Our mild and uneventful winter is going to come crashing to a halt this evening and tomorrow.  We're celebrating Washington's Birthday with a Winter Storm Warning!  Here's the latest forecast from the National Weather Service,  And, brace yourselves, we could have a pretty significant snowfall. Some areas could see over a foot.

The National Weather Service
The National Weather Service
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WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6
PM CST MONDAY.

ACCUMULATIONS: HEAVY SNOWFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA
WITH 4-8 INCHES POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM
PERRYVILLE MISSOURI TO MARION ILLINOIS TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY AND
8-12 INCHES SOUTH OF THAT LINE. IN OUR REGION...HEAVY SNOWFALL
IS DEFINED AS 4 INCHES OR MORE IN 12 HOURS...OR 6 INCHES IN 24
HOURS.

TIMING: SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND
SOUTHWEST INDIANA STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. THE
STEADIEST AND HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND MIDDAY MONDAY. LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON...BUT WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST.

MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER TEENS TO LOWER 20S WILL CONTRIBUTE TO
  HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION
  TONIGHT AND MONDAY UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THE MONDAY
  MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE HEAVILY IMPACTED BY THIS SNOWSTORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS:

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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