The NWS of Paducah has issued a Winter Storm Watch for most of West KY except for Union, Henderson, and Daviess. For Sig. Snow acculamtion, but some sleet cannot be ruled out in the Hopkinsville and Murray KY areas.
This is the Watch Text
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
225 PM CST TUE JAN 26 2010
...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...THE SOUTHERN
TIP OF ILLINOIS AND PORTIONS OF WEST KENTUCKY THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY...
.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION THURSDAY AND
MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT THE
SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO TRACK EAST ACROSS THE GULF
COAST STATES. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
BY THURSDAY EVENING...INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
MARBLE HILL MISSOURI TO GREENVILLE KENTUCKY AND PERSIST INTO
FRIDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH
AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE KENTUCKY / TENNESSEE
AND ARKANSAS / MISSOURI STATE LINES. THERE COULD BE SOME SLEET AS
WELL.
SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS WINTER STORM...
HOW FAR NORTH OF THE STORM MOISTURE WILL MAKE IT...AND HOW MUCH SNOW
WILL ACCUMULATE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...
MEDIA OUTLETS...SCHOOL SYSTEMS...AND THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
ILZ088>094-KYZ001>013-015>017-020>022-MOZ086-087-100-107>112-114-
270430-
/O.NEW.KPAH.WS.A.0002.100129T0000Z-100130T0000Z/
UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-FULTON-
HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-
CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-
MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...
ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...HICKMAN...
CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...
BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...
ELKTON...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...
DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...
NEW MADRID
225 PM CST TUE JAN 26 2010
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...THE SOUTHERN TIP OF
ILLINOIS AND MUCH OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.
* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI BY
THURSDAY EVENING...THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIP OF
ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL
PERSIST INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO
EAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* 4 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL ALONG A LINE FROM MARBLE HILL
MISSOURI TO GREENVILLE KENTUCKY. CLOSER TO THE ARKANSAS AND
TENNESSEE STATE LINES WITH KENTUCKY AND MISSOURI...AMOUNTS MAY
EXCEED 6 INCHES. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW...MAINLY
ALONG A LINE FROM POPLAR BLUFF MISSOURI TO HOPKINSVLLLE KENTUCKY.
* TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND
COULD REMAIN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS INTO THE DAY FRIDAY. VISIBILITY
MAY BE POOR WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE
20S. SOME HIGHWAYS IN THE WATCH AREA THAT COULD BE AFFECTED
INCLUDE INTERSTATES 24...57 AND 55...THE WEST KENTUCKY AND
PURCHASE PARKWAYS...US 45 HIGHWAY...AND US HIGHWAYS 60 AND 67.
THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHERN
MISSOURI...NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE AS WELL...FOR THOSE
WITH TRAVEL PLANS THAT EXTEND BEYOND THE LOCAL AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS BEING ISSUED TO HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL
FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL THURSDAY
NIGHT AND FRIDAY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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