...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT 8 AM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CST/ WEDNESDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING:LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS EVENING. THE INTENSITY WILL PICK UP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT: A NARROW SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ORIENTED BAND OF A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS IS FORECAST FROM WEST OF THE BOWLING GREEN AREA UP THROUGH THE LEXINGTON METRO AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ELIZABETHTOWN...BARDSTOWN...LEXINGTON...AND HARRODSBURG.
THE HEAVIEST BAND OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION MAY SHIFT NORTH OR
SOUTH OF ITS CURRENT FORECAST POSITION...DEPENDING ON SUBTLE
CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES AT AND JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.
