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March 2008
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A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for Friday and Saturday for counties along the Ohio River in both Kentucky and southern Indiana. These counties are: Jefferson, Scott, Washington, Orange, Dubois, Perry, Crawford, Harrison, Clark and Floyd Counties in Indiana. And in Kentucky: Trimble, Henry, Oldham, Jefferson, Meade and Breckinridge Counties. The rest of southern Indiana is under a Winter Storm Watch for Friday and Saturday and the rest of central and southern Kentucky is also under a Winter Storm Watch from late Friday into Saturday. No matter where you are, you will be feeling the effects of this latest winter storm. Snow mixed with sleet and rain will start developing in the area after 5 Friday morning. This area will expand to include all of Kentuckiana by mid morning. Precipitation will be mostly a heavy wet snow for southern Indiana and the northern counties of Kentucky, although a little sleet and rain may also mix in during the day. Through central and southern Kentucky, precipitation will likely be mostly rain, mixed at times with a little sleet and snow. Driving conditions will be the worst across southern Indiana and northern Kentucky during the day Friday but we’re hoping that the main roads will remain slushy to wet during the daylight hours. By late in the day Friday, colder air will move in from the northwest changing all precipitation into snow. This snow will continue into Friday night and end Saturday morning with additional accumulation. It will be from Friday evening through Saturday morning that we’ll experience the worst driving conditions as temperatures fall into the low to mid 20’s. I would not recommend travel Friday during this time. Total snow accumulations are still up for some debate but nearly everybody is thinking that the heaviest snowfall totals will end up on either side of the Ohio River. So figure two counties deep on each side of the Ohio will receive 4 to 8 inches of snow. Surrounding that band and for the rest of our area will be a snow band of 1 to 4” which will include central Indiana and central and southern Kentucky. See, I told you nobody will escape this one. It will remain cold and dry on Sunday, cool and dry on Monday and warm back to and above normal for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week. What snow will fall won’t last long. 7 CommentsLeave a comment |
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Yo Frankster!
I will be absolutely honest with you. I can't say for sure whether our current weather pattern resembles that of 1937 but our weather the past few months has not. The flooding of 1937 came about by over 19 inches of rain that fell on top of frozen and snowy ground in January 1937. Is flooding a possibility this spring? Absolutely, the ground is saturated and any prolonged heavy rain event could casue some serious flooding. The same as 1937? I would say no.
One of my co-workers said our weather pattern matches what led up to the 1937 flood. Is this true?
Hi Erika and Cori,
The snowstorm of 1994 became the largest snowfall in this city's history until the snowstorm of 1998. In 1994, over 16 inches of snow fell eclipsing the old record set back in 1978. The snow was followed by our coldest temperature ever recorded dropping to 22 below zero. However, there was no significant wind with that storm. Then in 1998, 3 straight days of snow gave us a grand total of 22 inches, a new record. But again this storm did not attain blizzard status as there was no arctic air associated with it or strong winds.
did you say on the news earlier today that the biggest snow here in Louisville was in Feb 1998 and not in 1994?
Now what about the snowstorm that shut down the city in the 90's...was that not a blizzard???
Hi Denise,
No, this storm doesn't quite measure up to a blizzard as it won't be cold enough or windy enough for that classification. Winds should be gusting at least to 35 mph along with temperatures falling into the teens to have a true blizzard. We'll experience temperatures falling into the 20's with winds gusting to around 20 mph. The last true blizzard we had here was back in 1978. It's true...we're due.
I heard people saying today that this snow Storm could become a Blizzard . Is that possible ?