Watches, Warnings & Advisories for Sunflower Co.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Winter Weather Update, 845am 2/3/11

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
837 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 
...WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS MORNING...

AT 830 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING PATCHES OF
MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA. ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR...PATCHES OF A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WERE
OCCURRING. THIS PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS...BUT A FEW SLICK SPOTS COULD OCCUR ON ROADS GIVEN
THAT TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID 20S. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL
CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH INTO THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR...BUT SHOULD
MAINLY FALL AS FLURRIES. MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS NOT
EXPECTED IN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA UNTIL TONIGHT.

FARTHER SOUTH...RADAR INDICATED THAT A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET WAS EXPANDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF HATTIESBURG TO SOUTH OF BATON
ROUGE. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIFTING NORTHEAST THIS MORNING AND
AFFECTING THE HIGHWAY 98 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 9 AM AND NOON. THIS WILL
RESULT IN DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS ICY PATCHES
DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. 

AS THE DAY GOES ON...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO
GRADUALLY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 20. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN DETERIORATING CONDITIONS
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER
SITUATION.
 
 

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