Tuesday/Early Afternoon

WEATHER CODE: RED ***SIGNIFICANT ice storm likely***

STORM MODE CONTINUES: Updates throughout the day



We have a dangerous situation on our hands here. A significant ice storm is already in process across Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky. Sleet continues to fall across most of South Central Indiana, with snow across Central Indiana, and freezing rain/sleet across extreme Southern Indiana and Northern Kentucky.

The precipitation across the area is light to moderate with some heavier banding starting to develop. This precipitation is out ahead of the main low destined to push across Eastern Kentucky tonight. This is when the worst conditions will develop with heavy sleet and freezing rain across Kentuckiana.

My current thinking is ICE STORM conditions will develop just north of Louisville (10-60 miles) with the potential for 1 inch of ice from Salem, to Scottsburg, and northward from their into Seymour, North Vernon, and Bedford. If the precipitation stays mostly sleet, then power outages are NOT likely. If you go over to freezing rain...prepare to lose power. Gather flash lights, blankets etc...

For those of you in Louisville and Northern Kentucky. The temperatures looks to get around 30 or 31. Freezing rain will be a problem, but it may actually improve roads conditions a bit with temperatures hovering around freezing. We will still have to keep an eye on trees and powerlines across this area due to icing developing on elevated surfaces such as powerlines and tree limbs.

All in all this is a very dangerous situation. Precipitation extends all the way back into Northern Texas. This event will continue through the rest of tonight into tomorrow morning.

Precipitation will change back to snow later tonight with an additional 2-4 inches across Northern Kentucky and extreme Southern Indiana. Areas across Central and South Central Indiana including Seymour, Columbus, and Indianapolis will see 3-6 inches of snow with higher amounts possible.

More later...