Winter Weather Update - 7:15am 2/4/2011

Roads & Bridges in some areas are being reported as iced and slick.  Use extreme caution when driving this morning.

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...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

* TIMING: NOW UNTIL NOON TODAY

* MAIN IMPACT: FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO
  DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING UNTIL
  MIDDAY TODAY. SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE
  MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES
  WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY NOON TODAY. UP TO ONE HALF
  INCH OF ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET IS EXPECTED. LIGHT SNOW
  ACCUMULATION MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...
  SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND
  POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS.
  TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL THE
  AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A
WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.

Latest Graphic - 9:00pm 2/3/2011

Winter Weather Briefing - MultiMedia

Winter Storm Warning, 2/3/2011 through 2/4/2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: NOW UNTIL NOON FRIDAY

* MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
  DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
  EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD
  GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE
  FREEZING BY NOON FRIDAY. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH NEAR ONE
  QUARTER OF ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...
  SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND
  POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW AND ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.

Winter Weather Graphics for Feb 3-4, 2011

General overview:

Anticipated events for the remainder of today:

Anticipated events for overnight:

Projected event precipitation totals:

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.

Winter Weather for Thursday & Friday

WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
354 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011

...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION LIKELY TO AFFECT THE REGION THURSDAY
INTO FRIDAY MORNING...

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL SPREAD A WINTRY
MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A MIXTURE
OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM
SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST ACROSS MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA
THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY NIGHT...MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE
ENTIRE ARKLAMISS AREA. SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL THEN SPREAD
INTO THE REGION FROM THE EAST THURSDAY NIGHT...CAUSING
IMPROVING CONDITIONS OVER EASTERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS SLIGHTLY WARMER
AIR WILL BRING TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING OVER MOST OF MISSISSIPPI
BY MID TO LATE MORNING FRIDAY...AND OVER THE ENTIRE REGION BY FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

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

* TIMING: 6 PM THURSDAY TIL NOON FRIDAY

* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY
  EVENING...AND GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN
  OVERNIGHT. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND
  TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY FRIDAY. 1 TO 3
  INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...SOME
  POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES.
  TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS