Kentucky, 2010Heavy Snow in Kentucky, February 14 to 15, 2010
February 14 to 15, 2010 · NWS LMK · 17 events in 17 counties and zones
A strong Alberta Clipper brought heavy snow across north central Kentucky. While clipper type storms, which originate across the Canadian prairies, do not usually produce heavy snow, this storm featured a very deep and compact upper low.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
A strong Alberta Clipper brought heavy snow across north central Kentucky. While clipper type storms, which originate across the Canadian prairies, do not usually produce heavy snow, this storm featured a very deep and compact upper low. This low tracked from west to east right across central Kentucky. Initially, 1 to 3 inches of snow associated with warm air advection fell during the predawn hours. Just after sunrise, an additional 2 to 4 inches of snow associated with a deformation zone developed along and just north of Interstate 64. Storm totals varied widely across north central Kentucky and the Bluegrass Region, with just 30 miles separating 2 inch accumulations from 6 inches.
Heavy Snow, Meade
- When
- February 14, 11:00 PM EST to February 15, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Meade forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -86.217 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
From 3 to 5 inches of snow fell from south to north across the county.
Heavy Snow, Breckinridge
- When
- February 14, 11:00 PM EST to February 15, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Breckinridge forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 37.773, -86.429 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
From 4 to 5 inches of snow fell across northern portions of the county.
Heavy Snow, Hancock
- When
- February 14, 11:00 PM EST to February 15, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hancock forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 37.842, -86.778 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
From 4 to 6 inches of snow fell countywide.
Heavy Snow, Oldham
- When
- February 15, 12:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Oldham forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.399, -85.448 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A range of 5 to 7 inches of snow fell from south to north across the county.
Heavy Snow, Trimble
- When
- February 15, 12:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Trimble forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.613, -85.338 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
From 6 to 8 inches of snow fell countywide.
Heavy Snow, Jefferson
- When
- February 15, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.187, -85.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A range of 3 to 7 inches of snow fell from south to north across the county. The heaviest amounts fell northeast of Louisville along the Ohio River and Oldham County.
Heavy Snow, Henry
- When
- February 15, 1:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Henry forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.449, -85.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
From 5 to 7 inches of snow fell countywide.
Heavy Snow, Shelby
- When
- February 15, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Shelby forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.215, -85.195 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snow varied from 4 to 6 inches from south to north across the county.
Heavy Snow, Bullitt
- When
- February 15, 1:00 AM EST to 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bullitt forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 37.970, -85.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Around 4 inches of snow fell across northern portions of the county.
Heavy Snow, Franklin
- When
- February 15, 1:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.239, -84.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall totals varied from 4 to 7 inches from south to north across the county.
Heavy Snow, Scott
- When
- February 15, 1:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.292, -84.584 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
From 4 to 7 inches of snow fell from south to north across the county.
Heavy Snow, Woodford
- When
- February 15, 1:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Woodford forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.042, -84.744 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An average of 4 inches of snow fell countywide.
Heavy Snow, Harrison
- When
- February 15, 2:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.442, -84.331 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall varied from 4 to 8 inches from south to north across the county.
Heavy Snow, Nicholas
- When
- February 15, 2:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.336, -84.015 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
From 4 to 6 inches of snow fell countywide.
Heavy Snow, Bourbon
- When
- February 15, 2:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bourbon forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 38.207, -84.217 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
From 3 to 6 inches of snow fell countywide.
Heavy Snow, Fayette
- When
- February 15, 2:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 38.042, -84.459 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
From 4 to 5 inches of snow fell countywide. Officially, 5 inches of snow was measured at Lexington Airport.
Heavy Snow, Clark
- When
- February 15, 2:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 37.971, -84.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An average of 4 inches of snow fell countywide.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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