Snowfall impacts morning commute; schools closed

On the heels of devastating weekend flooding throughout Kentucky, snowfall was impacting the Wednesday morning commute.

The National Weather Service in Jackson reported as of 9:19 a.m. Montgomery County had received 2-3 inches of snowfall overnight into this morning. Another inch to inch and a half of snowfall was expected today/tonight, the weather service said.

Montgomery County Schools were closed today, Wednesday, Feb. 19. It was a Non-Traditional Instruction Day.

To date, since Christmas break, Montgomery County Schools have utilized nine NTI days and one snow day. Not all days were missed due to snowfall, there have been some flooding issues.

Mt Sterling Mayor Al Botts told the Advocate at 10 a.m., "Our Public Works Dept. has been out since 4 a.m. this morning plowing and salting streets. Snow removal has been challenging because snow continues to fall. At this time, the streets look pretty good. However, we encourage the public to give themselves extra time for travel and to use caution when traveling today. "

Montgomery County Sheriff David Charles shared around 4 a.m. the morning commute would take longer as roads were snow covered and slick. “The very cold temperatures have reduced effectiveness of the salt that road crews are using. It’s 16 degrees with the windchill being 5. Please drive carefully.”

A release from the governor’s office Tuesday afternoon said that 2-7 inches or more accumulation of snow was expected across the entire state. 

Windchills Thursday are also forecast to be dangerously cold.

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