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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS AND THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. ONCE
THE SNOW BEGINS TO FALL IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT
AND MUCH OF FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
6 INCHES EXPECTED. SOME HEAVIER BANDS ARE VERY LIKELY TO
DEVELOP...LEADING TO SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLY AS MUCH
AS 10 INCHES.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT...WHICH MAY CREATE PROBLEMS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
EVENING AND EVEN FOR THE EVENING DRIVE TIME IN PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME INTERSTATES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE INTERSTATES
24...55...AND 57...AS WELL AS THE PURCHASE PARKWAY IN KENTUCKY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

-Stay tuned to The Weather Authority for details!

 

Meteorologist Trent Okerson