WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1PM WEDNESDAY TO 1PM THURSDAY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
256 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA...

.MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. AT THIS TIME...PLAN ON SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA TO CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

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070>072-041000-
/O.UPG.KLMK.WS.A.0003.150304T1200Z-150305T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KLMK.WS.W.0003.150304T1800Z-150305T1800Z/
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN
256 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015 /156 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/
WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST
/NOON CST/ WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BECOMING
  HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. SNOW ENDS THURSDAY
  MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH
  CENTRAL KENTUCKY. 5 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
  ALSO SOUTHERN KENTUCKY. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

* MAIN IMPACT: MAJOR TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. PLAN ON SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
  DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SNOW RATES MAY BE
  INTENSE...RESULTING IN RAPID ACCUMULATIONS.

* OTHER IMPACTS: NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW COULD RESULT IN
  SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND DOWNED TREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS...TRAVEL ONLY IF NECESSARY. SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR.

TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS WITH SOME ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE.
HAVE AN EMERGENCY KIT OF BLANKETS...FOOD...WATER AND FLASHLIGHTS
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

&&

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