Winter Storm Warning in effect

The National Storm Watch is upgraded to Warning:

...MINOR FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.SUB FREEZING AIR IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT COMBINED WITH ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET AS WELL AS LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE REGION.

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST

THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM

WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WHICH IS IN EFFECT

FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH

IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: RAIN SHOULD BEGIN CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN...

SLEET AND SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST STARTING EARLY

WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL PROGRESS

SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE CHANGEOVER TO SLEET AND

SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED TO OCCUR UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE OHIO RIVER. THE SNOW WILL THEN

TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* MAIN IMPACT: BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE

EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM FOUR TO SIX INCHES GENERALLY NORTH AND

WEST OF A LINE FROM MOUNT CARMEL ILLINOIS TO PERRYVILLE TO VAN

BUREN TO DONIPHAN MISSOURI. SOUTH AND EAST OF THAT LINE SIX TO

EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. AN EIGHT TO TEN INCH SWATH OF

SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE GENERALLY TWENTY-FIVE MILES EITHER SIDE OF

A LINE FROM NEW MADRID MISSOURI TO CALHOUN KENTUCKY. AS MUCH AS

ONE INCH OF SLEET MAY FALL PRIOR TO THE SNOW... PARTICULARLY

ACROSS WESTERN KENTUCKY AND FAR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

* OTHER IMPACTS: THIS MUCH SNOW AND SLEET WILL PRODUCE TREACHEROUS

CONDITIONS AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL ISSUES ACROSS THE

REGION. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. CONFIDENCE

IS HIGH IN THE OUTCOME OF THIS STORM SYSTEM SO MAKE PREPARATIONS

NOW. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENTS TO SNOWFALL

TOTALS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...

SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO

POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.