Major Winter Storm Update

Heavy sleet mixed with freezing rain continues in the Cincinnati metro area.  While icing on trees and wires is minimal so far in western Cincinnati, heavy sleet is building up.  Piles of sleet are accumulating around houses where roof troughs are funneling the sleet onto the ground.  Do not be surprised to find deep piles of sleet in the morning.

Heavy snow appears likely for morning rush hour.  The storm will not wrap up until midday Wednesday.  Heavy precipitation will continue through the night.  A crippling ice storm is ongoing in parts of Kentucky and will likely be spreading into northeast Kentucky.  This storm is beginning to resemble the crippling Christmas storm of a few years ago.  Expect storm total snowfall in Cincinnati of 8 to 12 inches.

Remember that 1 inch of sleet has the same mass as 10 inches of snow and will be very heavy to move, as well as very difficult to clear from roadways.

Ron

 

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FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BROOKVILLE…VERSAILLES…
LAWRENCEBURG…HAMILTON…LEBANON…WILMINGTON…CINCINNATI
325 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2009

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST
WEDNESDAY…

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST
WEDNESDAY.

A MIX OF SNOW…SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING
RAIN THIS EVENING. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO
SNOW EARLY TOMORROW MORNING…AND THEN TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

TWO TO FOUR TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ALONG WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT.
ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY.

TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT WILL BE 8
TO 12 INCHES.

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