLIGHTLY
  LESS WILL OCCUR...LIKE A 2 TO 3 INCH SWATH...MOST LIKELY ALONG
  THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR FROM MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS INTO
  SOUTHWEST INDIANA. 

* TIMING... SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE OZARKS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  AND BORDERING MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOCALES OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  SHORTLY AFTER NIGHTFALL. THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS
  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST
  MISSOURI...THREATENING SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST
  KENTUCKY...BY MIDNIGHT. 

  AFTER MIDNIGHT...EVERYONE WILL SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. THE
  SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND COULD MIX WITH
  SLEET...ESPECIALLY FARTHER SOUTH. 

  THE SNOW WILL STILL BE GOING PRETTY GOOD AROUND DAYBREAK INTO
  THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE AREA OF
  WESTERN KENTUCKY...BUT WILL BE GENERALLY TAPERING OFF FROM
  NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING
  HOURS...ENDING BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT... THE SNOW WILL READILY STICK TO PAVED SURFACES...
  CAUSING A RAPID DETERIORATION OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE
  WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL WILL BE
  DIFFICULT AND IS DISCOURAGED.

* OTHER IMPACTS... VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT
  TIMES DURING THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION...MAINLY LATE TONIGHT AND
  EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF THERE IS ANY FREEZING RAIN...IT WILL
  BE SHORT LIVED AND CONFINED MAINLY TO LOCALES CLOSER TO THE
  TENNESSEE BORDER...NOT GENERALLY AFFECTING OVERALL OVERALL SNOW
  AND SLEET ACCUMULATIVE TOTALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

ILZ085>094-KYZ004-005-007-008-010>017-020>022-200400-
/O.UPG.KPAH.WS.A.0001.160120T0300Z-160120T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KPAH.WS.W.0001.160120T0000Z-160120T1800Z/
WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-
PULASKI-MASSAC-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CRITTENDEN-
LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...SMITHLAND...
BENTON...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...
ELKTON
1204 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...AN AVERAGE OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS
  THE ENTIRE AREA. SLEET WILL BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT
  TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND IN SOUTHWEST
  KENTUCKY CLOSER TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

* HEAVIEST SNOW CHANCE...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER SNOW
  TO PRODUCE A 6 TO 8 INCH SWATH...MOST LIKELY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
  THE OHIO RIVER AND THE TENNESSEE BORDER ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY
  AND EXTENDING INTO AND ACROSS ADJACENT PARTS OF FAR SOUTHERN
  ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

* LESSER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL SLIGHTLY
  LESS WILL OCCUR...LIKE A 2 TO 3 INCH SWATH...MOST LIKELY ALONG
  THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR FROM MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS INTO
  SOUTHWEST INDIANA.  

* TIMING... SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE OZARKS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  AND BORDERING MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOCALES OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS
  SHORTLY AFTER NIGHTFALL. THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS
  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST
  MISSOURI...THREATENING SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST
  KENTUCKY...BY MIDNIGHT. 

  AFTER MIDNIGHT...EVERYONE WILL SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. THE
  SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND COULD MIX WITH
  SLEET...ESPECIALLY FARTHER SOUTH. 

  THE SNOW WILL STILL BE GOING PRETTY GOOD AROUND DAYBREAK INTO
  THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE AREA OF
  WESTERN KENTUCKY...BUT WILL BE GENERALLY TAPERING OFF FROM
  NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING
  HOURS...ENDING BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT... THE SNOW WILL READILY STICK TO PAVED SURFACES...
  CAUSING A RAPID DETERIORATION OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE
  WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL WILL BE
  DIFFICULT AND IS DISCOURAGED.

* OTHER IMPACTS... VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT
  TIMES DURING THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION...MAINLY LATE TONIGHT AND
  EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF THERE IS ANY FREEZING RAIN...IT WILL
  BE SHORT LIVED AND CONFINED MAINLY TO LOCALES CLOSER TO THE
  TENNESSEE BORDER...NOT GENERALLY AFFECTING OVERALL OVERALL SNOW
  AND SLEET ACCUMULATIVE TOTALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
998 
WWUS43 KPAH 191819
WSWPAH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1219 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-200400-
/O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0001.160120T0000Z-160120T1800Z/
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-
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...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
1219 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...AN AVERAGE OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS 
  THE ENTIRE AREA. SLEET WILL BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW AT TIMES... 
  ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND IN SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY 
  CLOSER TO THE TENNESSEE BORDER. 

* HEAVIEST SNOW CHANCE...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER SNOW 
  TO PRODUCE A 6 TO 8 INCH SWATH...MOST LIKELY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 
  THE OHIO RIVER AND THE TENNESSEE BORDER ACROSS WESTERN 
  KENTUCKY AND EXTENDING INTO AND ACROSS ADJACENT PARTS OF FAR 
  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. 

* LESSER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL SLIGHTLY 
  LESS WILL OCCUR...LIKE A 2 TO 3 INCH SWATH...MOST LIKELY ALONG 
  THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR FROM MOUNT VERNON ILLINOIS INTO 
  SOUTHWEST INDIANA. 

* TIMING... SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE OZARKS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 
  AND BORDERING MISSISSIPPI RIVER LOCALES OF SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS 
  SHORTLY AFTER NIGHTFALL. THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD ACROSS 
  SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI... 
  THREATENING SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY...BY 
  MIDNIGHT. 

  AFTER MIDNIGHT...EVERYONE WILL SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. THE
  SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND COULD MIX WITH SLEET... 
  ESPECIALLY FARTHER SOUTH.

  THE SNOW WILL STILL BE GOING PRETTY GOOD AROUND DAYBREAK INTO  
  THE EARLY MORNING HOURS IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE AREA OF  
  WESTERN KENTUCKY...BUT WILL BE GENERALLY TAPERING OFF FROM  
  NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE WEDNESDAY MORNING HOURS...
  ENDING BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT... THE SNOW WILL READILY STICK TO PAVED SURFACES...
  CAUSING A RAPID DETERIORATION OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE
  WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL WILL BE
  DIFFICULT AND IS DISCOURAGED.

* OTHER IMPACTS... VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR LESS AT
  TIMES DURING THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION...MAINLY LATE TONIGHT AND
  EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. IF THERE IS ANY FREEZING RAIN...IT
  WILL BE SHORT LIVED AND CONFINED MAINLY TO LOCALES CLOSER TO THE
  TENNESSEE BORDER...NOT GENERALLY AFFECTING OVERALL SNOW AND
  SLEET ACCUMULATIVE TOTALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
129 
WWUS43 KPAH 200257
WSWPAH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
857 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-201100-
/O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160120T1800Z/
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-
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...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
857 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WEST KENTUCKY.

* TIMING...WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...LIGHT SNOW AND EVEN SOME VERY
  LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL TRANSITION TO
  MAINLY SNOW AND SOME SLEET THROUGH THE NIGHT...ENDING RAPIDLY
  TOMORROW MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS A GOOD
  PORTION OF THE AREA. ISOLATED HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS CANNOT BE
  RULED OUT ANYWHERE ACROSS THE REGION. MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF
  SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE. A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON ROADS AND
  SIDEWALKS EARLY THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS DUE TO
  BRIEF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE.

* IMPACTS...VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.
  THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN A NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS DUE TO A VERY
  DECEPTIVE...THIN LAYER OF ICE DUE TO A PERIOD OF VERY LIGHT
  FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE. AS WE CONTINUE TO TRANSITION
  TO MAINLY SNOW WITH SOME SLEET OVERNIGHT...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
706 
WWUS43 KPAH 201008
WSWPAH

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
408 AM CST WED JAN 20 2016


ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-201800-
/O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160120T1800Z/
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-
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...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
408 AM CST WED JAN 20 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. THE SNOW
  WILL END IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AROUND
  SUNRISE...AND IN WEST KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA BY LATE
  THIS MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE
  POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY. SLEET WILL BE MIXED WITH
  THE SNOW ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

* IMPACTS...ROADS ARE VERY HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY
  REDUCED ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...WHERE
  BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE STIL OCCURRING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
089 
WWUS43 KPAH 201208
WSWPAH

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
608 AM CST WED JAN 20 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-085-086-KYZ003>005-007-010-014-MOZ076-
086-087-100-107>112-114-201315-
/O.CAN.KPAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160120T1800Z/
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-CARLISLE-
BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-LIVINGSTON-CRITTENDEN-UNION KY-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...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...SMITHLAND...MARION...
MORGANFIELD...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...
PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...
SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
608 AM CST WED JAN 20 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. 

THE ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND MANY OF THE OHIO RIVER
COUNTIES OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK
AND HAZARDOUS. 

$$

INZ082-087-088-KYZ001-002-006-008-009-011>013-015>022-201800-
/O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160120T1800Z/
PIKE-WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-GRAVES-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-LYON-
TRIGG-CALDWELL-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETERSBURG...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...
HICKMAN...CLINTON...MAYFIELD...BENTON...MURRAY...EDDYVILLE...
CADIZ...PRINCETON...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...
HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON
608 AM CST WED JAN 20 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR
AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM EVANSVILLE INDIANA TO PADUCAH
KENTUCKY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE THIS MORNING. 

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE
  POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN
  KENTUCKY. SLEET OR FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW
  ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER.

* IMPACTS...ROADS ARE VERY HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED
  ALONG THE TENNESSEE BORDER OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...WHERE BURSTS OF
  HEAVY SNOW ARE STIL OCCURRING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND OR ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
063 
WWUS43 KPAH 201347
WSWPAH

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
747 AM CST WED JAN 20 2016


INZ082-087-088-KYZ001-002-006-008-009-011>013-015>022-201500-
/O.CAN.KPAH.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160120T1800Z/
PIKE-WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-GRAVES-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-LYON-
TRIGG-CALDWELL-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETERSBURG...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...
HICKMAN...CLINTON...MAYFIELD...BENTON...MURRAY...EDDYVILLE...
CADIZ...PRINCETON...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...
HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON
747 AM CST WED JAN 20 2016

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING. 

ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 3:33 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchPAHBallard, Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston and 9 more9 hr
Jan 19, 3:33 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPAHCalloway, Carlisle, Daviess, Fulton, Graves, Henderson and 1 more9 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Kentucky, 2016Winter Storm Warnings in Illinois, 2016Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2016Every winter storm warning in 2016

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.