Interesting statement from the NWS in Memphis this afternoon. While we deal with rain Friday, our friends to the north will be in shallow cold air, with potential for winter weather problems:
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
333 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010
ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>005-007-008-010-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-261100-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-CARROLL-CHESTER-CLAY-COAHOMA-CRAIGHEAD-
CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-FAYETTE-
GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-
LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-MADISON-MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-
OBION-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS-TATE-
TIPPAH-TIPTON-TUNICA-WEAKLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BARTLETT…BLYTHEVILLE…BOLIVAR…
CARUTHERSVILLE…CLARKSDALE…COLLIERVILLE…CORINTH…
COVINGTON…DRESDEN…DYERSBURG…FORREST CITY…GERMANTOWN…
HARRISBURG…HELENA…HUMBOLDT…HUNTINGDON…JACKSON…
JONESBORO…KENNETT…LEXINGTON…MARTIN…MEMPHIS…MILAN…
MILLINGTON…OLIVE BRANCH…PARAGOULD…PARIS…SAVANNAH…
SOMERVILLE…SOUTHAVEN…TUNICA…UNION CITY…WALNUT RIDGE…
WEST MEMPHIS…WYNNE
333 PM CST MON JAN 25 2010
…WINTER STORM EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY…WITH POSSIBLY
SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…
A POWERFUL UPPER UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVING ALONG THE GULF
COAST WILL BRING MOISTURE INTO THE MIDSOUTH WEDNESDAY. AN ARCTIC
AIRMASS WILL LIKELY DROP INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON…CHANGING RAIN OVER TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET. THE SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL ADVANCE SOUTH
THURSDAY NIGHT…BRINGING THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION SOUTH THURSDAY
NIGHT. AREAS ALONG THE MISSOURI AND KENTUCKY BORDERS WILL LIKELY SEE
A CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW MAY OCCUR OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH.
AT THIS TIME…THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH EVOLUTION OF THIS
POTENTIAL WINTER STORM SYSTEM. SMALL DEVIATIONS IN THE DEVELOPING
SYSTEM WILL GREATLY IMPACT PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS.
IT APPEARS THAT STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION. SHOULD SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR…THE
STRONG WINDS COULD HELP BRING DOWN TREE LIMBS…WHICH COULD CAUSE
POWER OUTAGES.
THE WINTER STORM SHOULD CLEAR THE MIDSOUTH BY FRIDAY NIGHT…WITH
BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR USHERING IN BEHIND THE DEPARTING STORM
SYSTEM.
MIDSOUTHERNERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PLAN AHEAD FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES…FOLLOWED BY
SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES PERSISTING INTO THE WEEKEND.
