By WILL PERKINS
Glasgow News 1
Although some snow and ice melted overnight, below-freezing temperatures are expected to stick around.
“Very cold air will sweep in tonight and persist through the rest of the week,” states a Monday morning report from the National Weather Service in Louisville. “Highs each day will be below freezing, with lows in the single digits across much of the area Wednesday morning through Friday morning.
“Winds gusting to 20-25 mph may cause ice covered limbs to fall.”
While the weather service currently predicts a mostly cloudy afternoon and evening, Barren County is still under a Winter Storm Warning until 6 p.m. Monday, which may have an impact on roads, with bridges and overpasses having a higher chance of being “slick and hazardous.”
Several vehicles wrecked in the area on Sunday as Glasgow-Barren County Emergency Management reported on social media that road conditions were becoming “white covered and hazardous.”
“We have had several vehicles slide off the road and an accident on the parkway,” the Sunday post stated. “Please stay home if you can.”
The Glasgow Police Department responded to a non-injury wreck Sunday morning around Exit 8 on the Cumberland Parkway.
“Please use extreme caution if you must travel,” the GPD stated on social media. “The roads are slick and hazardous.”
The Glasgow Police Department respond to an overturned vehicle Sunday morning around Exit 8 on the Cumberland Parkway. Photo courtesy of GPD Officer Trey Wyatt.
A Kentucky State Police cruiser was hit on Sunday on I-65 in Hart County. Photo courtesy of KSP
A Kentucky State Police cruiser was hit on Sunday on I-65 in Hart County, according to a KSP press release. KSP Trooper Landon Key had finished working a collision when his cruiser was rear-ended.
Key was transported to T.J. Samson Community Hospital in Glasgow where he was treated for his injuries and released, the press release stated. KSP has been experiencing “an increase in collisions due to the weather conditions,” having received calls about 49 non-injury and five injury collisions on Sunday at the time of the release.
Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency Saturday evening ahead of the winter storm. He gave an update Monday.
“The good news is we are not aware of any major injuries thus far,” Beshear stated in a press release. “We also haven’t had any reports that we’ve lost anybody right now.”
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet crew members work to clear roads Monday morning. Photo courtesy of KYTC District 3
