Courtesy of Storm Hunters........ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 412 PM CST SAT NOV 15 2014 INTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. * A LIGHT MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER THE REGION LATER SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE RAPIDLY IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AND MOVE NORTHEAST AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THERE MAY BE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SLEET OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST MISSOURI SUNDAY EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE QUICKER THE SLEET GOES OVER TO SNOW...THE HIGHER THE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END AROUND MID EVENING WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO FALL UNTIL LATE AT NIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. * IT NOW APPEARS THAT WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH SNOW AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR WITH THE ADVISORY REGION. AMOUNTS MAY BE TAPERED IN AREAS THAT HAVE A LATER TRANSITION FROM RAIN AND SLEET OR TO SNOW. IN ADDITION...THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY. * WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING...UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL BECOME QUITE SLICK. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL FREEZE BEFORE UN-ELEVATED ROADS. IN ADDITION...CONDITIONS COULD BE QUITE HAZARDOUS COME MORNING RUSH HOUR...AND WHEN CHILDREN RETURN TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:34:58 +0000
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