Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 25, 2013

Name: Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 25, 2013
Start: 2013-01-25T02:00
End: 2013-01-25T10:00
Location: Kentucky

January 25, 2013 · NWS PAH · 22 events in 22 counties and zones

Areas of freezing rain created hazardous travel conditions. The highest accumulations of freezing rain were in the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 3
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

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 PAH wrote it up.

Areas of freezing rain created hazardous travel conditions. The highest accumulations of freezing rain were in the Pennyrile region of western Kentucky. Slightly less than one-quarter inch of ice was reported in Todd County. One-eighth inch of ice was reported in Muhlenberg County. Very icy conditions on Kentucky Highway 2551 in Muhlenberg County caused two state salt trucks to slide off the road into ditches. In Henderson and Hopkins Counties, multiple vehicle crashes and slide-offs occurred. Henderson County sheriff deputies worked 12 vehicle slide-offs and accidents. Some of the accidents involved overturned vehicles. There were no serious injuries. The Pennyrile Parkway and Western Kentucky Parkway were two of the major roads that were reported to be very slick. Several vehicles slid off the Western Kentucky Parkway in Hopkins County. Traffic was reduced to one lane on the Western Kentucky Parkway between Dawson Springs and the Pennyrile Parkway interchange. In the Paducah area, there were numerous reports of slips and falls on icy walkways. Most schools were closed for the day. Areas of freezing rain and sleet occurred north of a warm front as it moved north across Tennessee.

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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 24, 11:47 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 11:47 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1147 PM CST THU JAN 24 2013

.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1147 PM CST THU JAN 24 2013

REVISED AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 06Z TAFS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 110 PM CST THU JAN 24 2013

MAIN ISSUE IS WITH THE WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENT LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE MAIN CHANGE WITH THE FORECAST
IS PLACING MORE OF AN EMPHASIS ON LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND A
CHANCE OF SLEET ACROSS SOUTHERN SECTIONS...MUCH LESS SNOW...AND
MORE OF A LIGHT MIX ACROSS THE NORTH. THE UPPER SYSTEM THAT
WILL AFFECT THE AREA WAS SEEN CLEARLY ON WVAPOR JUST NORTH OF
MONTANA AND THE DAKOTAS. WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS
JUST TO OUR SOUTH WITH THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH A WEAK LOW
PRESSURE TROF ACROSS OUR AREA...WHILE THE UPPER SYSTEM MOVES
SOUTHEAST FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST TO ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY
REGION.

REGARDLESS OF WHICH MODEL YOU CHOOSE...NOTABLE LOW LEVEL WAA
SEEN AT 850 MB IS FORECAST AND WILL BE THE PRIMARY PLAYER IN
PRECIP TYPE...EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE DIABATIC PROCESS TO START
WITH WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME SLEET OR BRIEF FLURRIES. THIS IS
SUPPORTED BY THE PRECIP OUTPUT SEEN IN THE SOUNDINGS VIA BUFKIT.

WILL ISSUE AN ADVISORY GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DONIPHAN
MISSOURI TO PADUCAH KENTUCKY TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY. FOR SE MISSOURI
THE ADVISORY WILL RUN FROM MIDNIGHT TO 6 AM...AND ACROSS WEST
KENTUCKY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM. WILL ISSUE A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR THE REST OF THE AREA. QPF FORECASTS FROM THE MODELS REMAIN
UNIMPRESSIVE NORTH AND WEST OF THE OHIO. MAY ONLY BE SOME LIGHT
SLEET...LIGHT -FZRA OR -FZDZ...MAYBE FLURRIES FROM SOUTHERN IL
INTO SOUTHWEST INDIANA. ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA...A FEW
HUNDREDTHS TO AS MUCH AS 0.10-0.15 APPEARS LIKELY WITH THE
HIGHER AMOUNTS FROM THE LBL AREA EAST TOWARDS KHOP. NAM TRENDS
JUST A TAD HIGHER...WHILE THE GFS IS NOT IMPRESSIVE AT ALL.

THE MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE...ANYTHING THAT FALLS ANYWHERE
WILL STICK/ACCUMULATE...EVEN IF ONLY LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE
CONCERN IS WITH THE FACT...THIS WILL OCCUR PRIOR TO AND UP INTO
THE MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK AND SCHOOL FRIDAY MORNING. SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 20S TO AROUND 30. WE ARE
AWARE THAT MANY ROADS HAVE BEEN OR ARE CURRENTLY BEING TREATED.
STILL THERE IS THE CONCERN WITH SECONDARY AND LESSER TRAVELED
ROADS...AND WITH SLICK CONDITIONS DEVELOPING ON SIDEWALKS AND
OTHER WALK WAYS.

THE INITIAL ADVISORY COVERS AREAS WHERE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF
PRECIPITATION ARE FORECAST...AND WHERE IMPACTS COULD BE HIGHER.
THIS EVENT WILL END RAPIDLY FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE MORNING
FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING AND
ESSENTIALLY WHATEVER HAPPENS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING...SHOULD BE GONE BY THE AFTERNOON. QUIET WEATHER FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM. THIS EVENING WILL BE
QUIET AS WELL...WITH JUST AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER.

.LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 110 PM CST THU JAN 24 2013

THE SUNDAY MORNING WINTRY MIX IS STILL ON WITH VERY LITTLE CHANGE.
THE WARM FRONT PASSAGE SUNDAY WILL WARM US UP TO ABOVE FREEZING NO
LATER THAN MID DAY SUNDAY AND KEEP ALL PRECIP LIQUID FROM THAT POINT
ON THROUGH THE FORECAST. THE TREND HAS BEEN SLIGHTLY WARMER WHICH
HAS REDUCED THE SLEET AND OR FREEZING RAIN DURATION WITH NO MORE
THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH IN SLEET AND NO MORE THAN TRACE AMOUNTS OF
FREEZING RAIN. ALTHOUGH ANY STORMS SHOULD BE SURFACE BASED IN THE
WARM SECTOR THE INSTABILITY REMAINS ALOFT AND COULD START THUNDER
WELL BEFORE FROPA. THIS WAS WELL ACCOUNTED FOR IN PREVIOUS GRIDS SO
MAINTAINED MENTION. THE INSTABILITY BECOMES SURFACE BASED WITH THE
FRONT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH IMPRESSIVE WINDS JUST OFF
THE SURFACE AROUND 50 KNOTS. THIS COMBINED WITH THE UNSEASONABLY
WARM TEMPS AND DEW POINTS AROUND 60 WILL CREATE OUR BEST CHANCE OF
SEVERE STORMS TUE AFTN AND EVENING. DRY THINGS OUT ON WEDNESDAY AS
COOLER DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE REGION.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 1147 PM CST THU JAN 24 2013

A FAST MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF LIGHT WINTRY
PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET. OF THE FORECAST TERMINALS...KPAH STANDS THE BEST CHANCE FOR
RECEIVING A LIGHT GLAZE...WITH LESSER CHANCES AT KCGI...KOWB...AND
ESPECIALLY KEVV. THE PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY BE ACCOMPANIED BY A
PERIOD OF MVFR CONDITIONS...NAMELY AT KPAH AND KCGI. CONDITIONS
SHOULD IMPROVE MARKEDLY AFTER 12-15Z...WITH CLEARING EXPECTED DURING
THE AFTERNOON. EAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL TURN WEST NORTHWEST IN THE
WAKE OF THE SYSTEM ON FRIDAY.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY
     FOR MOZ108>112-114.

IN...NONE.
KY...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
     KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 1:41 PM CST, 12 hours 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
141 PM CST THU JAN 24 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-251100-
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-
141 PM CST THU JAN 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL GO INTO EFFECT LATE TONIGHT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. REFER TO THE
ADVISORY PRODUCT FOR DETAILS.

A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA...ADDRESSING THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION.
REFER TO THE PRODUCT FOR DETAILS FOR LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
PRODUCTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION FRIDAY
MORNING ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION.

LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. AMOUNTS
SHOULD BE RATHER LIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY BRIEFLY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE AS
WELL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REPORTED TO RELAY IN THEIR OBSERVATIONS OF ICE...SLEET
OR LIGHT SNOW.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 24, 9:59 PM CST, 4 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
959 PM CST THU JAN 24 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ014-018-019-MOZ076-086-
087-100-107-251200-
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-UNION KY-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-
CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
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...MORGANFIELD...HENDERSON...
OWENSBORO...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...
PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN
959 PM CST THU JAN 24 2013

...LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING
DRIZZLE...LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES AND POSSIBLY LIGHT SLEET IS
POSSIBLE FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY AND MID MORNING
HOURS ON FRIDAY.

AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO BE VERY LIGHT...IF ANY PRECIPITATION
OCCURS AT ALL. HOWEVER...IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS LIGHT WINTRY
PRECIPITATION...IT WILL STICK WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO
UPPER 20S. THIS MAY RESULT IN A FEW SLICK SPOTS ON SOME AREA
ROADS AND ON SIDEWALKS AND OTHER SURFACES.

THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF THE
REGION. SLIGHTLY GREATER AMOUNTS OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION ARE
FORECAST AS WELL. SO IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS SOUTH INTO
KENTUCKY...TENNESSEE OR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...PLAN ACCORDINGLY.

THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD END QUICKLY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS
COMBINED WITH TEMPERATURES FORECAST TO CLIMB BACK ABOVE FREEZING
MEANS CONDITIONS WILL BE BACK TO NORMAL BY MIDDAY.

The radar

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Event by event

22 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Ballard

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Ballard forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Caldwell

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Caldwell forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Calloway

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Calloway forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Carlisle

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Carlisle forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Christian

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Christian forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Crittenden

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Crittenden forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Daviess

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Daviess forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Fulton

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Fulton forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Graves

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Graves forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Henderson

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Henderson forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Hickman

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Hickman forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Hopkins

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Hopkins forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Livingston

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Livingston forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Lyon

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Lyon forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Marshall

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Marshall forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, McCracken

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: McCracken forecast zone
Injuries: 0 direct, 3 indirect
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, McLean

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: McLean forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Muhlenberg

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Muhlenberg forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Todd

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Todd forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Trigg

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Trigg forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Union

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Union forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Weather, Webster

When: January 25, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Weather: Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Kentucky in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Kentucky, January 2013

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: 423905, 423906, 423907, 423908, 423909, 423910, 423911, 423912, 423913, 423914, 423915, 423916, 423917, 423918, 423919, 423920, 423921, 423922, 423923, 423924, 423925, 423926.