NW KY Winter Storm Warning

Locally Heavier Ice Accumulations of around (0.25 inch) could occur in Henderson, Daviess, and Mclean Counties so a Winter Storm Warning is in effect, 0.05 to 0.15 inch of ice is possible for the rest of Western Kentucky.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
139 PM CST WED DEC 15 2010

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GIBSON-PIKE-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...EVANSVILLE...
BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN
139 PM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 AM CST THURSDAY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST
KENTUCKY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...AREAS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP BY THE
END OF THE DAY. TONIGHT...MAINLY FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH
SOME SLEET POSSIBLE AS WELL.

* MAIN IMPACT...AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH SLIGHTLY GREATER AMOUNTS
OF ICING POSSIBLE FROM PETERSBURG TO ROCKPORT INDIANA. SOME
SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.

* OTHER IMPACTS...IMPACT TO TREES AND POWER LINES IS EXPECTED TO
BE FAIRLY LOW...BUT SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
TRAVEL IMPACTS COULD BE SIGNIFICANT...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY OR
LESSER TRAVELED ROADS...AND ON UNTREATED SURFACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS
POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH EITHER SLEET OR SNOW. TONIGHTS EVENT SHOULD
BE MAINLY FREEZING RAIN...BUT OCCASIONAL SLEET MAY OCCUR AS WELL.
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT...USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROAD CONDITIONS
COULD BECOME VERY DANGEROUS.

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