Issued by The National Weather Service
Paducah, KY
12:19 pm CST, Mon., Feb. 8, 2010
... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* A POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE IN THE PLAINS STATES... AND WILL BE MOVING IN WITH ITS ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
* DRY AIR WEDGED ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO AND TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS WILL BE STUBBORN TO YIELD TO MOISTURE THAT WILL BE STARTING TO OVERRUN THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING HOWEVER... THE CONTINUED MOISTENING OF THE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN SHOULD RESULT IN WHAT WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL.
* STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE... ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE FROM HICKMAN KENTUCKY... NORTH AND EAST THROUGH MAYFIELD AND BENTON. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS IN THE 3 OT 4 INCH RANGE MIGHT OCCUR NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS... BUT ON AVERAGE AROUND 4 INCHES IS THE MAIN ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THREAT FOR THIS WARNING. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOULD BE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE WARNING ENDING BY MIDDAY TUESDAY.
* SNOWS TO 4 INCHES OR MORE WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION STRONG WINDS WILL COME IN LATER TUESDAY LASTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
