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Saturday, March 01, 2014

Lovely

From the National Weather Service:
Sent: 14:14 EST on 03-01-2014
Effective: 14:14 EST on 03-01-2014
Expires: 13:00 EST on 03-03-2014

Event: Winter Storm Warning

Alert: ...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE OHIO VALLEY SUNDAY AND MONDAY......WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ MONDAY...

* TIMING: MID-MORNING SUNDAY THROUGH MID-DAY MONDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: THREE TO SIX INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ALONG WITH A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS AT TIMES. TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

* OTHER IMPACTS: GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF UP TO 30 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND WORSEN TREE DAMAGE.

Instructions: TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS WITH SOME ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE. HAVE AN EMERGENCY KIT OF BLANKETS...FOOD...WATER AND FLASHLIGHTS IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

Target Area: Anderson, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Clark, Edmonson, Fayette, Franklin, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Hart, Henry, Jefferson, Jessamine, Larue, Marion, Meade, Mercer, Nelson. Nicholas, Ohio, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Washington, Woodford

Forecast Office: NWS Louisville (Central Kentucky)
Keep safe out there. I'm mostly prepared, although I need to go out tomorrow morning for toilet paper just in case. We've cancelled the game so Brenda and I won't be trying to make it home in freezing rain. Monday's commute should be positively wonderful. And mind you, today was in the 50s. Temperatures are expected to plummet to lows in the single digits and highs in the 20s. Not fun. They're already reaching out to the homeless to get them in during the cold, and doing what they can with the roads, although with the rain coming first, that means pre-treating is practically useless, I think. I hope this is winter's last hurrah.

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