URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1035 PM CST SUN JAN 9 2011 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ALONG THE GULF COAST THROUGH TONIGHT WILL CONTINUE TO COMBINE WITH VERY COLD ACROSS THE REGION TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND MUCH OF MISSISSIPPI.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF MODERATE SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD END ACROSS THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAY BREAK MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A CROSSETT ARKANSAS TO KOSCIUSKO MISSISSIPPI TO MACON LINE...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. THE ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE ON TREES COULD CAUSE LIMBS TO FALL OR SAG ONTO POWER LINES. ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME TREACHEROUS AND TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 20S WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND CHILLS IN THE MIDDLE TEENS. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN IMPROVING AFTER MIDDAY MONDAY BUT LOCATIONS WITH SNOW COVER WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE FREEZING MARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW OR ICING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OR ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
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