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ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN- SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY- TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY- SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY- ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY- FAYETTE KY- BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY- WASHINGTON KY- MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY- CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY- GARRARD KY-MADISON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM... SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER... MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE... HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG... BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM... LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON... SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE... SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT... GEORGETOWN... CYNTHIANA... TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG... VERSAILLES... LEXINGTON...PARIS... CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD... HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE... WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE... LEBANON... DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND 822 AM EST THU FEB 21 2008 /722 AM CST THU FEB 21 2008/
...ICE STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ FRIDAY...

THE ICE STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ FRIDAY.

FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE SOME SLEET AND A PERIOD OF SNOW INITIALLY...BUT THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE SHOULD BE FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATION COULD REACH ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH IF NOT MORE... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. EVEN THOUGH MANY ROAD SURFACES MAY HAVE BEEN TREATED...DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.

THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION OVER TO MAINLY LIGHT RAIN FRIDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE 32 DEGREES.

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS AT LEAST ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO GLAZE EXPOSED SURFACES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON TREES AND POWER LINES ALREADY STRESSED FROM THE LAST ICE... SLEET AND SNOW STORM COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES. REMEMBER...DO NOT APPROACH DOWNED POWER LINES. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED FROM LATE MORNING ON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.




The areas not included above are, to the south and east are in a freezing rain warning or advisory. Weather and travel could get very bad tonight.