Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
0354 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013
IMPACTFUL WINTER STORM EXPECTED LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND STALL JUST SOUTH OF KENTUCKY. SEVERAL MOISTURE-RICH DISTURBANCES WILL THEN RIDE NORTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY ACROSS OUR REGION THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING A COMPLEX AND MESSY PERIOD OF WEATHER WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE DEPENDENT ON LOCATION. THE TRANSITION WILL OCCUR INITIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND WEST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
LATER THIS EVENING. THE TRANSITION THEN WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
THE DAY.
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-TRIMBLE KY
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...JASPER...
MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...BEDFORD
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST/ SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST/ SATURDAY.
* TIMING: THE INITIAL CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LOOKS TO OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA LATER THIS EVENING. IT SHOULD TRANSITION AGAIN TO JUST SNOW DURING THE MORNING HOURS...WITH THE INTENSITY FORECAST TO PICK UP DURING THE AFTERNOON.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST INTENSITY OF SNOW EXPECTED TO FALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* OTHER IMPACTS: THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PERIOD DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS WHERE FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS. 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 WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
