…ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT…
.A VERY DYNAMIC AND MOIST SYSTEM DEVELOPING ALONG THE LOUISIANA
COAST THIS MORNING WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN
GEORGIA TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTH ACROSS THE
MIDSOUTH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. DUE TO WARM AIR CURRENTLY IN
PLACE… PRECIPITATION WILL REMAIN RAIN THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
COLDER AIR WILL THEN INVADE THE MIDSOUTH ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE
SYSTEM AND WILL GRADUALLY TURN THE RAIN TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
AT THIS POINT…THE BEST ESTIMATE FOR PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WILL BE ALONG AND NEAR A LINE FROM HOLLY SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI
AND SOMERVILLE TENNESSEE…TO JACKSON…SAVANNAH…AND DECATURVILLE
TENNESSEE. THIS IS WHERE THE COLD AIR SHOULD INTERACT WITH THE
MOST INTENSE PRECIPITATION. IF THE COLDER AIR CAN ARRIVE EVEN A
COUPLE HOURS SOONER AS SOME SOLUTIONS ARE SUGGESTING…THEN THE
WINTER STORM WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED…POSSIBLY TO
INCLUDE THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA.
THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS ALWAYS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
EITHER VERY HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OR VERY LITTLE SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS DEPENDING UPON THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIR. GIVEN
THE STRONG DYNAMICS AND THE BANDING POTENTIAL OF THE SNOWFALL…
LOCALIZED SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNING AREA.
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/O.CON.KMEG.WS.W.0002.110126T0000Z-110126T1200Z/
MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-MADISON-CHESTER-
HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CORINTH…HUNTINGDON…JACKSON…
LEXINGTON…SOMERVILLE…BOLIVAR…SAVANNAH
626 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY…
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT HEAVY SNOW BANDS.
* TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY…BUT COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO
INVADE THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS EVENING…CHANGING THE RAIN
TO SNOW. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY IN THE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT…
BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS IN THE
EARLY EVENING DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES…BUT AS
TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AND SNOW INTENSITY INCREASES
BY LATE EVENING…WATER ON ROADS WILL FREEZE AND SNOW WILL
BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…
FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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