KENTUCKY ( FOX 56 ) — The first winter storm of 2025 has knocked out power for some residents as it sweeps through the bluegrass.
This storm carried the potential for heavy snow accumulations, dangerously cold temperatures, and freezing rain.
Latest central Kentucky weather forecast
“A quarter of an inch is where you’re going to start to see lines being affected. A half inch of ice would add almost 300 pounds of weight to a typical span of power line,” Joe Arnold, with Kentucky Electric Cooperatives, said. “So imagine the 300-pound person hanging from your power line, and what can happen?”
According to the FOX 56 Weather Authority, central Kentucky could see up to three-quarters of an inch.
As of 6:30 p.m., portions of western Kentucky are already experiencing widespread outages, with 41,284 customers without power, according to PowerOutage.us .
- Ballard County: 435 power outages
- Butler County: 342 power outages
- Caldwell County: 857 power outages
- Christian County: 1285 power outages
- Crittenden County: 2354 power outages
- Grayson County: 740 power outages
- Hancock County: 361 power outages
- Hardin County: 2282 power outages
- Hart County: 738 power outages
- Henderson County: 4994 power outages
- Lincoln County: 237 power outages
- Livingston County: 1828 power outages
- Logan County: 1269 power outages
- Lyon County: 1336 power outages
- McCracken County: 1163 power outages
- Muhlenberg County: 897 power outages
- Rockcastle County: 763 power outages
- Todd County: 1175 power outages
- Union County: 1051 power outages
- Warren County: 12526 power outages
- Washington County: 242 power outages