Winter weather advisory | Weather

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DAVIESS COUNTY UNTIL 2 AM WENDESDAY.  

LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET WILL MOVE NORTH FROM TENNESSEE AND INTO SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY INTO AND THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION COULD ALSO BEGIN BRIEFLY AS LIGHT RAIN WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE FREEZING. AFTER NIGHTFALL AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING HOURS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT BUT WILL TURN TO A PREDOMINANT ICY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY SOUTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM CLINTON TO CADIZ TO MADISONVILLE. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE PROBABLE NORTH OF THIS LINE.

IF TRAVELING FROM WORK OR SCHOOL...BE PREPARED FOR NUMEROUS SLICK AREAS...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND UNTREATED ROADS. CONDITIONS COULD WORSEN QUICKLY AS DARKNESS APPROACHES AND ESPECIALLY WITH NIGHTFALL. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO NEAR 30. TREES AND POWER LINES MAY ALSO RECEIVE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE WITH THIS SYSTEM.