Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. Read More >

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.

Northern Monroe County
Courtesy of David Payne

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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


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

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