Snow overtakes region
Published 11:15 am Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Cory Wilkins and her 6-year-old son Griffin sled down Hospital Hill on Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Griffin Wilkins, 6, sleds down Hospital Hill on Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Snow quickly falls around the campus of Western Kentucky University on Tuesday night, Feb. 18, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Snow quickly falls around downtown Bowling Green on Tuesday night, Feb. 18, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Jacob Lyons of the Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Landscape Division shovels snow off the sidewalks around Fountain Square Park on Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Bowling Green City Works employees plow snow off the streets around downtown Bowling Green on Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Mike and Matt Jewell of Jewell Lawn and Landscape scatter salt around the parking lot of U. S. Bank in downtown Bowling Green on Tuesday night, Feb. 18, 2025, as snowfall begins to quickly accumulate. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Mike and Matt Jewell of Jewell Lawn and Landscape scatter salt around the parking lot of U. S. Bank in downtown Bowling Green on Tuesday night, Feb. 18, 2025, as snowfall begins to quickly accumulate. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Snow quickly falls around downtown Bowling Green on Tuesday night, Feb. 18, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Downtown Bowling Green resident Gary Heffelfinger scrapes snow and ice off the windows of his vehicle parked around Fountain Square Park on Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
Snow quickly falls around the campus of Western Kentucky University on Tuesday night, Feb. 18, 2025. GRACE MCDOWELL / DAILY NEWS
After being battered by weekend flooding, the region was blanketed by snow Tuesday night.
Multiple inches of snow fell over southcentral Kentucky overnight, creating dangerous driving conditions and forcing the closure of schools and government offices throughout the region.
A winter storm warning from the National Weather Service in effect for southcentral Kentucky was set to expire late Wednesday morning, only for the region to remain under a cold weather advisory through Thursday.
The NWS forecast a chance of snow showers for Wednesday night, with subzero wind chills possible on Thursday.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 3 said multiple crashes overnight occurred on Interstate 65 and crews continued to work in the morning to clear the snow off the roads.
“Many crashes and vehicle slide-offs from around the district have been reported since the winter weather system moved into the area,” the state transportation cabinet said Wednesday in a news release, which also urged drivers to expect slick conditions, give extra travel time and stick to the main routes.
Trooper Katan Parker, spokesman for Kentucky State Police Post 3, said Wednesday morning that troopers in Post 3 had responded to 33 traffic collisions and provided assistance to 17 motorists.
Parker said Wednesday morning that no injury collisions have been reported in Post 3’s coverage area due to the storm, and urged motorists to refrain from leaving vehicles unattended on the side of the road in order to allow for road crews to more effectively clear and maintain roadways.
Bowling Green city government offices were closed Wednesday and Warren County government offices delayed their opening to 10 a.m.
While city offices were closed, Bowling Green Public Works crews took to the streets, applying 319 tons of salt in a 20-hour period to improve road safety, according to a post Wednesday morning on the city’s official account on X.
In addition to the winter weather alerts, the NWS extended flood warnings for Green River affecting Warren, Butler, Edmonson and Hart counties into late Sunday evening, with the river expected to fall below flood stage on Sunday afternoon.
Warren County Emergency Management Director Ronnie Pearson said that workers are monitoring “a whole gamut of things” for any safety issues related to the winter weather or the receding floodwaters.
“A lot of the water is receding,” Pearson said. “We’ve still got several county roads that are covered and we’re still monitoring those. City, county and state highway road crews have been working diligently this morning and last night to open a lot of these roadways.”
Pearson urged motorists not to drive around barricades on roads where they remain.
Winter warming stations are in place at the Salvation Army, 400 W. Main Ave., and at The Capitol, 416 E. Main Ave., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and transportation is available to those stations by calling the Little Free Shuttle at (270) 781-4882, ext. 904 or the Warren County Sheriff’s Office at (270) 842-1633.
People in need of overnight shelter through Room in the Inn Bowling Green can check in from 5-8 p.m. nightly at the LifeNav Center, 423 W. Main Ave., with the Salvation Army accepting overflow.
