Winter Storm Watch for Central MS

A Winter Storm Watch has been posted for most of Central Mississippi through 9:00am Thursday, January 17, 2013, generally east of a line from Vicksburg to Grenada.  Interstate 20 is roughly the southern border of this watch, and Mississippi Highway 8 as the northern border.  Counties included are: Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Leflore, Lowndes, Madison, Montgomery, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Rankin, Scott, Sharkey, Warren, Webster, Winston, Yazoo.

Heavy snow with accumulations of  2 to 4 inches are possible in the counties included in the watch.  Forecasters caution that this watch could be upgraded to a Heavy Snow Warning or a combination of a snow advisory for some areas later this evening.

For counties outside of the watch area, accumulations of up to one inch may occur.

Driving conditions should remain stable, but some areas including the Delta could see patchy ice formation on the roads due to longer exposure to temperatures at or near freezing.  Monitor road conditions carefully, and drive with caution.  

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
110 PM CST WED JAN 16 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING OVER THE WATCH AREA AFTER
  MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO AT LEAST MID MORNING THURSDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* OTHER IMPACTS: SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED PRIMARILY ON GRASSY
  AND ELEVATED SURFACES. WHILE WIDESPREAD TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE NOT
  CURRENTLY EXPECTED DUE TO ALREADY WET ROADS...IN LOCATIONS THAT
  EXPERIENCE HIGHER SNOWFALL RATES...A SLUSH COULD DEVELOP ON LOCAL
  BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHICH COULD MAKE DRIVING ACROSS THEM
  TREACHEROUS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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