Weather Update: 10am-Thursday, January 21, 2016

DEM Blogger

January 21, 2016

The Division of Emergency Management is currently working on the details of our monitoring and potential response to the upcoming snow event.

Snow will start falling in Fayette County in the early morning hours, with the heaviest snowfall between 8am Friday and 8am Saturday. Snowfall totals could be as much as 14 inches.

Here’s the latest briefing from the National Weather Service

The Division of Emergency Management encourages residents to be prepared for the snow event. Power outages are a possibility. It is likely that roads will be impassible for a time, so residents should be prepared to stay home for 24 to 48 hours.

Here’s good information on how you should be prepared for the snow event.

A recent television report on emergency management preparedness