Louisville sees snowiest day since 1998, crews working on roads

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The city of Louisville is working to treat roads as a winter storm moves through the area on Sunday.

Louisville surpassed 9 inches of snow on Sunday, making it the third snowiest calendar day ever recorded in the month of January. It is the snowiest calendar day since Feb. 4, 1998, according to WDRB meteorologist Marc Weinberg.

Mayor Craig Greenberg said it takes about six hours to treat roads in Jefferson County and it takes 12 hours to plow roadways. Greenberg said the city's snow team started working at 6 a.m. on Sunday. The crews have been treating 110 snow routes in Jefferson County since about 6:30 a.m.

The team works in 12-hour shifts until the roads are cleared. Greenberg said at a 5 p.m. press conference that there is more than 250 miles of road to clear.

"Stay home if you don't need to be out," Greenberg said. "The bar should be very high for why you leave your home right now."

Greenberg said anyone involved in a minor or non-injury crash should report it online. There have been several accidents reported on Louisville roads

"I lived through a lot of things, the '74 tornado, the winter of '77, '78, '93, '94," said Kelly Jones, deputy director of Louisville Metro Emergency Services. "The one thing I learned, and I don't say it lightly, Louisvillians, if we take care of each other, we will always come out on the side and we come out ahead."

Jones encourages people to regularly check on pets during the winter storm.

TARC suspended services on Sunday due to the winter storm.

The start time for TARC fixed-route service on Monday will be delayed to 9 a.m. and will be on a reduced service level at first. TARC plans to provide additional updates in the morning.