Winter Weather Advisory in Effect for Parts of WBKR Listening Area

Is this a joke?  A big old nasty, slushy, snowy, cosmic joke?  The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the extreme northern parts of the tri-state and a Winter Weather Advisory for areas along the Ohio River.  The reason . . . Winter Storm Virgil.  That's the name The Weather Channel gave him, though I have a few other choice names we could christen him with!!  So how much snow can we expect? Here are the details on the Winter Weather Advisory and the areas it affects . . .

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
455 AM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013

ACCUMULATING SNOWS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE AREA TODAY INTO TONIGHT.

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VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-
MCLEAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...
MORGANFIELD...DIXON...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...CALHOUN
455 AM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
7 PM CDT MONDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PERIODS OF SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY.

* TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND BEGIN ACCUMULATING
  OVER SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST KENTUCKY LATER TODAY AND
  THIS EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY
  AND TONIGHT GENERALLY NORTH OF A MORGANFIELD TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY
  LINE. THOUGH MUCH OF THE SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
  LIMITED TO GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES...SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS
  MAY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...LIGHT SNOWS MAY CONTINUE OFF AND ON TONIGHT
  THROUGH MONDAY. ANY SNOW THAT OCCURS DURING THE NIGHT MAY CAUSE
  ADDITIONAL TRAVEL PROBLEMS...AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES FALL TO
  NEAR OR JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.