Kentucky, 2010

Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 7 to 8, 2010

January 7 to 8, 2010 · NWS ILN · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

An Alberta clipper tracked southeast through the Ohio Valley on Thursday, January 7th. Very cold air was in place, which allowed for a very fluffy snow to accumulate over a prolonged period of time.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.

An Alberta clipper tracked southeast through the Ohio Valley on Thursday, January 7th. Very cold air was in place, which allowed for a very fluffy snow to accumulate over a prolonged period of time. Snow totals from this event ranged from two to four inches.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 7, 6:17 AM EST, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 6:17 AM EST, 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 7, 4:59 AM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
459 AM EST THU JAN 7 2010

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051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-081000-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-
SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-
FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-
FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-
HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
459 AM EST THU JAN 7 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The radar

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Event by event

4 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Gallatin

When
January 7, 7:00 AM EST to January 8, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Gallatin forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
38.757, -84.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three and a half inches of snow was measured in Warsaw by Thursday evening.

Heavy Snow, Grant

When
January 7, 7:00 AM EST to January 8, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Grant forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
38.649, -84.625 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three and a half inches of snow was measured in Williamstown by Thursday evening.

Heavy Snow, Kenton

When
January 7, 7:00 AM EST to January 8, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Kenton forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
38.934, -84.533 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three and a half inches of snow was measured in Covington by Thursday evening.

Heavy Snow, Mason

When
January 7, 7:00 AM EST to January 8, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Mason forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
38.595, -83.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three and a half inches of snow was measured in Old Washington by Thursday evening.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 210425, 210426, 210427, 210684.