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WSWMEG
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
333 PM CST TUE JAN 26 2010
…A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY…
.MOISTURE WILL SPREAD INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY ON
THURSDAY…IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM LIFTING
EAST FROM TEXAS. SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR WILL DROP INTO THE MIDSOUTH
LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THIS TIME…IT APPEARS
THAT A PROGRESSIVELY SOUTHWARD CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO FREEZING
RAIN…SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY.
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH WILL LIKELY
ACCOMPANY THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. THESE WINDS COULD STRESS ICY
TREE BRANCHES AND POWERLINES…AND COULD LOWER WIND CHILLS INTO
THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS BY FRIDAY MORNING.
AT THIS TIME…THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE
ACCUMULATIONS SNOW…SLEET AND ICE. AT THIS EARLY TIME…THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER FAR NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS…AND 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTHERN WEST TENNESSEE. FURTHER
SOUTH…THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER
INCH TO ONE HALF INCH ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR…
INCLUDING THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN AREA. THESE ACCUMULATION
POTENTIALS MAY CHANGE AS THE WINTER STORM EVENT APPROACHES. PLEASE
STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES TO THIS WINTER STORM WATCH AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THE EVENT COMES INTO GREATER FOCUS.
