URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 243 PM CST WED JAN 20 2016 LOW PRESSURE SLIDING SOUTH OF OUR REGION WILL BRING MOISTURE NORTH INTO AN ALREADY COLD AIR MASS. THIS WILL LEAD TO A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE REGION. KYZ001>022-MOZ112-114-210445- /O.NEW.KPAH.WS.A.0002.160122T0000Z-160123T0600Z/ FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-LIVINGSTON- MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER- HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD- MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL... WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...MURRAY... MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...DIXON... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN... GREENVILLE...ELKTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID 243 PM CST WED JAN 20 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE WATCH INCLUDES ALL OF WEST KENTUCKY, AND NEW MADRID AND MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI * TIMING: A MIX OF SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THURSDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME ALL SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING, ENDING DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY COULD SEE A TENTH OR TWO OF ICE ACCUMULATION THURSDAY NIGHT, FOLLOWED BY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. THE REST OF KENTUCKY AND A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI COULD SEE LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY EVENING, FOLLOWED BY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES BY THURSDAY EVENING WILL LEAD TO QUICK ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SNOW. TRAVEL WILL QUICKLY BECOME DANGEROUS. ALSO, WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY COULD CAUSE VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS WHERE HEAVIER SNOW IS FALLING. * ICE AND SNOW AMOUNTS COULD BE AFFECTED IF THE TRACK OF LOW SHIFTS FROM THE CURRENT FORECAST, SO STAY TUNED TO FURTHER UPDATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT WOULD GREATLY IMPACT TRAVEL. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. THIS WATCH WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING IF WINTER STORM CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN.
