Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY.
* TIMING: FREEZING DRIZZLE COMBINED WITH FREEZING FOG ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. AT THE TIME OF THIS ISSUANCE TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING ARE BEING REPORTED GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FULTON TO PADUCAH TO MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY. HOWEVER... AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES THE FREEZING LINE IS EXPECTED TO MIGRATE SOUTH AND EAST TO THE SOUTHERN PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.
* MAIN IMPACT: THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS AND ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THAT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DETECT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.