WINTER STORM WATCH 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR SALINE/GALLATIN/HARDIN/POPE/WILLIAMSON AND JOHNSON COUNTIES.
THIS WATCH COVERS A LARGE PART OF WESTERN KENTUCKY AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS FROM MARION SOUTH AND EAST.
* ACCUMULATIONS... THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AROUND 4 INCHES OF SNOW IN THE WATCH AREA. SOME SLEET MAY BE MIXED WITH THE SNOW.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD SOUTHEAST TO THE OHIO RIVER BY MIDNIGHT...THEN ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEVERAL HOURS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL END ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...THE SNOW WILL READILY STICK TO PAVED
SURFACES...CAUSING A RAPID DETERIORATION OF TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL LIKELY BE VERY HAZARDOUS.
* OTHER IMPACTS... VISIBILITY MAY BE UNDER ONE HALF MILE DURING THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN.
Instructions:
DO NOT CALL 911 FOR ROAD CONDITIONS OR CLOSING
Address/Location
Shawneetown Fire Department
111 East Posey Ave
Shawneetown, IL 62984
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 618-269-4203
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Possible (p <= ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Winter Storm Watch