Spec. WX Stmt - Jan 9, 2011 1:05pm

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
105 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011

...CONDITIONS VERY HAZARDOUS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...EXTREME 
NORTHEAST LOUIAIANA AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI BETWEEN INTERSTATE 20 
AND US HIGHWAY 82...

AT 1 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE BAND 
OF SNOW AND SLEET...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN...ACROSS MUCH OF 
SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...EXTREME NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND NORTHERN AND 
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH OF A LINE FROM BASTROP...TO 
KOSCIUSKO...TO JUST NORTH OF MERIDIAN. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING 
SLOWLY NORTH. 

ROAD CONDITIONS ARE REPORTED AS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS FROM THE 
ARKLAMISS DELTA EAST AND SOUTHEAST ALONG THIS BAND OF WINTRY 
PRECIPITATION. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION IN THE ARKLAMISS DELTA IS 
FALLING AS SNOW AND SLEET...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION HAS 
ALREADY OCCURRED IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. AREAS FARTHER 
SOUTHEAST INTO EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ARE REPORTING A MIXTURE OF 
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH ICY ROADS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND 
OVERPASSES. SOME ICING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON BRIDGES ON INTERSTATE 20 
BETWEEN JACKSON AND MERIDIAN. 

PERSISTENT SLEET...SNOW AND SOME FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FOR 
MUCH OF THE DAY OVER THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. THIS INCLUDES THE 
GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD... KOSCIUSKO...AND YAZOO CITY AREAS...THIS 
PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGION THIS 
AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE 
EVENING...AND ANY TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.

MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOVING INTO THE REGION FROM WEST 
AND SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE JACKSON 
AND VICKSBURG AREAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN DETERIORATING TRAVEL 
CONDITIONS. OVER SOUTH MISSISSIPPI ALONG AND SOUTH OF US HIGHWAY 
84... TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY ABOVE FREEZING...BUT A MIXTURE OF 
SLEET AND RAIN IS MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN 
TO FALL AND SLICK SPOTS MAY BEGIN TO DEVELOP ON BRIDGES AND 
OVERPASSES. 

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