Icing of bridges, power lines, and trees can be expected. This can create extremely dangerous traveling conditions, as well as power outages in some areas.
PREPAREDNESS:
- Top off vehicle fuel levels
- Check batteries in FM/AM broadcast radios, flashlights, smoke alarms
- Have some cash on-hand
- Exercise in- and out-of-state family contacts, verify working numbers, and have a communications plan
Here is the 8:00am weather information from NWS Jackson:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 454 AM CST THU DEC 5 2013 ...A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SOME ICING TO PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST DELTA REGION... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE ARKLAMISS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY USHERING IN SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER AIR. ABUNDANT MIDLEVEL MOISTURE WILL OVERRIDE THIS SHALLOW COLD AIRMASS...WITH A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN LIKELY TO BEGIN BY MID AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ICING ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE AREA AFFECTED WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A BASTROP TO VICKSBURG TO SILVER CITY TO A GRENADA LINE.
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. *TIMING:...NOON FRIDAY UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY. * MAIN IMPACT: ICE ACCUMULATIONS...OF AROUND ONE QUARTER AN INCH. * OTHER IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ONE MAY EXPECT SOME DOWNED TREE BRANCHES...AND SOME POSSIBLE DOWN POWER LINES...THAT MAY LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME POWER OUTAGES. FALLING TREE BRANCHES MAY ALSO BECOME A DANGER TO ANYONE OUTDOORS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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