Winter Storm — Allen, Kentucky

2021-02-17 to 2021-02-18 · Allen, Kentucky

Event narrative

Heavy snow of 3.5 to 4 inches fell across Allen County, KY.

Wider weather episode

The third winter storm in a little more than a week impacted central and eastern Kentucky on February 17-18, 2021. Arctic cold air had pushed far enough south and east by this point that this winter storm featured snow as the dominant precipitation type. Light snow begin during the early evening hours on the 17th. The second wave of this storm exited the region about 24 hours later during the evening of the 18th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 944644. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.