Flood Advisory and Winter Storm Warning

It is going to be a little messy out there today with falling temperatures and a variety of precipitation types by the end of the day.  We already reached our high temperature for the day at around midnight last night before a cold front moved through during the early morning hours.  Temperatures have been falling ever since the passage of that cold front and will be in the 30s by the afternoon.  Low temperatures will fall to right around 20° and possibly dip into the upper teens in some areas overnight.

Most of our region has already received over an inch of rain since midnight last night, and we will continue to see scattered showers throughout the day today.  Our entire area is under a Flood Advisory until 7:30pm CST, and many local rivers and creeks are under Flood Warnings.  A Flood Advisory means that river or stream flows are elevated or ponding of water in urban areas is occurring or is imminent.  If you come across a flooded roadway, do not attempt to cross it.  Just a few inches of water can carry a vehicle away.

The green indicates a Flood Advisory, the pink indicates a Winter Storm Warning.  The Bowling Green area is included in both.  Graphic courtesy of the National Weather Service.

The cold front that passed through our area has since stalled.  So, this system is going to makes its way out of here very slowly.  What makes this system interesting, and a little messy is that it is going to bring us more than just rain.  The rain that we will be seeing during the day today will begin to switch over to a rain/sleet mix late in the afternoon before switching over to all sleet during the early evening hours.  Then, it will switch to a snow/sleet mix before becoming all snow later tonight.  The snow will then continue through the overnight hours and into tomorrow morning.  Snow rates may be intense at times, which will limit visibility.  That combined with accumulations will make traveling dangerous.

Due to this messy mix of wintry precipitation, a Winter Storm Warning will go into effect for our area at 10:00am CST and remain in effect until noon tomorrow.  Sleet accumulations of 0.5-1.5” and snow accumulations of 3-6” are expected with higher amounts possible in some areas.  The exact timing of the changes in precipitation type and exact locations of heavier accumulations are difficult to forecast.  However, we will keep you updated as well as we can via Twitter and Facebook, and we will have an updated forecast here on the blog this evening.

Forecast:  Cloudy skies, a 100% chance of rain turning to sleet and then snow, highs near 52 with temperatures falling into the 30s by the afternoon, and winds out of the north at around 6-12 mph.

Thanks for reading, and stay safe out there!

-Arden Gregory