Western Kentucky and northern middle Tennessee remain under an ice storm warning until 6 p.m. and the region is feeling the impacts this morning with slick roads and many closures.
Forecaster David Humphrey with the National Weather Service in Paducah says while most of the significant precipitation has moved out of the area, light freezing rain will persist through the morning.
He says don’t expect much natural melting today—especially before noon.
Christian County Sheriff’s Sgt. Adam Vanderkolk reports most roads to be slick and hazardous and says stay home this morning if you can.
ECC reported all lanes of I-24 closed at the 86 mile-marker, the Fort Campbell Boulevard interchange, and westbound lanes were closed by jack-knifed tractor-trailers at the 73 and 76 mile-markers.
Dispatchers in Todd and Trigg County also reported hazardous driving conditions.
Christian, Todd, Trigg, Hopkins, Montgomery and Stewart County Schools are closed today, as is University Heights Academy, Heritage Christian Academy, Dawson Springs and Fort Campbell schools. Most of those schools will utilize non-traditional instruction.
Hopkinsville Community College is utilizing virtual instruction Thursday and Friday and Austin Peay and Murray State University are both using virtual instruction today.
Fort Campbell facilities are scheduled to open at noon, though that could change depending on weather conditions.
State, county and city road crews are out looking to clear and treat roadways and streets.
The only power outages being reported by Pennyrile Electric are in northern Logan County, though there was at least one outage earlier in the morning in Christian County that was quickly addressed.