Watches, Warnings & Advisories for Sunflower Co.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Winter Weather for Wednesday & Thursday

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
345 PM CST TUE FEB 8 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. WINTER STORM WATCH
IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR MUCH OF
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...

.A DEEP COLD AIR MASS WILL BE IN PLACE AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVES ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS
WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR MUCH OF
THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF A WINNSOBORO LOUISIANA TO JACKSON AND
DEKALB MISSISSIPPI LINE.
* TIMING: SNOW MAY BEGIN TO FALL AND ACCUMULATE UP TO 2 INCHES
  BY MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE
  AND INTENSITY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE
  EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP...
  ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM
SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS TO
IMPOSSIBLE.



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