Potentially More Snow Heading for the Tri-State
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.