Don't put the snow shovel away just yet, it looks like Mother Nature has at least one more frosty punch to deliver.

The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued both a Special Weather Statement and a Hazardous Weather Outlook for the entire Tri-State area that calls for another strong cold front to make its way into our area Tuesday night that will cause temperatures to drop quickly, and the forecasted rain fall for the area to change over to sleet then finally snow early Wednesday morning throughout the day Wednesday.

The exact Special Weather Statement from the National Weather Service is as follows:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

425 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-

100-107>112-114-022130-

JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-

WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-

HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-

WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-

LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-

UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-

MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-

RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...

MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...

CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...

JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...

MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...

EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...

BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...

MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...

DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...

CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...

CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...

BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID

425 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE MID WEEK...

ANOTHER WINTER STORM POSES THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW

ACCUMULATIONS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT

WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. IN ITS

WAKE...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY DROP BELOW FREEZING EARLY

WEDNESDAY.

AS THE COLD AIR RUSHES IN BEHIND THE FRONT...RAIN IS FORECAST TO

CHANGE OVER TO A PERIOD OF SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO SNOW

WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THE PRECIPITATION

SHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW ACROSS ALL BUT SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF

WESTERN KENTUCKY...WHERE THE TRANSITION FROM SLEET TO SNOW MAY

NOT OCCUR UNTIL AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO TAPER OFF FROM

NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

LESS THAN IDEAL CONFIDENCE IN A DAY 3 EVENT PRECLUDES AN EXACT

FORECAST OF SNOW AMOUNTS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS

GROWING THAT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW MAY RESULT IN POTENTIALLY

SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS ALL OR PART OF THE QUAD

STATE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CONTINUE TO MONITOR

LATER FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT.

Here's their Hazardous Weather Outlook in its entirety:

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

437 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015

 

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-

100-107>112-114-031100-

JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-

WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-

HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-

WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-

LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-

UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-

MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-

RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-

437 AM CST MON MAR 2 2015

 

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN

ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST

MISSOURI.

 

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

 

AS LIGHT RAIN SPREADS ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION LATE TONIGHT...

IT MAY BEGIN AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN FOR 2 OR 3 HOURS ACROSS

SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS NORTH

OF ROUTE 13. IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINOR AT THIS TIME.

 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

 

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST

TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS FORECAST TO FALL

ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. SOME FLOODING ISSUES MAY RESULT

FROM THE COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT AND THE HEAVY RAINS...ESPECIALLY

WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

 

THE RAIN IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO SLEET AND EVENTUALLY SNOW ON

WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS MUCH COLDER AIR RUSHES IN

BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. WHILE FAR FROM CERTAIN...MODERATE TO

HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OR PART OF THE

QUAD STATE REGION. PLEASE REFER TO THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR MORE DETAILS.

 

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

 

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE

ACCUMULATIONS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED IMPACTS THROUGH MID WEEK.

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