Heavy Snow — Owsley, Kentucky

2025-01-19 to 2025-01-20 · Owsley, Kentucky

Event narrative

Heavy snow fell across Owsley County on January 19th and into the 20th. An early measured report of 2.0 inches was received from a county official near Lerose at 1000EST on the 19th. The final storm total was a measured 5.0 inches, reported at 700EST on the 20th by the CoCoRaHS observer located 3.6 miles east-northeast of Booneville.

Wider weather episode

A storm system moving up the coast on January 19th, 2025 transitioned rain to a widespread snow. A period of steady snow in the morning transitioned into more intense, scattered snow bands and squalls during the afternoon and evening before tapering off overnight. The storm produced a distinct northwest-to-southeast snowfall gradient, with accumulations ranging from 1 to 3 inches in the northwest to over 4 to 7 inches in the far southeastern counties, where persistent banding was enhanced by the terrain.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1283256. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.