Overview
A storm system moving east through the Gulf states brought wintry precipitation to southern Kentucky December 8-9, 2018. Many locations over southern Kentucky experienced a wintry mix with the predominant precipitation type being freezing rain during the evening of the 8th and continuing into the morning of the 9th. By sunrise many locations saw 0.1"-0.25" of ice accumulation on elevated surfaces such as trees and powerlines. Some power outages occurred as well (around 2,000-3,000 without power during the peak of the event). Temperatures warmed above freezing by around Noon in southern Kentucky causing most of the ice to melt. |
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Ice
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Photos
Southern Bowling Green, KY Courtesy of Megan Schargorodski |
Southern Bowling Green, KY Courtesy of Megan Schargorodski |
Southern Bowling Green, KY Courtesy of Megan Schargorodski |
Southern Bowling Green, KY Courtesy of WxOrNotBG |
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Southern Bowling Green, KY Courtesy of WxOrNotBG |
Franklin, KY Courtesy of Shannon Hoffman |
Scottsville, KY Courtesy of Jeremy Byrn |
Scottsville, KY Courtesy of Jeremy Byrn |
Storm Reports
...FREEZING RAIN REPORTS (ICE ACCUMULATION)... LOCATION AMOUNT TIME/DATE LAT/LON ...KENTUCKY... ...ALLEN COUNTY... SCOTTSVILLE 0.28 IN 1130 AM 12/09 36.75N/86.20W SCOTTSVILLE 0.20 IN 0925 AM 12/09 36.75N/86.20W ...BARREN COUNTY... TEMPLE HILL 0.25 IN 1212 PM 12/09 36.88N/85.83W ...LOGAN COUNTY... 1 E RUSSELLVILLE 0.06 IN 0819 AM 12/09 36.84N/86.87W ...METCALFE COUNTY... EDMONTON 0.10 IN 0645 AM 12/09 36.98N/85.62W ...MONROE COUNTY... 1 ENE ROCKBRIDGE 0.10 IN 0800 AM 12/09 36.79N/85.65W ...RUSSELL COUNTY... 5 NNE RUSSELL SPRINGS 0.25 IN 1000 AM 12/09 37.11N/85.05W ...SIMPSON COUNTY... GOLD CITY 0.25 IN 0815 AM 12/09 36.75N/86.45W ...WARREN COUNTY... 3 S BOWLING GREEN 0.10 IN 0839 AM 12/09 36.93N/86.44W
KY Mesonet
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