The Saturday evening forecast showed us mercy but as we cruise into the evening hours of Sunday the chance of snow has reached 100% and with the temperatures falling below the freezing mark there is 1-3 inches of snow for us all to wake up to on Monday morning.

Read below for the National Weather Serivce hazardous outlook.

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...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM

CST MONDAY...

 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM

WARNING FOR SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS

EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO

LONGER IN EFFECT.

 

* TIMING...WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME LIKELY BY THIS EVENING

OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. ANY RAIN AT ONSET LATE TODAY SHOULD

TRANSITION TO SLEET THEN SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

 

* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...INCLUDING SOME SLEET...SHOULD RANGE FROM 3 TO

5 INCHES BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER TONIGHT.

 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE THE MAIN IMPACT.

CONDIDTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE QUITE HAZARDOUS DURING THE

MORNING COMMUTE ON MONDAY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS

GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH ON MONDAY MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND

DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...

SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO

POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

 

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