It's unusual here in Kentucky to see six inches of snow in January but to
see 8-15 inches of snow in Louisville (Jefferson county) during the month of
March is indeed unheard of. Powerful low pressure system took an unusual
routh east of the Appalachian Mountains and brought a large amount of gulf
moisture with it. Thursday night consisted of heavy, wet snowfall with a
large swath of 4-6 inches. There was a lull in the storm until Friday
evening around 8PM when the area once again became saturated with moisture
and heavy snow started falling, during the second batch, it was much colder
and the snow piled up quickly. Strange event for this late in the winter,
especially considering we only average around 12 inches of snow/sleet per
year and 90 percent of that falls dec-feb.

Approximate Snowfall Totals as of 7PM EST

....AREA SNOW TOTALS FOR MARCH 7-8......OBSERVATION
STATIONS...LOCATION.............................SN OWFALL........TOTAL ON
THROUGH 7PM GROUND (INCHES)
(INCHES)LEXINGTON (OFFICIAL) 4.5 4LOUISVILLE
INTERNATIONAL (OFFICIAL) 10.4 10LOUISVILLE NWS OFFICE
14.4 10BOWLING GREEN (OFFICIAL) 5.0
5COUNTY........TOTALSOUTH CENTRAL INDIANADUBOIS 8ORANGE
9WASHINGTON 11SCOTT 12JEFFERSON 12CRAWFORD 10PERRY
7HARRISON 10FLOYD 10CLARK 11NORTH CENTRAL
KENTUCKYJEFFERSON SUBURBS VALLEY STATION 14, CRESCENT HILL 12
NORTHFIELD 12, HURSTBOURNE AREA 13, IROQUOIS PARK 13.OLDHAM 13TRIMBLE
10HENRY 10SHELBY 8SPENCER 7BULLITT 11HARDIN
12MEADE 14BRECKINRIDGE 11HANCOCK 8OHIO 8NELSON
8WASHINGTON 8LARUE 6MARION 5EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKYFRANKLIN
12SCOTT 9NICHOLAS 6FAYETTE 5WOODFORD 5MERCER
5JESSAMINE 6MADISON 5GARRARD 4BOYLE 4LINCOLN
4SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKYGRAYSON 10HART 4TAYLOR 6CASEY
2BUTLER 8EDMONSON 6BARREN 4METCALFE 3ADAIR
3RUSSELL 4WARREN 4SIMPSON 2ALLEN 4MONROE
4CUMBERLAND 2CLINTON 4

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