Event narrative (NOAA)
A member of the public reported that 2.5 inches of snow had fallen in Oneida as of 930 am on the 16th. By 1122 am, Burning Springs had picked up 4 inches of snow in about five hours. Five inches of snow was reported in Oneida as of noon on this day. By storms end, the entire county had received 5 to 10 inches of snow. The highest observed snow fall amounts were out of Manchester and Oneida where 9 and 10 inches fell respectively. A woman died of hypothermia after becoming lost in the woods in the Wagon Fork Road area just prior to the snowfall beginning.
Other notable winter storm events in Kentucky
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.