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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