What time will snow hit Central Kentucky on Friday? And how much will we get?
Well, Kentucky, we’ve made it through a week of snow, ice and more snow.
But now we have more on the way.
Kentucky remains under a winter storm warning until 7 a.m. on Saturday, with “heavy snow expected,” according to the National Weather Service.
Between 3 and 6 inches of snow are expected on Friday, with snow flurries beginning around 10 a.m. More substantial snowfall is expected to begin after noon, according to the National Weather Service. The snow will keep coming, with additional snow falling overnight. Ice is unlikely with this round of snow, making the expected impact less severe.
“I want to thank people for staying off the roads when we requested that to allow our first responders and our road crews to safely do their jobs, and if possible, I want you to continue that,” Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton said at a news conference Friday morning. “Thank you for your patience as we navigate this challenging weather.”
Gorton extended the snow emergency, which was originally declared earlier this week, to Monday, January 13. As part of that, the city’s Emergency Operations Center and public safety divisions will operate on 24-hour schedules through the weekend.
School districts around the state, including Fayette County, remain closed on Friday because of the weather.
Rob Allen, director of streets and roads in Lexington, said the city was continuing to follow the snow plan when clearing streets, in addition to streets that are part of school bus routes. The city has about 6,200 tons of salt on hand for the incoming weather.
Residents are asked to move their cars from the street and from snow emergency routes if possible, to allow plows and street crews to treat roads. Any parking citations received when a car is unable to be moved because of issues due to the winter weather will not be enforced, Gorton said. Residents can contact LexPark at 859-231-7275 to have a citation forgiven.
City crews are continuing to treat neighborhood roads, waste collection routes, and other roads in Lexington. They are pretreating high-priority roads with brine ahead of Friday’s snow, the city said in a news release.
“This is an unusual situation with the extended cold ice and multiple snow events,” Gorton said. “We’re using all our resources and available personnel, but we must concentrate on our busiest, most traveled roads. With more snow, this whole process starts all over again.”
The first storm system hit Jan. 5, bringing about 7 inches of snow and an inch of ice in Lexington. The storm knocked out power for more than 90,000 Kentuckians, according to PowerOutages.us.
As of Friday morning, that number was down to about 400. A state of emergency was declared in Kentucky and Lexington with the first round of storms. No declaration has been made yet for this round of snow.
This story was originally published January 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM.