Kentucky, 2019Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 12 to 13, 2019
January 12 to 13, 2019 · NWS ILN · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
Low pressure tracked south of the region through the Tennessee Valley on the evening of Saturday, January 12th, followed by a secondary surface low overnight.
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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- 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.
Low pressure tracked south of the region through the Tennessee Valley on the evening of Saturday, January 12th, followed by a secondary surface low overnight.
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 12, 6:44 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:44 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
323 AM EST Sat Jan 12 2019
OHZ073-082-088-131200-
Ross-Pike-Scioto-
323 AM EST Sat Jan 12 2019
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for South 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...Sunday through Friday.
Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.
Winter Weather Advisory.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
OHZ026-034-035-043>046-051>056-064-065-074-131200-
Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Shelby-Logan-Union OH-Delaware-Miami-
Champaign-Clark-Madison-Franklin OH-Licking-Pickaway-Fairfield-
Hocking-
323 AM EST Sat Jan 12 2019
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM
EST SUNDAY...
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Central 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...Sunday through Friday.
Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.
Winter Weather Advisory.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ091>093-OHZ042-060>063-070>072-
077>081-131200-
Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-
Switzerland-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Darke-Preble-Montgomery-Greene-
Fayette OH-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-
Adams-
323 AM EST Sat Jan 12 2019
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY...
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana,
Southeast Indiana, Northern Kentucky, Central 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 Storm Warning.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.
Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.
Winter Storm Warning.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
KYZ089-090-094>100-131200-
Carroll-Gallatin-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis-
323 AM EST Sat Jan 12 2019
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST SUNDAY...
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Northeast Kentucky and
Northern Kentucky.
.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...Sunday through Friday.
Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.
Winter Weather Advisory.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 12, 6:16 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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- When
- January 12, 8:00 PM EST to January 13, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -84.728 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The CVG airport measured 6.9 inches of snow. A period of rain and freezing rain significantly cut down on snow amounts but caused additional complications of their own.
Winter Storm, Kenton
- When
- January 12, 8:00 PM EST to January 13, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kenton forecast zone
- Reported by
- Unknown
- Coordinates
- 38.934, -84.533 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Based on surrounding observations, the western and northwestern portions of the county received significant winter weather in the form of rain, freezing rain, and snow.
Winter Weather, Campbell
- When
- January 12, 8:00 PM EST to January 13, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Campbell forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 38.947, -84.380 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A spotter measured 2.5 inches of snow in Cold Spring. Higher amounts likely occurred over the northern portions of the county based on surrounding observations, and a period of rain and freezing rain significantly cut down the snowfall totals.
Winter Weather, Mason
- When
- January 12, 8:00 PM EST to January 13, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 38.595, -83.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
In Maysville, two inches of snow was measured.
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
- 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 Storm in Virginia, January 12 to 13, 20191 death · 2 injured · $75,000 · 27 events
- Rip Current in California, January 12, 20191 death · 1 event
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in North Carolina, January 12 to 13, 2019$225,000 · 9 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Ohio, January 12 to 13, 201929 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 12 to 13, 201928 events
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 12 to 14, 201924 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Indiana, January 12, 201922 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Maryland, January 12 to 14, 201918 events
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, January 12 to 13, 201916 events
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 12, 201911 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, January 12 to 13, 201911 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 12 to 14, 201911 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 804143, 804144, 804146, 804147.