Now let's travel across the state to western Kentucky, which saw ice, freezing temperatures and high winds.

Our Laura Rogers checks in with Trent Ackerson, chief meteorologist at SD Local six in Paducah.

What was the initial impact there in the Paducah area?

Yeah, we had a pretty messy mix of some sleet and then freezing rain that moved in Saturday overnight.

By the time folks are waking up on Sunday morning, we already had a fairly significant coating of ice on trees and power lines.

We ended up with about a quarter of an inch of ice total in the Paducah area.

For most western Kentucky, the biggest impacts developed during the daytime hours on Sunday.

Temperatures started to flirt with the freezing mark and warm up just slightly going into Sunday afternoon, which provided some relief for portions of our area, which we also had the gusty winds to deal with.

And so that actually led to a few scattered power outages across our area, really starting by about midday on Sunday.

When you talk about these really frigid temperatures below freezing, of course, that can be dangerous for people that are exposed to the elements for long periods of time.

Yeah, absolutely.

We have we saw temperatures dip below freezing here on Sunday night and they've yet to come back above freezing.

And you're right, that prolonged cold and that exposure to that for folks that may not have access to sufficient heat, that prolonged exposure can add up over time, especially for folks that have been dealing with some extended power outages.

That becomes a real concern.

It sure does.

And so do you know where they are with power outages now?

Has much of that been restored?

For most of extreme western Kentucky, those power outages have been restored.

We still have a few outages farther up the Ohio River toward places like Marion, Kentucky.

Crittendon County, over toward Union and Webster County, closer to the Henderson area.

But across the Paducah area, we are all good and we've been good since Sunday night.

All right.

Trent Christen, chief meteorologist for WP S.D., Local Six.

We sure appreciate your time and also all of the hard work, the tireless coverage and the keeping people informed as to the weather conditions.

Sure.

Absolutely.

Thank you.