Kentucky, 2013Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 31, 2013
January 31, 2013 · NWS ILN · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
Snow showers across the Ohio Valley brought one to two inches of accumulating snowfall. Cold air funneled into the region and numerous roadways were closed due to accidents from icy buildups, particularly in the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Snow showers across the Ohio Valley brought one to two inches of accumulating snowfall. Cold air funneled into the region and numerous roadways were closed due to accidents from icy buildups, particularly in the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
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 31, 1:00 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 1:00 PM EST, 0 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 31, 7:27 AM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>Winter Weather, Boone
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- January 31, 1:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -84.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A spotter south of Walton measured 1.5 inches of snow. The Cincinnati airport measured 1.1 inches. Late Thursday, Interstate 75 was shut down northbound in Boone County at the I-71/I-75 split and reopened just after 11:30 p.m. Interstate 275 in Boone County was shut down at mile marker 11 near Hebron. The highway was closed in both directions because of the accidents. The bridge across the Ohio River at the Kentucky-Indiana border was also closed.
Winter Weather, Gallatin
- When
- January 31, 1:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Gallatin forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 38.757, -84.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The observer 4 miles northeast of Glencoe measured 1.6 inches of snow.
Winter Weather, Grant
- When
- January 31, 1:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.649, -84.625 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An observer in Williamstown measured 1.6 inches of snow while another in Corinth measured 1.4 inches.
- 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.
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 31, 201310 injured · $400,000 · 1 event
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 31, 2013$630,000 · 70 kt wind · 17 events
- Flooding in Virginia, January 31, 2013$760,000 · 6 events
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 31, 2013$331,000 · 51 kt wind · 7 events
- Flood and High Wind in New York, January 31, 2013$251,000 · 61 kt wind · 10 events
- High Wind in New York, January 31, 2013$150,000 · 55 kt wind · 13 events
- Debris Flow in Washington, January 31, 2013$250,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 31, 2013$180,000 · 68 kt wind · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 31, 20132 injured · $59,000 · 65 kt wind · 8 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New York, January 31, 2013$90,000 · 50 kt wind · 9 events
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 31, 2013$53,000 · 60 kt wind · 17 events
- High Wind in Connecticut, January 31, 2013$70,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events
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: 429928, 429930, 429931.