Confidence is increasing for an impactful winter storm Monday night into Tuesday morning. Take time this afternoon to review you family's plans, and be prepared to deal with potential power outages that may last several hours.
A few things my household does, as suggestions for you to consider:
- Check food & water supplies, resupply as needed
- Top off fuel tanks in vehicles
- Maintain at least a half-tank of gas in vehicles until storm threat passes
- Keep cell phones charged (as well as spare batteries)
- Contact out-of-state points of contact who may be able to relay messages to friends/family if local telephone service is affected
- Contact out-of-area friends/family who have been identified as "shelters" to go to, should local conditions persist beyond a few days.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 349 AM CST SUN FEB 9 2014 ...WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE ARKLAMISS REGION FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH A SERIES OF SURFACE WAVES ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN THE GULF COASTAL AREA WILL BRING A RISK OF A MIX BAG OF WINTER PRECIPITATION FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE PRIMARY FORM OF FREEZING RAIN...LIGHT SNOW...AND SLEET. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WITH THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE AT LEAST ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. THIS WILL LEAD TO ICING OF BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...ROADWAYS...TREES AND ELEVATED SURFACES FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THERE MAY ALSO BE SOME POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE ON POWER LINES AND SOME FALLEN BRANCHES ON POWER LINES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR WHERE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE MOST LIKELY. FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR...THE PRIMARY CONCERN COULD BE FREEZING RAIN...WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. PERSONS PLANNING TRAVEL OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS REGION SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FORECAST CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER EVENT. FOR MUCH MORE INFORMATION FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON, MS...VISIT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING: MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY LIKELY PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE. * MAIN IMPACT: ICING OF BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...ROADWAYS...AND TREES...WHICH WILL BRING HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS AND SOME POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
410 AM CST SUN FEB 9 2014
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
FOG
RISK...LIMITED
TIMING...THIS MORNING
AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING DUE TO RESIDUAL GROUND
MOISTURE...GRADUALLY CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. VISIBILITIES
COULD DROP TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. PATCHY LOCATIONS MAY SEE
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. THERE
IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL OF SOME PATCHY FREEZING FOG GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. THIS COULD CAUSE SOME SLICK SPOTS
ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING.
(WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/GRAPHICAST.PHP?SITE=JAN&GC= 1)
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THE RISK FOR ACCUMULATING ICE AND SNOW IS INCREASING FOR MONDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POWER OUTAGES ARE
POSSIBLE FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF A
RAYVILLE LOUISIANA...TO YAZOO CITY...TO DE KALB LINE HAVE AN INCREASING
POTENTIAL FOR THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION.
LIGHT ICING OF BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES IS POSSIBLE FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF A JONESVILLE LOUISIANA TO JACKSON TO MERIDIAN LINE LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.
LIGHT ICING OF BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
NORTH AGAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY.
***DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE AS YOUR SOLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY WATCHES AND WARNINGS. THIS WEBSITE DELIVERS FOCUSED INFORMATION FOR A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE TIMELY WEATHER WARNING INFORMATION***
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