(12-11-10) Winter Weather Advisory Issued

As expected, the Louisville National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Dubois County and all the Louisville NWS area. The Paducah office has chosen to issue just a statement rather than an advisory.

The text of Advisory in effect for Dubois County is below:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
301 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010

...PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL FALL QUICKLY...CHANGING
THE RAIN OVER TO A WINTRY MIX AND FINALLY TO SNOW BY SUNDAY
MORNING. THERE WILL THEN BE A BRIEF BREAK IN PRECIPITATION BEFORE
MOISTURE FILTERS BACK IN FROM THE NORTH AND WEST. PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.
ADDITIONALLY...WINDS WILL PICK UP SUNDAY MORNING WITH GUSTY WINDS
CAUSING BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS.

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ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
301 PM EST SAT DEC 11 2010 /201 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/
SUNDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ SUNDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ MONDAY.

* TIMING: AS COLD AIR FILTERS IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT
RAIN WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 7AM
AND NOON EST SUNDAY MORNING AS DRYING MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
SNOW CHANCES WILL INCREASE AREA WIDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING AS PRECIPITATION WRAPS AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM.

* MAIN IMPACT: LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO HALF AN INCH WILL
BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES
OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. THIS
WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW WHICH MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES
CAUSING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.

* OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY BEHIND THE FRONT
TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION
CHANGES TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION ANY WATER REMAINING
ON AREA ROADS OVERNIGHT COULD FREEZE FORMING BLACK ICE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.