Winter Storm — Ohio, Kentucky

2014-02-02 to 2014-02-03 · Ohio, Kentucky

Event narrative

A mix of sleet, snow and freezing rain severely affected traffic during the overnight period across Ohio County. In Hartford, 2.5 inches of sleet and snow accumulated. During the evening hours, a man was killed when his vehicle was hit by a snowplow during poor visibility. The collision occurred at the intersection of State Highway 231 South and Lee Drive.

Wider weather episode

Broad southwesterly mid-level flow brought a disturbance that crossed the Tennessee Valley during the evening of the 2nd of February. Earlier on the 2nd, a cold front had moved into Tennessee and temperatures across central Kentucky had fallen into the mid 30s. By late afternoon, a widespread rain snow mix began to move northeast along the Ohio River across western Kentucky as moisture began overrunning a surface boundary. This mixed precipitation changed to snow along the Ohio River by early evening. Overnight into early Monday, a thin swath of heavy snow developed, spreading from 4 to 7 inches across northern Kentucky along the Ohio River and across the northern Bluegrass.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 486385. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.