1070521

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{
  "beginDate": "2023-01-30T23:00:00Z",
  "beginLatitude": null,
  "beginLongitude": null,
  "countyOrZone": "CHRISTIAN",
  "damageCrops": 0,
  "damageProperty": 0,
  "deaths": 0,
  "endDate": "2023-01-31T10:00:00Z",
  "endLatitude": null,
  "endLongitude": null,
  "episodeNarrative": "A winter storm consisting primarily of sleet impacted western Kentucky during the night of January 30th. The precipitation moved out during the early morning of the 31st. The precipitation fell quite heavily as soon as it started, and temperatures were well below freezing, so roads quickly became covered with sleet. The sleet compacted down to an icy coating, making for dangerous travel conditions. For the next few days that followed the storm, many secondary roads were ice-covered as temperatures remained well below freezing through the morning of February 2nd. There were numerous vehicle slide-offs and some accidents. Schools were cancelled in most counties from January 30th through February 2nd. The heaviest sleet accumulations occurred along and north of a line from Madisonville to Paducah, where there was one-half to one inch of sleet. A light glaze of icing also accompanied the sleet in many areas. The wintry precipitation was lighter to the south. There was one-quarter to one-half inch of sleet in the Tennessee border counties, including the cities of Hopkinsville, Murray, and Fulton. Two persons were injured in a one-vehicle crash on Interstate 24 in western Christian County near the Trigg County line. At least five state highway department trucks slid off the roads while spreading salt. In Marshall County, Interstate 69 southbound was closed after a pileup involving 15 cars and 3 semis. A multi-vehicle pileup on Interstate 24 over the Cumberland River closed the eastbound lanes in parts of Lyon and Livingston Counties on the morning of February 1. A few secondary roads that were ice-covered were closed until they became passable. Four people were injured in a crash involving an overturned car on a secondary road in Trigg County. In Christian County, a semi driver was injured when the semi jackknifed on Interstate 24 at exit 86. Local hospitals reported a number of injuries due to people slipping and falling on ice. Arctic high pressure over the central Plains pumped low-level cold air into the region on brisk northeast winds. At the same time, a southwest wind flow at 500 mb brought a moist air mass emanating from the sub-tropical Pacific.",
  "eventId": "1070521",
  "eventNarrative": null,
  "eventType": "Winter Weather",
  "eventTypeId": "winter-weather",
  "floodCause": null,
  "injuries": 3,
  "magnitude": null,
  "magnitudeType": null,
  "source": "Trained Spotter",
  "state": "KENTUCKY",
  "tornadoFScale": null
}

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