The Latest: Deepest snow in 20 years for Kentucky mountains

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) –  The National Weather Service in Kentucky predicts the storm hovering over the mountains will leave the deepest snow accumulations in some 20 years.

Tony Edwards, a meteorologist in Jackson, said six inches piled up in some mountainous counties in just two hours Friday morning. He said it will keep falling for 24 to 36 hours, leaving two feet of snow in some counties. The road to his office was already impassible Friday morning, and he expects to be stranded through the weekend.

Ron Steve, a meteorologist in Louisville, said a quarter-inch of ice already coated parts of central Kentucky, though the ice storm turned to snow before reaching treacherous levels.

A wide swath of the state between Campbellsville and Lexington could also see two feet of snow, leaving “travel impossible at times.”