URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1007 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010
…WINTER STORM TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE MID SOUTH LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT…
.HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM PARTS OF EAST
ARKANSAS ACROSS THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST
TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE AFFECTED AREA IS
GENERALLY ALONG AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM AROUND
HARRISBURG ARKANSAS TO BLYTHEVILLE ARKANSAS TO TIPTONVILLE
TENNESSEE.
A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT
INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE MEMPHIS…FORREST CITY…AND DYERSBURG
AREAS.
LOW PRESSURE OVER TEXAS WILL TRACK EAST MONDAY AND MOVE THROUGH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI MONDAY NIGHT. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS
THE MID SOUTH…WINTRY WEATHER WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WALNUT RIDGE…PARAGOULD…JONESBORO…
HARRISBURG…BLYTHEVILLE…KENNETT…CARUTHERSVILLE
1007 PM CST SUN FEB 7 2010
…WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY…
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY.
* SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HEAVIER AMOUNTS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH
AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
* A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING…THEN CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
MONDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY BECOME MIXED WITH RAIN MONDAY
AFTERNOON BUT WILL TRANSITION BACK OVER TOWARDS SNOW…
MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES BY MONDAY EVENING.
* TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…
SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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