Severe ice storm photos

See photos of the central Kentucky ice storm here.  These were taken near Danville, KY.

Arborist Lary Hanks in Lexington reports that this ice storm was worse than the devestating storm of 1999.

The storm that was then wasn’t then was?

Last week we mentioned a large storm which could hit early this week.  By the weekend it became apparent that that storm would miss us.  So, why did we get a big storm on the day we said the storm would miss us?

The storm forecast last week actually moved off the Atlantic coast, missing most of the U.S..  Another weaker storm formed in our area and dumped the rather narrow but potent band of snow we saw Tuesday.  This storm was not foreseen very far in advance but accompanied the push of cold air which was originally expected to merge with the east coast storm.

Tuesday’s snowfall of 4.6 inches at my location, plus 1.0 inches overnight, brings my total snowfall since Jan. 1 to 21.2 inches.  Normal for an entire year in Cincinnati is about 23 inches, so if it’s seemed snowy this year…..!

Warmer weather and a chance of rain will be the rule next week.

Ron

Winter Storm Warning

Winter Storm Warning


URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
343 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009

.A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PUSH SLOWLY SOUTHEAST
ALONG THE OHIO RIVER THROUGH THIS EVENING.

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ060-070-077-040300-
/O.UPG.KILN.WW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090204T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KILN.WS.W.0004.090203T2043Z-090204T0300Z/
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-PREBLE-BUTLER-HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...EATON...HAMILTON...CINCINNATI
343 PM EST TUE FEB 3 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST
THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING ALONG
A NARROW AXIS FROM WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA DOWN INTO HAMILTON COUNTY
OHIO. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL RESULT IN STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES.
IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THIS
WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE SOURCE OF
WEATHER INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. ADDITIONAL DETAILS CAN
ALSO BE FOUND AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILN.

$$