Windy Thursday

Wind gusts at or above 40MPH possible for Western KY today. A wind advisory may be required.

Windy Thursday

Wind gusts at or above 40MPH possible for Western KY today. A wind advisory may be required.

Earthquake in SE MO

Breaking News: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usb000834r.php
A 4.0 Earthquake just occurred near East Prairie Missouri which is just about 15-20 miles just west of Columbus KY in Hickman County.

Update on the light snow

Looking at around 1 inch of snow in Western KY from Fulton to Dawson Springs to Livermore line southward. 1 to locally 1.5-2 from Dover to Clarksville down towards Nashville TN.

Latest Update

http://wxcaster4.com/nam/CONUS1_ETA212_SFC_ACCUMSNOWFALL-KUCHERA_48HR.gif
Here is the latest NAM it appears to be an outlier, but it has trended further north compared to other models with the snow. This will go down to the wire still best areas for measurable snow are along the TN/KY border and the Green River from Calhoun southward.

Overview

- 50's today
- Concern over a system tonight but the worst impacts should be to the east of Western KY.
- Some light snow accumulations from Murray to Greenville KY southward of around 1 inch are possible.
- Warming trend nexr week

There is a model one that shows winter goodness for the KY/TN border area this weekend. This will likely be either a total miss or a big hit.

Update

Measurable snow has been reported in SE MO. Uncertain on how much measurable snow and sleet Western KY will get the best chances will be closer to the Ohio River. Watch out for hazardous conditions on bridges and overpasses tonight.

- The winter precip will end by 6am and temperatures will warm up so kids do your homework.

Winter WX possible

Winter WX Advisory precipitation amount is unknown but 1+ inch snow/sleet accumulation is possible especially towards the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

Update

Winter threat is trending downwards. Still time for a surprise the biggest trouble spots look to be the Purchase areas and along the Ohio River.

Winter event

A winter event is still on tap for Western KY. 1 to 2 inches of snow/sleet is expected as of now with a Winter Weather Advisory likely, before ending as rain early Tuesday and ending. Higher amounts of snow and sleet could occur if snow and sleet stays the dominant precipitation type. Timing of the main event appears to be 2-4pm in far Western KY and 4:30-6:30pm towards the Oak Grove/Elkton/Guthrie KY area.

Look at Monday

A possible winter mess on Monday and Monday night before changing to rain and clearing out by Valentine's day. More details later today.

Quick morning update

Travel hazards are expected and continuing across US 45 corridor westward due to slick roads and light snow accumulation be careful in that area.

A Brrr type of day

Beware of black ice on bridges and overpasses and wind chills into the single digits today a brrr type of day.

Earthquake land

Today is the 200th anniversary of the last and most destructive earthquake in the 1811-1812 New Madrid Earthquake Sequence.

Thought I posted this yesterday

Thought I posted this yesterday but I didnt

The Super Tuesday Outbreak of Feb 2008 occurred 4 years ago today.

5 Tornadoes hit the Western KY area on the evening of 2/5/2008. One supercell produced EF-1 damage in Pottersville(Calloway County.EF-1), near Canton(Trigg County EF-1), near Cadiz(Trigg County EF1), in Northern Christian(Crofton EF2) and Sadly a deadly tornado in the Greenville,Powderly,Central City KY area(Muhlenberg County EF3)

Fog in NW and far Western KY

http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=KYZ016&warncounty=KYC107&firewxzone=KYZ016&local_place1=Earlington+KY&product1=Special+Weather+Statement
Patchy fog to freezing fog across far Western and Northwestern KY today.

Rain chances

Warm weather and a chance of rain tomorrow. Rain amounts not a lot but some rain.

Bridge update

http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/local/Transportation-Cabinet-discusses-bridge-section-collapse-detours-138191719.html

Discussion of the bridge collapse.

Bridge Collapse

Eggner Ferry Bridge has collapsed east of Aurora KY(far southeastern Marshall County). This is the bridge that separates the LBL/Turkey Bay/Camp Energy campground from Aurora KY.

http://www.weatherobservatory.com/scanner-feed.htm
A bridge collapse has occurred in Marshall County. More details on the live scanner here.

Unsure about whether anyone has fallen into the water.

Brief tornadoes and wind

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=pah&storyid=78068&source=0

Brief tornadoes, widespread wind damage, and even a good sized hail storm occurred during the overnight hours of Sunday Night into Monday morning.

Northern lights possible.

Minor problems with cell phones and spotting of the northern lights possible as far south as Middle TN tonight. Once it gets completely dark.

Solar storm

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=pah&storyid=78009&source=0

EF1 Tornado last night in Calloway County

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=pah&storyid=78068&source=0

About last night

Scattered wind reports across Western KY last night. Two areas of structural damage one southeast of Murray and in Daviess County. Survey's may be needed to determine if higher wind occurred, or even a brief tornado in those areas.

Update

Update: Storms should move into far Western KY in the next hour or two. Damaging winds appear likely a few tornadoes will also be possible. Think the worst tornado threat stays just to the south of the area, but still a threat. Western Middle TN may have a slightly greater tornado threat than Western KY. Damaging winds will be the main threat.

Link factory

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?stid=21
http://tristatehomepage.com/
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/
http://www.newschannel5.com/
http://www.wsmv.com/category/208528/news
http://www.wkrn.com/
Some important links for tonight's event. Remember NOAA WX Radio and news/radio stations give you the warnings faster than anyone else.