The Great Storm Update again.

The more populated counties like McCracken, Henderson, Daviess, Marshall, and Hopkins are even Fulton counties are starting to get their power back on.

Still Graves, Livingston, Crittenden, Carlisle, Hickman, Lyon, and Caldwell counties are either mostly or entirely without power. Many areas have ran out of water, and they have to rely on creeks and waterways just like the first western Kentuckians had to do to drink and bathe properly. I wish I can say when the power will come on, but it some areas it will take a few days and the it may take till early to mid March for the last people to get power on.

The National Guard is helping out people as they are deployed here. Some generators for nursing homes, and hospitals are available for FEMA even though it isn't near enough but that is for another rant and another different blog for that.

Shelters are open but some rural counties may need to evacuate to Nashville, Clarksville, or even in Hopkinsville or Bowling Green Kentucky. For areas like Livingston and Lyon counties once Paducah and Murray start coming on a little more you can seek shelter more in those areas.

Jan 31st outlook

Dense fog early today. And again tonight. Winter Chance is looking to be insignificant for now in West KY but will still watch it.

Recovery is still slow after the ice storm click the link for a county to county overview on the ice storm recovery.

PAH tv station back online

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/default.aspx

back online check it out for breaking conditions.

jan 30 updated

Dense Fog tonight so beware. Also roads are still slick on the backroads. And many roads esp in rural counties have trees and powerlines on them.

Special Weather Statement from PAH Falling ICE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1258 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2009

ILZ088>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>016-018>021-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-310700-
UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-
POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-
MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-
TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-PERRY MO-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...FORT BRANCH...
PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...
HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...
SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...
PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HENDERSON...
OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
1258 PM CST FRI JAN 30 2009

...FALLING ICE DUE TO MELTING IS CAUSING A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS
SITUATION...

TEMPERATURES WARMING TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING AND LIMITED SUNSHINE
AT TIMES IS CAUSING ICE THAT HAS ACCUMULATED ON BUILDINGS...POWER
LINES...AND TREES TO START TO MELT. AS A RESULT...LARGE PIECES OF
ICE ARE FALLING TO THE GROUND. THE MELTING AND FALLING OF ICE CAN
ALSO CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO SPRING BACK QUICKLY.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BACK BELOW FREEZING
TONIGHT...BUT ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE AGAIN EXPECTED ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

IF WORKING OUTDOORS...BE AWARE THAT FALLING ICE CAN BE A SERIOUS
HAZARD. USE CAUTION IF WORKING UNDER TREES...POWER LINES...AND BUILDINGS.



$$

DSA

thawing in west ky if not today tommorow.

today and tomorrow you get to see the real damage of this storm. The 1/2 inch to sometimes 2 inches of ice melts off the trees. Except a lot of damage to forestry across west kentucky and a lot of tress down. There may even be a slight spike in power outages as loose limbs thaw out and fall onto the powerlines. By sun/sun night a good deal of falldown should end.

anyone now can comment

Due to the great ice storm I changed my settings. You dont have to have a Google account to comment you can send an comment. Anyone can send a comment if they want to from now on I know several people want updates on this situation

More updates from the storm.

Many shelters in the Livingston/Crittenden County areas have opened up. The worst is occurring and still there is no power to these areas, and water is really starting to run out. So much that a 2 gallon per person water restriction is in effect for these areas. Evacuation may have to be neccasary to areas like TN or any family from outside of West Kentucky.

Also the Princeton area was reported by some of my friends to look like a tornado went though because the ice damage was so bad.

Jan 30th overview.

Recovery from a severe and in many places in West KY an historic Ice Storm is still occurring and still will occur. Power in some areas may be out for more than 20 days and with areas running out of water and no power a real crisis is occurring. So lets all pray for most of the West KY families out there. Also there is a chance of snow for most of West KY whether West KY gets any of the heavy snow or if it all stays in N AL, TN, and N GA remains a mystery.

Preparing for FALLDOWN this weekend.

Oh Ok I will try to find more reports. It will be if you are from New England something called "FALLDOWN" will occur this weekend. That means all the limbs which are still frozen and haven't really melted at all will thaw out and fall to the ground for Sat and Sun. that could at least briefly knock out more power and cause hazards. Other bad news is we are watching to see if West KY will get effected by what might be a decent snow event Mon/Tues. So much going on storm reports and in the future.

More updates out there

I have not heard a lot from out in worst areas of West Kentucky. Here is what I heard. Thanks to all the people who posted comments on my blogs and giving me news. There have been 3 deaths and over 400,000 customers in KY without power. Multiply it by 3 or 4 to get the number of how many people are in the dark.

In Livingston County US 60 has trees branches down, and therefore is closed till further noticed. Burna and areas in Livingston County have been without power and water since yesterday.

In Paducah the NWS is disabled. Service backup is being provided in the NWS by surrounding offices. Most of the area is without power and it may take days or even weeks.

In Murray classes are canceled till Monday. I heard that there was damage to Murray State Campus. And power is out probably for awhile.

In Hopkins County Dawson Springs a town of 2,500 is all without power for 2 to 3 weeks. A town of Crofton across the Hopkins/Christian county line in Christian County has damage a lot of trees have fallen and power is expected to be out for up to 3 weeks.

Mayfield only has two buildings open. The town is running out of water due to a main water break damaged. A crisis and power may not be on till Valentines Day or even a little later.

Lets all pray for all the victims of the Ice Storm.

Kentucky Road Conditions Link

http://511.ky.gov/

link for Kentucky road conditions.

Storm for the ages

Not a lot in areas to the west and north of where I am in Hopkinsville Kentucky. parts of Trigg, Christian, and Todd got somewhat spared because of the rain mixing in at the end of the first round and beginning of the second, but even there some ice accumulations up to 1/2 to 1 inch occurred. The absolute worst is across the Jackson Purchase area and north of US 68. Areas like Paducah and Mayfield and across most of West KY are still without power and many won't be back on till about a week.

Hope that everyone stays warm and we in West KY will are make it though. I defiantly feel for those in West KY and parts of Arkansas and Missouri without power.

State of Emergency.

State of Kentucky is declared a state of emergency.

About to end but WOW what a storm

Precipitation is about to clear West KY to about 10am-Noon. Now for most of West KY PAH has Snow. Frz rain area for rest of west ky is changing to Snow.

1 to 2 inches of snow is expected. All warnings till noon.

Dangerous Storm Continues

With over 60,000 people without power in KY most in West KY and round two moving in power outages and the economic impact of towns will be great.

Some towns esp. hard hit small towns like Bardwell might have power for a week to two and it might take to Valentines Day to get everyone on the grid.

Assemble the prepareness kit now and be prepared for extended power outages and near impossible travel as the temperature will dive under 28 for all of West KY

Wicked Weather

Damage in West KY is mounting as up to an inch of ice. Damage to Murray State I heard of. A lot of reports of fires and accidents. And power outages. Stay safe for the 2nd round which could be almost as bad as the 1st one. Than afterwards 1 to 3 inches of snow and sleet could get involved.

confidence level today

advice

Stay away from powerlines if you are online. Be careful only travel if you have to. 1 to 3 inches of snow possible at the end tomm night and wed. Rain will mix in across most of West Kentucky. Freezing Rain across NW KY before a change to snow is observed.

last update

1/2 to 1.25 ice is acculamting sleet also is also majr power outages

update again

31 years ago Blizzard of 78 teared though this area. Ironic another major winter storm is producing major sleet and ice and maybe even snow issues across West KY 31 years later.

Webster County has 3/4 inches of sleet on the roads. Mayfield, Paducah, Fulton has about 1/3 inch of ice and some power issues. Hopkinsville has about 15/100- 1/4 inch of ice. More freezing rain continues but temps have rose a few degrees so a change to plain rain at the end of this round is possible.

system news

Confidence Level for tonight and tommorow and early Wedesnday storm will be confidence level of 2.

Add some more ice and 1 to 5 inches of snow and sleet.

In case I have no power this might be my last update till after the event for the system.

update again

1/10 to 1/4 inch ice reported and in some areas half inch sleet reported.

Most of the areas of west ky have iced over.

Mayfield is having Freezing Rain Downpours/and Thunder and Lightning.

Also the sound of firecrackers was observed in Mayfield with flashes in the sky. Freezing rain continues.

reports coming in

At the start 1/10 to 2/10 inch of ice has fallen. In parts of West KY. Sleet and Snow and Frz rain for NW KY and Frz rain in west ky continues and gets heavier.

Short term from PAH

000
FPUS73 KPAH 270253
NOWPAH

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
853 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009

ILZ085>094-INZ085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ086-087-110>112-114-270415-
WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-HARDIN-ALEXANDER-
PULASKI-MASSAC-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-
CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-
CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-
HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-
STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...
ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...
MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...
CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...
HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...
ELKTON...MARBLE HILL...CAPE GIRARDEAU...BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...
CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
853 PM CST MON JAN 26 2009

.NOW...
PERIODIC BANDS OF FREEZING RAIN...PERIODICALLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL
CONTINUE TO COVER WESTERN KENTUCKY...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND
SOUTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH 10 PM CST. BY 10 PM...THE LEADING EDGE
OF A 50 MILE DEEP BAND OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY FREEZING RAIN
WILL MOVE FROM A LINE EXTENDING FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI...CAIRO
ILLINOIS AND MURRAY KENTUCKY...ONWARD TO CARMI
ILLINOIS...OWENSBORO AND ELKTON KENTUCKY. HOURLY PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TENTH TO LOCALLY ONE HALF INCH AN
HOUR. ROADS WILL REMAIN QUITE SLICK AND DANGEROUS. ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS EMBEDDED IN THIS BAND OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL
LOCALLY ENHANCE AMOUNTS.

$$

Witner Update

Up to .05 to even .1 inch an hour of mostly Freezing Rain is expected in the a hour in heavier bursts.

Freezing rain is overspreading West KY from West of the Lakes and moving fast towards the rest of West KY. Sleet should mix in from Morganfield to Owensboro Kentucky Line northward.

This is start of a dangerous witner storm.

radar update

heaviest precip is in Far West Kentucky this will move into West KY and really crank up by about 10. Quick ice accumulations in the south will start. In the North it will be sleet or snow.

More radar updates after 9:15pm