WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY

Winter Weather Advisory

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 326 AM EST THU FEB 21 2013 ...PERIOD OF WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY TONIGHT... .A WINTER STORM OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS IS FORECAST TO MOVE EASTWARD AND INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. WITH NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE NEAR FREEZING THIS EVENING...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. WARMER AIR WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH OVERNIGHT RESULTING IN THE MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO PLAIN RAIN BY THE TIME THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE BEGINS. INZ076>078-083-084-089>092-KYZ030-031-034-039-212100- /O.NEW.KLMK.WW.Y.0007.130221T2300Z-130222T0600Z/ ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN- HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-SHELBY KY- ANDERSON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...JASPER... MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE... LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...SHELBYVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG 326 AM EST THU FEB 21 2013 /226 AM CST THU FEB 21 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. INITIALLY THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. WARMER AIR IS FORECAST TO MOVE IN AFTER MIDNIGHT RESULTING IN THE FREEZING RAIN CHANGING BACK OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. * MAIN IMPACT: SOME ICING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED OBJECTS AND SLICK SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND UNTREATED ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.