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2:25pm--- conf call starts in 5 mins.
2:32pm--- they are running a bit late ;)
2:35pm-- call begins
2:36pm---upgrades coming to warnings.
2:36pm---main concern Hardin County to Lexington
2:37pm--- sleet and freezing rain the main precip types...
2:38pm--- NOT a repeat of 2009's ice storm...(I agree..not crippling)
2:39pm- advisories/warnings (still waiting on which counties) could be adjusted again later
2:40pm- WINTER STORM WARNING for Hardin/Grayson/Hardin/Larue/Nelson/Washington/Marion
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for Breckinridge/Meade/Jefferson (KY)/Bullitt/Spencer/Shelby/Oldham/Green/Taylor/Adair/Franklin
2:42pm--- in the WARNING area--- could see .50" of ice (mixed with sleet)
2:43pm--- in the ADVISORY area (along the river)-- lesser amounts of freezing rain..but more sleet/snow.
2:44pm--- snow amounts in the ADVISORY area along the area could be 1" (I would not rule out 2" however)
2:46pm---- JCPS asking about timing (obviously worried about morning commute)
2:48pm---- this should all end by 3/4am across the region.
2:49pm-- UK asking about the game tonight at RUPP and plans to make sure fans are safe there in Lexington.
2:56pm--- We could see warnings/advisories shifted upgraded/downgraded as this evolves.
2:58 pm-- power outages are possible..especially in the WARNING area
3:02pm--- we should warm above freezing by mid to late morning tomorrow but improvements may be slow with lack of sunshine.
3:03pm--- CALL ENDS.
What does it look like for Green Co. Is it going to get bad.
--- rain perhaps at first..then freezing rain. Some slick spots certainly. - BG
Posted by: Tracy Worner | January 15, 2013 at 02:42 PM
bg..just wondering looking at the radar trends in southern illinois and eastern missouri why southern indiana isent under any watch/warning..it seems to me that the storm is moving farther north then the models would predict
** NWS is monitoring southern IN carefully for advisories. Stay tuned. BG
Posted by: D | January 15, 2013 at 03:35 PM
How is it looking for Elizabethtown?
Posted by: D | January 15, 2013 at 03:58 PM