A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...BEFORE FINALLY COMING TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 4 INCHES NEAR THE OHIO RIVER, TO AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE REGION OF WEST KENTUCKY.
TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA HAS ALREADY BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION MORE DANGEROUS...EVEN ALONG INTERSTATES 24 AND 69...AND THE PURCHASE...WEST KENTUCKY...AND PENNYRILE PARKWAYS.
TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.
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