Winter Storm Warning

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND DANGEROUSLY COLD TEMPERATURES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN BEFORE DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY AS A LIGHT WINTRY MIX. STEADY PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AFTER SUNRISE SUNDAY AND REMAIN MOSTLY A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW ALTHOUGH SOME LOCATIONS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL SEE ALL SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY AFTERNOON CHANGING PRECIPITATION OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND THEN TAPER OFF SUNDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT: SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN SOUTHERN INDIANA...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW LIKELY IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY FROM HARTFORD TO BEDFORD INCLUDING THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA. THESE TOTALS COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THE STORM. * OTHER IMPACTS: HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. SLICK ROADWAYS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY DURING THE HEAVY BANDS OF SNOW. AFTER THE SNOW ENDS SUNDAY NIGHT...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS NORTHWEST WINDS GUST UP TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO BY DAWN ON MONDAY. THE ASSOCIATED WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE IN THE -15 TO -30 DEGREE RANGE BY DAWN ON MONDAY. BE PREPARED FOR THIS DANGEROUS SHOT OF COLD AIR THAT WILL LAST AT LEAST UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. 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