Alert archive / Kentucky / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this winter storm warning at Jan 21, 2016, 4:42 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Jan 21, 2016, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 25 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2016, 4:42 AM CST (10:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2016, 7:05 PM CST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
All 33 counties
Hardin County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, 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, Butler County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Stoddard County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 9:01 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Poplar Bluff, MO | STREETS GLAZED OVER. SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS ACCIDENTS STARTING TO OCCUR. |
| Jan 21, 9:45 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Poplar Bluff, MO | MANY ACCIDENTS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BUTLER COUNTY. ONE VEHICLE ROLLED ON SIDE WITH NO INJURIES. |
| Jan 21, 10:15 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Murray, KY | MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. LIGHT GLAZE ON VEHICLES AND DRIVEWAY. |
| Jan 21, 11:26 PM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Elkton, KY | ROADS COVERED WITH ICE ACROSS THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 22, 12:15 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Greenville, KY | 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF MUHLENBERG COUNTY |
| Jan 22, 12:34 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Lone Oak, KY | FREEZING RAIN REPORTED IN LONE OAK WITH ICE ON VEHICLES. |
| Jan 22, 12:43 AM CST | SLEET 0 | West Paducah, KY | MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AT NWS OFFICE. LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SLEET ON VEHICLES AND PARKING LOT. |
| Jan 22, 12:47 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Greenville, KY | FREEZING RAIN IN GREENVILLE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF. ROADS GETTING VERY SLICK WITH NUMEROUS WRECKS. |
| Jan 22, 1:45 AM CST | SLEET 0.25 | Madisonville, KY | STEADY SLEET MIXED WITH A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN. NEARLY 1/4 INCH OF SLEET ON NORTH END OF MADISONVILLE. TREATED ROADS SLUSHY OR ICY. UNTREATED ROADS VERY SLICK. |
| Jan 22, 1:48 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | 2 S Calvert City, KY | SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. SURFACES GLAZED OVER WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 28 DEGREES. |
| Jan 22, 1:58 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Mortons Gap, KY | GLAZE OF ICE ON ROADS AND VEHICLES FROM FREEZING RAIN. BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND HAS JUST TRANSITIONED TO LIGHT SNOW. |
| Jan 22, 2:04 AM CST | SNOW 0 | West Paducah, KY | AFTER SLIGHTLY OVER AN HOUR OF SLEET MIXED WITH A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN...PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. VERY LIGHT COATING OF ICE AND SNOW ON SURFACES. |
| Jan 22, 2:24 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0 | Murray, KY | SURFACES OF VEHICLES AND UNTREATED CONCRETE ICED OVER. |
| Jan 22, 5:10 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.2 | 2 N Hopkinsville, KY | FREEZING RAIN OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET. PRECIP HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW AT THIS TIME. |
| Jan 22, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Cadiz, KY | 0.15 INCH OF ICE BUILDUP BEFORE SNOW BEGAN |
| Jan 22, 6:56 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | West Paducah, KY | 2.5 INCH SNOWFALL IN THE PAST HOUR AT THE NWS OFFICE NEAR BARKLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT. SNOW DEPTH NOW 3 INCHES. |
| Jan 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Newburgh, IN | 1 INCH SNOW DEPTH ONE MILE EAST OF HOSPITAL. |
| Jan 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Paducah, KY | 2 INCH SNOW DEPTH. |
| Jan 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Rosiclare, IL | 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH |
| Jan 22, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Providence, KY | 6 INCH SNOW DEPTH AND DRIFTS ARE KNEE DEEP. |
| Jan 22, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Evansville, IN | 2 INCH SNOW DEPTH |
| Jan 22, 7:25 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Calvert City, KY | 3 INCH SNOW DEPTH WITH A THIN LAYER OF ICE UNDER THE SNOW COVER. |
| Jan 22, 7:39 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Madisonville, KY | 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH |
| Jan 22, 7:43 AM CST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | Hopkinsville, KY | QUARTER INCH ICE BUILDUP ON TREES. |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Hopkinsville, KY | 3 INCH SNOW DEPTH |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Powderly, KY | 3 INCH SNOW DEPTH REPORTED. |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | West Paducah, KY | 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH WITH SNOW DRIFTS NEARING 1 FOOT AT THE NWS OFFICE NEAR BARKLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Elva, KY | 5.5 INCH SNOWFALL WITH 6 INCH SNOW DEPTH. |
| Jan 22, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Mayfield, KY | 6 INCH SNOW DEPTH WITH DRIFTS NEARING ONE FOOT DEEP. |
| Jan 22, 8:19 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Henderson, KY | 4.5 TO 5 INCHES |
| Jan 22, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Murray, KY | 3.5 INCH SNOWFALL WITH 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH. THERE IS 0.1 INCH ICE BUILDUP UNDER SNOW COVER. |
| Jan 22, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Cadiz, KY | 4.25 SNOW DEPTH |
| Jan 22, 8:51 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Hanson, KY | 3.5 TO 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH |
| Jan 22, 8:57 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Elkton, KY | 2-3 INCHES OF SNOW. ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE. SEVERAL HUNDRED WITHOUT POWER IN THE COUNTY. |
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Guthrie, KY | .5 INCH OF ICE |
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | La Center, KY | |
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 4 Nnw Murray, KY | 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH WITH LESS THAN ONE TENTH ICE BUILDUP UNDER SNOW COVER. |
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Kirkmansville, KY | .25 INCH OF ICE |
| Jan 22, 9:02 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Mortons Gap, KY | ESTIMATED .15 INCHES OF ICE. ONE FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Jan 22, 9:03 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Princeton, KY | 2.5 INCH SNOWFALL WITH DRIFTS NEARING ONE FOOT |
| Jan 22, 9:05 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Powderly, KY | .1 INCH OF ICE. DRIFTS OF 1 TO 1.5 FEET. |
| Jan 22, 9:10 AM CST | SNOW 3 | East Prairie, MO | 3 INCH SNOWFALL AND SNOW DEPTH |
| Jan 22, 9:10 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Fulton, KY | 2.5 INCH SNOWFALL |
| Jan 22, 9:15 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Elkton, KY | 3 INCH SNOW DEPTH WITH ONE QUARTER INCH ICE BUILDUP UNDER SNOW COVER. |
| Jan 22, 9:15 AM CST | SNOW 8 | 3 Ene Boaz, KY | 8 INCH SNOW DEPTH. |
| Jan 22, 9:17 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Lilbourn, MO | 2 INCH SNOW DEPTH WITH ONE TENTH ICE BUILDUP UNDER SNOW COVER. |
| Jan 22, 9:17 AM CST | SNOW 6 | 8 S Madisonville, KY | 6 INCH SNOW DEPTH ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTION OF COUNTY. |
| Jan 22, 9:29 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Morganfield, KY | 3 INCH SNOW DEPTH REPORTED |
| Jan 22, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 3 Sw Owensboro, KY | 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH WITH DRIFTS NEARING 9 INCHES. ROADS ARE DANGEROUS AND SNOW COVERED. |
| Jan 22, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Calhoun, KY | 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH REPORTED. |
| Jan 22, 9:30 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Central City, KY | |
| Jan 22, 9:31 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Elizabethtown, IL | 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH REPORTED. |
| Jan 22, 9:34 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Sorgho, KY | 3 INCH SNOW DEPTH REPORTED. |
| Jan 22, 9:37 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Metropolis, IL | 3-4 INCHES |
| Jan 22, 9:40 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Powderly, KY | MEASURED .2 INCHES OF ICE BENEATH THE SNOW IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. |
| Jan 22, 9:48 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Marion, KY | ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE UNDERNEATH |
| Jan 22, 9:50 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Clinton, KY | 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH WITH A THIN LAYER OF ICE UNDER SNOW COVER. |
| Jan 22, 9:50 AM CST | SNOW 5 | West Paducah, KY | 5 INCH SNOW DEPTH AT NWS OFFICE NEAR BARKLEY REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Jan 22, 9:56 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Dexter, MO | LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. LITTLE OR NO SNOW. |
| Jan 22, 9:56 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Cunningham, KY |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
152 WWUS43 KPAH 211042 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 442 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW TO MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. KYZ001>013-015>017-019>022-MOZ112-114-212100- /O.UPG.KPAH.WS.A.0002.160122T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KPAH.WS.W.0002.160122T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON- MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-WEBSTER-HOPKINS- CHRISTIAN-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY... MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...DIXON...MADISONVILLE... HOPKINSVILLE...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON... CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 442 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WARNING INCLUDES MOST OF WEST KENTUCKY... AND NEW MADRID AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * TIMING: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SOME SLEET...WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS LIKELY TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE WEST KENTUCKY PARKWAY. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. THE GREATEST AMOUNTS WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE LAKES IN WEST KENTUCKY. * OTHER IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH THE ONSET OF THE FREEZING RAIN. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS WORSE. THE STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WHERE THE GREATEST ICING OCCURS. 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. && $$ ILZ090-094-212100- /O.NEW.KPAH.WS.W.0002.160122T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ POPE-MASSAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...METROPOLIS 442 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SOME SLEET...WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO EVENING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT: UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THEN A TOTAL OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH THE ONSET OF THE FREEZING RAIN. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS WORSE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ091-INZ086>088-212100- /O.EXB.KPAH.WS.A.0002.160122T0600Z-160123T0600Z/ HARDIN-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...EVANSVILLE... BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT 442 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE VANDERBURGH...WARRICK...AND SPENCER COUNTIES IN INDIANA...AS WELL AS HARDIN COUNTY IN ILLINOIS. * TIMING: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SOME SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNRISE FRIDAY...AND THEN THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT: VERY MINOR ICING IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL ONLY ADD TO THE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * A MINOR SHIFT IN THE PATH OF THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OR IT COULD LEAD TO VERY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN. && $$ KYZ014-018-212100- /O.EXT.KPAH.WS.A.0002.160122T0600Z-160123T0600Z/ UNION KY-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORGANFIELD...HENDERSON 442 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES HENDERSON AND UNION COUNTIES IN WEST KENTUCKY. * TIMING: A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SOME SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY SUNRISE FRIDAY...AND THEN THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * MAIN IMPACT: VERY MINOR ICING IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL ONLY ADD TO THE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * A MINOR SHIFT IN THE PATH OF THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OR IT COULD LEAD TO ONLY VERY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN. && $$ DRS
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043 WWUS43 KPAH 212117 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 317 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ILZ091-INZ086>088-KYZ014-018-220530- /O.UPG.KPAH.WS.A.0002.160122T0600Z-160123T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KPAH.WS.W.0002.160122T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ HARDIN-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...EVANSVILLE... BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...MORGANFIELD...HENDERSON 317 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT: TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY FRIDAY EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS MAY RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL ONLY ADD TO THE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. * A MINOR SHIFT IN THE PATH OF THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...OR IT COULD LEAD TO ONLY VERY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ090-094-KYZ001>013-015>017-019>022-MOZ112-114-220530- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.160122T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ POPE-MASSAC-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...METROPOLIS...HICKMAN... CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND... BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON... DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN... GREENVILLE...ELKTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 317 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WARNING INCLUDES WEST KENTUCKY... AND NEW MADRID AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * TIMING: FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS EVENING OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF FRIDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST FROM THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY. FOR AREAS EAST OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES...SNOW TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION WILL QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS WITH THE ONSET OF THE FREEZING RAIN. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS WORSE. THE STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WHERE THE GREATEST ICING OCCURS. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
934 WWUS43 KPAH 220313 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 913 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ILZ090-091-094-INZ086>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ112-114-221115- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-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-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... 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...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 913 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT FOR WEST KENTUCKY...AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT PRIMARILY ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY WITH THE SNOW EXPANDING NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY FROM JUST WEST OF THE KENTUCKY LAKES AREA EAST INTO THE PENNYRILE REGION. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER DOWN TOWARD THE 4 INCH MARK FARTHER NORTH AND WEST TO THE OHIO RIVER. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO HOW MUCH SNOW WILL ACTUALLY ACCUMULATE FOR THOSE COUNTIES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...INCLUDING THE EVANSVILLE AND PADUCAH AREAS. THERE WILL BE A NOTICEABLE DECREASE IN AMOUNTS FROM THE OHIO RIVER ON TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING. * IMPACTS...THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTS WILL BE ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY...AND ESPECIALLY FROM NEAR THE KENTUCKY LAKES AREA EAST INTO THE PENNYRILE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL QUICKLY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS WITH THE ONSET OF THE FREEZING RAIN. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS WORSE. THE STRONG WINDS AND MINOR ICING MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
838 WWUS43 KPAH 220346 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 946 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ILZ090-091-094-INZ086>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ112-114-221200- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-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-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... 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...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 946 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT FOR WEST KENTUCKY...AND A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT PRIMARILY ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY WITH THE SNOW EXPANDING NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY FROM JUST WEST OF THE KENTUCKY LAKES AREA EAST INTO THE PENNYRILE REGION. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER DOWN TOWARD THE 4 INCH MARK FARTHER NORTH AND WEST TO THE OHIO RIVER. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO HOW MUCH SNOW WILL ACTUALLY ACCUMULATE FOR THOSE COUNTIES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...INCLUDING THE EVANSVILLE AND PADUCAH AREAS. THERE WILL BE A NOTICEABLE DECREASE IN AMOUNTS FROM THE OHIO RIVER ON TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING. * IMPACTS...THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTS WILL BE ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY...AND ESPECIALLY FROM NEAR THE KENTUCKY LAKES AREA EAST INTO THE PENNYRILE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL QUICKLY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS WITH THE ONSET OF THE FREEZING RAIN. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS WORSE. THE STRONG WINDS AND MINOR ICING MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MOZ100-107>111-221200- /O.NEW.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.160122T0346Z-160122T1200Z/ WAYNE MO-CARTER-RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN... POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON 946 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE MAY COMBINE BRIEFLY WITH SLEET...AND THEN GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...A MINOR GLAZE OF ICE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WITH LIGHT SLEET POSSIBLE...AND PERHAPS 1 INCH OF SNOW...MAYBE 2 TOWARD THE ARKANSAS BORDER. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT IN SOME AREAS. UNTREATED SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BE VERY HAZARDOUS AS WELL. 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. && $$
310 WWUS43 KPAH 220650 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1250 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 MOZ108>110-221200- /O.UPG.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD 1250 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR RIPLEY...BUTLER AND STODDARD COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY COMBINE WITH SLEET...AND THEN TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW BY 3 AM. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AROUND SUNRISE. * ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM A TENTH TO A QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE ARKANSAS BORDER. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION ENDS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS OVERNIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANY UNTREATED WALKING SURFACES WILL BE VERY SLICK AS WELL. WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS EXPECTED...A FEW ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ ILZ090-091-094-INZ086>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ112-114-221200- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-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-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... 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...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 1250 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT PRIMARILY ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY INTO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW IS EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY WITH THE SNOW EXPANDING NORTH INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY...THEN END FROM WEST TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY FROM JUST WEST OF THE KENTUCKY LAKES AREA EAST INTO THE PENNYRILE REGION. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL TAPER DOWN TOWARD THE 4 INCH MARK FARTHER NORTH AND WEST TO THE OHIO RIVER. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO HOW MUCH SNOW WILL ACTUALLY ACCUMULATE FOR THOSE COUNTIES ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...INCLUDING THE EVANSVILLE AND PADUCAH AREAS. THERE WILL BE A NOTICEABLE DECREASE IN AMOUNTS FROM THE OHIO RIVER ON TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE WARNING. * IMPACTS...THE AREA WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY FOR SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IMPACTS WILL BE ACROSS WEST KENTUCKY... AND ESPECIALLY FROM NEAR THE KENTUCKY LAKES AREA EAST INTO THE PENNYRILE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL QUICKLY BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS WITH THE ONSET OF THE FREEZING RAIN. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL ONLY MAKE TRAVEL CONDITIONS WORSE. THE STRONG WINDS AND MINOR ICING MAY LEAD TO ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ092-093-MOZ086-087-221200- /O.EXA.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ ALEXANDER-PULASKI-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...MARBLE HILL... CAPE GIRARDEAU 1250 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE MAY COMBINE BRIEFLY WITH SLEET...AND THEN GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...A MINOR GLAZE OF ICE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT IN SOME AREAS. UNTREATED SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BE VERY HAZARDOUS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MOZ100-107-111-221200- /O.CON.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ WAYNE MO-CARTER-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...SIKESTON 1250 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * TIMING...OVERNIGHT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE MAY COMBINE BRIEFLY WITH SLEET...AND THEN GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...A MINOR GLAZE OF ICE LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT IN SOME AREAS. UNTREATED SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BE VERY HAZARDOUS AS WELL. 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. && $$
645 WWUS43 KPAH 221118 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 518 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 MOZ108>110-221230- /O.CAN.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD 518 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN END...BUT THE ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. $$ MOZ086-087-100-107-221230- /O.CAN.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160122T1200Z/ BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU... PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN 518 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION HAS COME TO AN END...BUT THE ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. $$ ILZ090-091-094-INZ086>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ112-114-222100- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-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-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... 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...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 518 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 4 INCHES NEAR THE OHIO RIVER TO AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA HAS ALREADY BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION MORE DANGEROUS...EVEN ALONG INTERSTATES 24 AND 69...AND THE PURCHASE...WEST KENTUCKY...AND PENNYRILE PARKWAYS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ086-087-089-INZ085-222100- /O.EXB.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160122T2100Z/ SALINE-GALLATIN-JOHNSON-POSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...VIENNA... POSEYVILLE 518 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY AND THEN COME TO AN END BY MID AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW DEPTH WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS CLOSEST TO THE OHIO RIVER. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BE VERY HAZARDOUS AS WELL. 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. && $$ ILZ092-093-MOZ111-222100- /O.EXT.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160122T2100Z/ ALEXANDER-PULASKI-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...SIKESTON 518 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING AND THEN COME TO AN END IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW DEPTH WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BE VERY HAZARDOUS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ DRS
914 WWUS43 KPAH 221934 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 134 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 MOZ112-114-222045- /O.CAN.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 134 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THERE MAY BE SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ ILZ092-093-MOZ111-222045- /O.CAN.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160122T2100Z/ ALEXANDER-PULASKI-SCOTT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...SIKESTON 134 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THERE MAY BE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ ILZ090-091-094-INZ086>088-KYZ001>022-230345- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... 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 134 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 4 TO 7 INCHES NEAR THE OHIO RIVER TO AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DANGEROUS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION MORE DANGEROUS...EVEN ALONG INTERSTATES 24 AND 69...AND THE PURCHASE...WEST KENTUCKY...AND PENNYRILE PARKWAYS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ILZ086-087-089-INZ085-222100- /O.CON.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160122T2100Z/ SALINE-GALLATIN-JOHNSON-POSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...VIENNA... POSEYVILLE 134 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY AND THEN COME TO AN END BY MID AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW DEPTH WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS CLOSEST TO THE OHIO RIVER. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. UNTREATED SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BE VERY HAZARDOUS AS WELL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JP
716 WWUS43 KPAH 222115 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 315 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 KYZ001>004-222215- /O.CAN.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE 315 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THERE MAY BE SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ ILZ086-087-089-INZ085-222215- /O.EXP.KPAH.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160122T2100Z/ SALINE-GALLATIN-JOHNSON-POSEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...VIENNA... POSEYVILLE 315 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THERE MAY BE SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ ILZ090-091-094-INZ086>088-KYZ005>022-230515- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD... SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ... PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE... HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON 315 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * TIMING...SNOWFALL WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 4 TO 7 INCHES NEAR THE OHIO RIVER TO AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DANGEROUS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION MORE DANGEROUS...EVEN ALONG INTERSTATES 24 AND 69...AND THE PURCHASE...WEST KENTUCKY...AND PENNYRILE PARKWAYS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
840 WWUS43 KPAH 222204 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 404 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ILZ090-091-094-INZ086-087-KYZ005>007-010-014-018-222315- /O.CAN.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ POPE-HARDIN-MASSAC-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-CRITTENDEN-UNION KY-HENDERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...METROPOLIS... EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND... MARION...MORGANFIELD...HENDERSON 404 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ INZ088-KYZ008-009-011>013-015>017-019>022-230600- /O.CON.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ SPENCER-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-WEBSTER-HOPKINS- CHRISTIAN-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKPORT...BENTON...MURRAY... EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...DIXON...MADISONVILLE... HOPKINSVILLE...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON 404 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 4 TO 7 INCHES NEAR THE OHIO RIVER TO AS MUCH AS 8 TO 10 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DANGEROUS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A HALF MILE AT TIMES. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION MORE DANGEROUS...EVEN ALONG INTERSTATES 24 AND 69...AND THE PURCHASE...WEST KENTUCKY...AND PENNYRILE PARKWAYS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ JP
781 WWUS43 KPAH 230105 WSWPAH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 705 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 DEFAULT OVERVIEW SECTION INZ088-KYZ008-009-011>013-015>017-019>022-230215- /O.CAN.KPAH.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ SPENCER-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-WEBSTER-HOPKINS- CHRISTIAN-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKPORT...BENTON...MURRAY... EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...DIXON...MADISONVILLE... HOPKINSVILLE...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON 705 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. MOST ACCUMULATING SNOWS HAVE NOW ENDED. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...BLOWING A DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. SOME DRIFTS TO AROUND 2 FEET HAVE BEEN REPORTED...WITH NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS FROM 30 TO 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME PLOWED ROADS TO DRIFT BACK OVER TONIGHT. $$ MEFFERT
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 Jan 21, 3:57 AM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 3:57 AM CST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
National Weather Service Paducah KY
357 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016
.SHORT TERM...(Today through Saturday)
Issued at 357 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016
Will be upgrading most of the Winter Storm Watch to a Winter Storm
Warning this morning. Union and Henderson counties in Kentucky
will remain in the watch and be joined by Hardin county Illinois
and Vanderburgh, Warrick and Spencer counties in Indiana. The
Warning will begin at 00Z Friday and continue through 06Z
Saturday, while the Watch will start at 06Z Friday and continue
through 06Z Saturday.
The 00Z GFS and NAM have wobbled back to the northwest with the
storm track, while the ECMWF has remained more consistent with the
more southern track. The GFS ensemble mean was to the south of the
operational run, lending confidence to the ECMWF solution that
best fits the existing watch area. Would really like to see the
models locked in better on the track at this point, but we will
have to work with the data we have at this point.
In the midst of collaboration this morning, have heard several
offices comparing this event to the one in early March last year,
so this is going to be a major winter storm. The questions are
just how much of the area will be affected, and just how bad it
will be?
There will be a very sharp northwest edge to the deformation zone
precipitation, which should support warning level snows quickly
tapering to nothing. With this in mind have upgraded to a Warning,
but have not issued an Advisory along the northwest periphery of
the Warning. Used the 4" storm total snowfall as the edge of the
Warning/Watch. This resulted in Massac and Pope counties in
Illinois be added to the Warning.
The Henderson/Evansville areas seem to be the most uncertain at
this time, so decided to go with a Watch in that area to match up
with WFO Louisville, and give the day shift another round of model
data to make the final call. If the precipitation reaches those
areas it will likely be into Friday morning, so there is no rush
to get to a Warning decision right now.
Model soundings indicate that the precipitation should quickly
transition from freezing rain and possibly a bit of sleet, to all
snow throughout the area by 12Z Friday. Figure that most of the
Warning area will see a period of freezing rain before the snow
sets in, and with the QPF expected over the Pennyrile, it will not
be out of the question for some locations to have a quarter inch
of icing, or even a bit more.
Northeast winds are expected to become quite strong with
sustained 15-20kts possible. This will be good and bad. It may
help hold down the icing of elevated surfaces, but it will
definitely put more pressure on those ice-covered power lines and
tree limbs. Some isolated power outages certainly cannot be ruled
out.
As for snow accumulations, there is a nice zone of 4-8" with the
highest amounts over the Pennyrile region of west Kentucky. Given
the strength of the system, figure that there could be some
mesoscale banding which could drive the amounts even higher, but
over a relatively small area that is too fine to capture in the
forecast at this time.
The snows should taper off from west to east late Friday through
Friday night, and then the weekend should get off to a dry and
cold start Saturday.
.LONG TERM...(Saturday Night through Wednesday)
Issued at 357 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016
Sfc high pressure will be centered over the region Saturday night
which will mean some cold temperatures given a mainly clear sky and
light winds. We should see lows in the teens with colder readings
wherever the snowpack from our next event ends up.
That sfc high will shift east late Saturday night and into the day
on Sunday and finally allow some winds to become southerly. In the
upper levels, a ridge will begin building over the area. 850 mb
temperatures soar as this occurs and we will see highs on Sunday
well into the 30s, even close to 40 degrees in our western sections
(southeast MO). Any remaining snowpack though will limit highs
elsewhere however.
Our attention then turns to our next weather system. An upper level
trough will be crashing into the west coast at the start of the
weekend and travel eastward into the central Plains by Monday
morning. A sfc low will develop in the central Plains and move
northeastward into the upper Midwest early next week. As the system
moves northeast it will drag a cold front through our region Monday
afternoon and evening. There is not much moisture to work with, as
the best mid level moisture associated with this system is to our
north. However, it appears whatever scattered activity is able to
form, will take on the form of plain rain during the day on Monday,
as highs reach well into the 40s.
Right now, it looks like the precipitation should be ending
Monday evening with cold air advection right on its heels. So
while we may see some areas with a rain/snow mix...it looks like,
for now, the precipitation should end before any cold air reaches
the area to change it over to any significant accumulating
snowfall.
As the main upper trough moves through the area on Tuesday and
Tuesday night, we could possibly have some flurries or light rain
showers so will maintain the slight chance POPS for now. But
generally, we are looking at dry conditions for Tuesday night
through Wednesday night.
&&
.AVIATION...
Issued at 551 PM CST WED JAN 20 2016
A cool northeast low level flow should keep MVFR ceilings in the
KEVV/KOWB areas through much of the night, but some erosion of this
deck is possible by morning. Meanwhile, moisture spreading east from
low pressure approaching from the Plains will result in an increase
in MVFR clouds at KCGI and KPAH late tonight or early Thursday
morning. The low level moisture may even result in the formation of
fog.
While not presently mentioned in the TAFs, there is some potential
for the development of drizzle during the day, which could manifest
in the form of freezing drizzle if temperatures are below freezing
at the time. Will monitor closely and update as necessary. Any
accumulating snow should hold off until Thursday night into Friday.
&&
.PAH Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
IL...Winter Storm Warning from 6 PM this evening to midnight CST
Friday night for ILZ090-094.
Winter Storm Watch from late tonight through Friday evening for
ILZ091.
MO...Winter Storm Warning from 6 PM this evening to midnight CST
Friday night for MOZ112-114.
IN...Winter Storm Watch from late tonight through Friday evening for
INZ086>088.
KY...Winter Storm Warning from 6 PM this evening to midnight CST
Friday night for KYZ001>013-015>017-019>022.
Winter Storm Watch from late tonight through Friday evening for
KYZ014-018.
&&
SHORT TERM...DRS
LONG TERM...CW
AVIATION...RJPHazardous weather outlook, Jan 20, 3:25 PM CST, 13 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 325 PM CST WED JAN 20 2016 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-212130- 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- 325 PM CST WED JAN 20 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF WEST KENTUCKY AND ALSO NEW MADRID AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THURSDAY EVENING, CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS IN THE WATCH COULD SEE ANYWHERE FROM A TRACE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION, AND 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE WATCH WILL SEE LIGHT AMOUNTS TO NO PRECIPITATION AT ALL. SEE THE WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Kentucky, 2016Winter Storm Warnings in Missouri, 2016Winter Storm Warnings in Indiana, 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.