Tuesday, February 4, 2014

WINTER STORM WARNING

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND MID-AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACTS: SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN INDIANA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM JASPER INDIANA TO MADISON INDIANA.

SOUTH OF THIS LINE...
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION TYPE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO AS MUCH AS ONE THIRD OF AN INCH.

THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE TRAVEL EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS THIS EVENING. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL ACCUMULATE ON TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. SHOULD SIGNIFICANT ICING OCCUR...POWER OUTAGES ARE A STRONG POSSIBILITY IN SOME AREAS.

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