Everyone please be safe!!! FRANKLIN COUNTY...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING: THE INITIAL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX LOOKS TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAWN ON FRIDAY MORNING. THE TRANSITION LINE WILL GRADUALLY SINK SOUTHEAST OF THE OHIO RIVER TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND THE BLUEGRASS THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT DEPENDENT ON LOCATION. SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS MOST PREVALENT...WHICH APPEARS TO BE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA ON FRIDAY NIGHT. ANY PRE-EXISTING WET SURFACES COULD QUICKLY FREEZE CREATING MORE HAZARDOUS DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Dec 2013 21:03:35 +0000
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