KENTUCKY PRESS NEWS SERVICE
The National Weather Service is monitoring an approaching storm that
could bring considerable amounts of ice, sleet and snow to southern
Indiana, southern Illinois, southeast Missouri and portions of western Kentucky along the Ohio River during the day on
Sunday and into Monday. A winter weather watch has been issued for the
effected areas from late Saturday night through Monday morning.
So far, the only portion of Kentucky that might be impacted lies along a
line from Paducah to Owensboro and includes Crittenden and Livingston counties. But the weather service emphasizes that
could change and more of Kentucky might fall under the approaching
storm's influence - depending on a number of weather variables.
The weather service is monitoring the situation and will update the forecast as the storm approaches.
The primary impact will be significant ice, snow and sleet accumulations. Other impacts include snow- and ice-covered roads resulting in extremely dangerous travel conditions. Ice accumulations on trees and power lines will likely cause tree damage as well as some power outages.
