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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Jackson, MS
NWS Jackson, MS issued this winter storm watch at Feb 2, 2011, 3:54 PM CST for 47 counties in Mississippi; 9 parishes in Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Feb 3, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2011, 3:54 PM CST (21:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2011, 4:41 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, MS
All 58 counties
Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, East Carroll Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, Richland Parish, LA, Tensas Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Adams County, MS, Attala County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clarke County, MS, Clay County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Franklin County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lawrence County, MS, Leake County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lincoln County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marion County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yazoo County, MS
The radar
The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 24 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 101 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -269 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
877 WWUS44 KJAN 022154 WSWJAN URGENT - 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. MSZ063>066-072>074-030600- /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1200Z-110204T0600Z/ LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS... BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA... WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 354 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: 6 AM TO 9 PM THURSDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...POWERLINES AND TREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 30 AND 34 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT OCCURS FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWERLINES...CAUSING POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ LAZ024-026-MSZ053-059-060-030600- /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...VIDALIA... FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...PORT GIBSON...FAYETTE...NATCHEZ 354 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: NOON THURSDAY UNTIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET...SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE NIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TREES AND POWERLINES MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MSZ045-046-051-052-056>058-030600- /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T0600Z/ NESHOBA-KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB... SCOOBA...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN... TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN... STONEWALL...SHUBUTA 354 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: NOON TO MIDNIGHT THURSDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...POWERLINES AND TREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 30 AND 34 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT MAY OCCUR FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWERLINES...CAUSING POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MSZ043-044-048>050-054-055-061-062-030600- /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T1500Z/ MADISON MS-LEAKE-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-COPIAH-SIMPSON-FRANKLIN MS- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON... CARTHAGE...JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST... MORTON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE... MENDENHALL...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 354 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: NOON THURSDAY UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A LITTLE SNOW COULD ALSO OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRECIPITATION THURSDAY. UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR MAY BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 9 AM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MSZ026>033-036>039-042-030600- /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-YAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON... CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON...WEST POINT... COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR...STARKVILLE...DURANT...TCHULA... LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON... BROOKSVILLE...YAZOO CITY 354 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...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 TO 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING...AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET OVERNIGHT. UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...IS 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. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 9 AM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-025-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040- 041-047-030600- /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE- WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE... BELZONI...ISOLA...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA... VICKSBURG 354 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: 6 PM THURSDAY TIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY EVENING...AND GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY FRIDAY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR...SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWERLINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ AEG
4 follow-up statements
619 WWUS44 KJAN 030325 WSWJAN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 925 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 MSZ063>066-072>074-031130- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1200Z-110204T0600Z/ LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS... BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA... WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 925 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: 6 AM TO 9 PM THURSDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...POWERLINES AND TREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 30 AND 34 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT OCCURS FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ LAZ024-026-MSZ053-059-060-031130- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...VIDALIA... FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...PORT GIBSON...FAYETTE...NATCHEZ 925 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: NOON THURSDAY UNTIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET... SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...AND CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THE NIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TREES AND POWER LINES MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MSZ045-046-051-052-056>058-031130- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T0600Z/ NESHOBA-KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB... SCOOBA...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN... TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN... STONEWALL...SHUBUTA 925 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING: NOON TO MIDNIGHT THURSDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...POWERLINES AND TREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 30 AND 34 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT MAY OCCUR FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE COULD ACCUMULATE ON TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MSZ043-044-048>050-054-055-061-062-031130- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T1500Z/ MADISON MS-LEAKE-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-COPIAH-SIMPSON-FRANKLIN MS- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON... CARTHAGE...JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST... MORTON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE... MENDENHALL...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 925 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: NOON THURSDAY UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE DAY THURSDAY AND CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A LITTLE SNOW COULD ALSO OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRECIPITATION THURSDAY. UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR MAY BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 9 AM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MSZ026>033-036>039-042-031130- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-YAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON... CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON...WEST POINT... COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR...STARKVILLE...DURANT...TCHULA... LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON... BROOKSVILLE...YAZOO CITY 925 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: 6 PM THURSDAY TO 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING...AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET OVERNIGHT. UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...IS 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. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 9 AM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-025-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040- 041-047-031130- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE- WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE... BELZONI...ISOLA...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA... VICKSBURG 925 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: 6 PM THURSDAY TIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY EVENING...AND GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY FRIDAY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CME
590 WWUS44 KJAN 031039 WSWJAN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 439 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 MSZ063>066-072>074-031845- /O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1200Z-110204T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.W.0002.110203T1200Z-110204T0600Z/ LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS... BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA... WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 439 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: 6 AM TO MIDNIGHT * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...POWERLINES AND TREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 30 AND 34 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT OCCURS FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE COULD RESULT IN POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ LAZ024-026-MSZ053-059-060-031845- /O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.W.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ CATAHOULA-CONCORDIA-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...VIDALIA... FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...PORT GIBSON...FAYETTE...NATCHEZ 439 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: NOON TODAY UNTIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: FREEZING RAIN...MIXED AT TIMES WITH SLEET... SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE DAY TODAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 29 AND 33 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT OCCURS FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE COULD RESULT IN POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MSZ045-046-051-052-056>058-031845- /O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.W.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T0600Z/ NESHOBA-KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB... SCOOBA...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN... TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN... STONEWALL...SHUBUTA 439 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: NOON TO MIDNIGHT * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...POWERLINES AND TREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 29 AND 33 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT MAY OCCUR FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE COULD RESULT IN POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ LAZ016-023-025-MSZ047-031845- /O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.W.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-TENSAS-WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VICKSBURG 439 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: NOON TODAY TIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...POWERLINES AND TREES. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 28 AND 33 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT OCCURS FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE COULD RESULT IN POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND ICE MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MSZ043-044-048>050-054-055-061-062-031845- /O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KJAN.WS.W.0002.110203T1800Z-110204T1500Z/ MADISON MS-LEAKE-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-COPIAH-SIMPSON-FRANKLIN MS- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON... CARTHAGE...JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST... MORTON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE... MENDENHALL...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 439 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: NOON TODAY UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE DAY TODAY AND CONTINUE PERIODICALLY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A LITTLE SNOW COULD ALSO OCCUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRECIPITATION TODAY. UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * 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. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR MAY BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING... AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 9 AM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND ICE MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET OR ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MSZ026>033-036>039-042-031845- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-YAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON... CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON...WEST POINT... COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR...STARKVILLE...DURANT...TCHULA... LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON... BROOKSVILLE...YAZOO CITY 439 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: 6 PM TONIGHT TO 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. UP ONE HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...IS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 9 AM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040-041-031845- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE... BELZONI...ISOLA...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA 439 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: 6 PM TONIGHT TIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH THIS 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 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ 28/03/36/40
192 WWUS44 KJAN 031632 WSWJAN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1032 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 LAZ007>009-015-MSZ040-041-040045- /O.EXB.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ /O.EXT.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T1500Z-110204T1800Z/ MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...OAK GROVE...EPPS... LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK... ANGUILLA 1032 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING FRIDAY. UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW ALONG WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MSZ042-040045- /O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ YAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YAZOO CITY 1032 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM 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 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * 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. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 9 AM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM FRIDAY. 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 SLEET. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ LAZ016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059-060-040045- /O.EXT.KJAN.WS.W.0002.110203T1632Z-110204T1800Z/ MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN- CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE... HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA... FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...VICKSBURG...PORT GIBSON...FAYETTE... NATCHEZ 1032 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEEP WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THORUGH AFTERNOON. ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 29 AND 33 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT OCCURS FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF ICE COULD RESULT IN POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MSZ045-046-051-052-056>058-040045- /O.EXT.KJAN.WS.W.0002.110203T1632Z-110204T0600Z/ NESHOBA-KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB... SCOOBA...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN... TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN... STONEWALL...SHUBUTA 1032 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET...RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...POWERLINES AND TREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 29 AND 33 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT MAY OCCUR FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE COULD RESULT IN POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MSZ043-044-048>050-054-055-061-062-040045- /O.EXT.KJAN.WS.W.0002.110203T1632Z-110204T1500Z/ MADISON MS-LEAKE-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-COPIAH-SIMPSON-FRANKLIN MS- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON... CARTHAGE...JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST... MORTON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE... MENDENHALL...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 1032 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR MAY BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING... AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 9 AM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND ICE MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET OR ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MSZ063>066-072>074-040045- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T0600Z/ LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS... BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA... WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 1032 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL MIDNIGHT * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TODAY AND CAUSE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES... POWERLINES AND TREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: TEMPERATURES WILL BE BETWEEN 30 AND 34 DEGREES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. THE SMALL DIFFERENCE IN A TEMPERATURE OF 31 DEGREES VERSUS 33 DEGREES WILL MAKE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN HOW MUCH IMPACT OCCURS FROM THIS WINTER STORM. IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO...UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE COULD RESULT IN POWER INTERRUPTIONS ALONG WITH HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ MSZ026>033-036>039-040045- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA- HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON... CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON...WEST POINT... COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR...STARKVILLE...DURANT...TCHULA... LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON... BROOKSVILLE 1032 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: 6 PM TONIGHT TO 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER TO A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. UP ONE HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION...ALONG WITH A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...IS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 9 AM. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY 9 AM FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040045- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...CLEVELAND... INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA 1032 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING: 6 PM TONIGHT TIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW WILL LIKELY DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH THIS 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 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 WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
277 WWUS44 KJAN 032241 WSWJAN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 441 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 LAZ007>009-015-MSZ040-041-040645- /O.CAN.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T1500Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...OAK GROVE...EPPS... LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK... ANGUILLA 441 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WATCH. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND GRADUALLY BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FRIDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING FRIDAY. UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW ALONG WITH ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MSZ039-040645- /O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ /O.EXB.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T0900Z/ NOXUBEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...BROOKSVILLE 441 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS 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. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 3 AM CST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MSZ028>033-037-038-040645- /O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON... WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR...STARKVILLE... KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE 441 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING...AND TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING BY 900 AM CST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040645- /O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...CLEVELAND... INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA 441 PM CST THU FEB 3 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. && $$ MSZ026-027-036-040645- /O.UPG.KJAN.WS.A.0002.110204T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ /O.EXA.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ GRENADA-CARROLL-HOLMES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON... CARROLLTON...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN 441 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP THIS EVENING WITH THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT. UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY NOON FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MSZ045-046-051-052-056>058-063>066-072>074-040645- /O.EXT.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T0900Z/ NESHOBA-KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-LAWRENCE- JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB... SCOOBA...NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN... TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN... STONEWALL...SHUBUTA...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS... BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA... WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 441 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 300 AM CST... * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CAUSE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...POWERLINES AND TREES. * OTHER IMPACTS: SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING AFTER 3 AM CST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$ MSZ042-040645- /O.EXT.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ YAZOO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...YAZOO CITY 441 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING LATE FRIDAY MORNING. UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. $$ LAZ016-023>026-MSZ047-053-059-060-040645- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1800Z/ MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-WARREN- CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE... HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA... FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...VICKSBURG...PORT GIBSON...FAYETTE... NATCHEZ 441 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL NOON FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BY NOON FRIDAY. UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF ACCUMULATION OF ICE AND SLEET IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 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 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. $$ MSZ043-044-048>050-054-055-061-062-040645- /O.CON.KJAN.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110204T1500Z/ MADISON MS-LEAKE-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-COPIAH-SIMPSON-FRANKLIN MS- LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON... CARTHAGE...JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST... MORTON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE... MENDENHALL...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN 441 PM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING: NOW UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY * MAIN IMPACT: A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED AFTER 900 PM AND CONTINUING UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS: WHERE THE HIGHEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS OCCUR... SOME POWER ISSUES MAY OCCUR AS ICE ACCUMULATES ON TREES AND POWER LINES. TRAVEL WILL ALSO BE HAZARDOUS. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR WILL BEGIN TO MOVE IN FROM THE EAST FRIDAY MORNING...AND GRADUALLY BRING AN IMPROVEMENT TO CONDITIONS BY 9 AM WHEN TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Feb 2, 9:04 AM CST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 9:04 AM CST, 6 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 904 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 .UPDATE...UPDATED FORECAST TO ACCOUNT FOR HEAVIER CLOUD COVER THAN EARLIER INDICATED. AVIATION DISCUSSION ALSO UPDATED. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WAS CANCELLED EARLIER THIS MORNING. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...MUCH COLDER FOR THE SHORT TERM AND WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FORECAST BEGINNING TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHEAST. THE LARGE 1045MB ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES EARLY THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT SOUTH INTO THE SPUTTERING PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY. THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH AND THE DEPARTING LOW WAS STILL PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS ACROSS OUR CWA. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S WAS PRODUCING WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER PORTIONS OF OUR DELTA AND THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM. ELSEWHERE WIND CHILLS WERE NOT MUCH WARMER...RUNNING IN THE TEENS. AS THE HIGH DRAWS CLOSER TODAY THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX RESULTING IN LIGHTER WINDS. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS THE BACK EDGE OF THE STRATUS LAYER EAST OF GREENVILLE AND ALMOST TO GREENWOOD. THIS SHOULD SHIFT EAST AND ALLOW FOR A LITTLE SUNSHINE OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY NOON ALTHOUGH MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WERE NOTED STREAMING OVERHEAD FROM THE SOUTHWEST. DESPITE SOME INSOLATION...TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 30S IN THE NORTH AND TOP OUT IN THE LOWER 40S ELSEWHERE. THE MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM CONTINUES TO BE THE RETURN OF PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA IN THE FORM OF A WINTRY MIX. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS A CLOSED LOW OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THAT WILL CONTINUE DROPPING SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH INTO OLD MEXICO THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE SHIFTING EAST ACROSS TEXAS FRIDAY. MODELS HAVE HAD TIMING ISSUES WITH THE LOW BUT AGREE THAT MOISTURE WILL BEGIN RETURNING IN EARNEST TONIGHT OVER TOP OF OUR ARCTIC AIRMASS. INITIALLY MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL SET UP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FROM SW TO NE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. CURRENTLY...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN LOOKS TO BE POSSIBLE BY MORNING ACROSS OUR SOUTHEAST MOST ZONES. THIS AXIS OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTHWARD TO THE I-20 CORRIDOR DURING THE MORNING THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO START OUT IN THE UPPER 20S IN OUR SOUTH AND WARM VERY SLOWLY. THERE COULD BE SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SOME ACCUMULATION OF ICE MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY NOON WHILE THE LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES FALLING SO ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD NOT LAST LONG AFTER NOON. AS THE CLOSED LOW BEGINS TRACKING EAST THURSDAY NIGHT A SURFACE LOW IN THE GULF IN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THIS IS EXPECTED TO HELP SEND PRECIPITATION FURTHER NORTH. OUR SOUTHEAST SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RAIN BUT A WINTRY MIX WILL BECOME POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF OUR CWA. MODELS ARE INDICATING THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR WITH A MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW AT TIMES THROUGH THE NIGHT IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ZONES. CURRENTLY...A LIGHT DUSTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE NORTH WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ZONES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED IN OUR SOUTH THURSDAY MORNING THEN MOST OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. /22/ .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THE WINTRY MIX THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD LAST INTO THE MID MORNING HOURS FRIDAY BEFORE TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WARM SOME. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL NOW SHIFT MORE ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE AS THE SFC LOW IN THE GULF TRACKS TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S...ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS RAIN. BY FRIDAY EVENING...THE BULK OF THE RAIN WILL HAVE MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE CWA AND WESTERN ALABAMA AS THE SFC LOW TRACKS EAST ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BEGIN TO SWING OVER THE AREA. AS THIS OCCURS...COLDER TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION AND THE RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO MORE OF A FROZEN PRECIP TYPE THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA SHOULD TRANSITION TO SNOW. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES MAY SEE A BRIEF TRANSITION TO RAIN AND SLEET BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ENTIRELY ALL SNOW OR SNOW FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALL MOISTURE AND FLURRIES WILL END OF WEST TO EAST BY EARLY TO MID MORNING SATURDAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR AND TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE. THIS WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO A SFC HIGH SLIDING JUST TO OUR SOUTH BRINGING SOME WESTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. THE REGION WILL REMAIN UNDER GENERAL WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE SFC WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO MODERATE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK. THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO SMALL DISTURBANCES IN THE UPPER FLOW TO BRING A SMALL CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE NORTH SUNDAY MORNING. LIGHT RAIN WILL DEVELOP WEST OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON MONDAY-TUESDAY. THIS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAIN TO THE REGION AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE. FOLLOWING THIS SYSTEM WE WILL SEE YET ANOTHER SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR AS A 1056-1060MB HIGH SLIDES DOWN FROM CANADA AND INTO WESTERN TEXAS. TUESDAY SHOULD BE A BREEZY DAY WITH GOOD CAA OCCURRING OVER THE REGION. LL TEMPERATURES WILL BE RATHER CHILLY WITH AROUND -14C TO -17C AT 925MB AND -10C TO -15C AT 850MB. THERE DO REMAIN TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF AS TO THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT SO WILL NOT GO TOO CRAZY MAKING ADJUSTMENTS THIS FAR OUT. HOWEVER IT DOES APPEAR THAT WINTER WILL REMAIN FOR AWHILE LONGER. MEX NUMBERS LOOKED GENERALLY GOOD. TEMPERATURES EARLY IN THE PERIOD ARE GENERALLY IN THE MID 30S AND 40S FOR HIGHS AND LOWS IN THE 20S AND 30S BEFORE MODERATING LATE WEEKEND. LATE IN THE PERIOD...MEX NUMBERS WANTED TO MODERATE A BIT TOO QUICKLY FOR HIGHS GIVEN ARCTIC AIR SPILLING SOUTH AGAIN SO CUT CLOSER TO ENSEMBLE AVERAGES. /28/ && .AVIATION...A MIX OF VFR/MVFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT TAF SITES ACROSS THE AREA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY AS A MIX OF LOW AND HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUE TO STREAM NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. NORTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 8-13 KNOTS...WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 17 KNOTS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT...BUT DECREASE TO BETWEEN 4-9 KNOTS. WIDESPREAD MVFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE MOVES BACK INTO THE REGION. CURRENTLY...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN THE SOUTH...THEN BECOMING ALL LIGHT RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WARM. THIS AREA OF LIGHT RAIN IS THEN EXPECTED TO SPREAD FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY THURSDAY. /19/ && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 22/28 03/19
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 3:43 PM CST, 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 343 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 MSZ055>058-063>066-072>074-032145- SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON- JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 343 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM EARLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. ICE ACCUMULATION DURING THIS TIME IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH MOST ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY TO OCCUR ON METAL...GRASSY...AND ELEVATED SURFACES. TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AFTERNOON COULD WAVER A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE AFTERNOON...WHICH WOULD CAUSE THIS PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION TO CONTINUE OFF AND ON DURING THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AND ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL OCCUR AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TRIES TO SPREAD PRECIPITATION NORTH INTO OUR VERY COLD AIR MASS. ONCE AGAIN...COLDER SURFACES COULD EXPERIENCE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF WINTER WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LAZ015-016-023>026-MSZ043-047>049-053-054-059>062-032145- RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA- MADISON MS-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS- FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- 343 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF AT OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN THE FREEZING AND BURSTING OF WATER PIPES ACROSS THE AREA. A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEGINNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS TIME ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN WELL LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH MOST ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY TO OCCUR ON METAL...GRASSY... AND ELEVATED SURFACES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL OCCUR AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TRIES TO SPREAD PRECIPITATION NORTH INTO OUR VERY COLD AIR MASS. SOME LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF WINTER WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-040>042-032145- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES- ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- 343 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.... A PROLONGED PERIOD OF AT OR BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA. THESE CONDITIONS COULD RESULT IN THE FREEZING AND BURSTING OF WATER PIPES ACROSS THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS WILL OCCUR AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TRIES TO SPREAD PRECIPITATION NORTH INTO OUR VERY COLD AIR MASS. SOME LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN..AND SNOW DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF WINTER WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. MSZ028>033-037>039-044>046-050>052-032145- MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE- 343 PM CST WED FEB 2 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...AND AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS WILL OCCUR AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TRIES TO SPREAD PRECIPITATION NORTH INTO OUR VERY COLD AIR MASS. SOME LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN..AND SNOW DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF WINTER WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED THURSDAY NIGHT THOUGH FRIDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. 19
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 2, 10:07 AM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1007 AM CST WED FEB 02 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E PRENTISS 31.59N 89.85W
02/01/2011 JEFFERSON DAVIS MS EMERGENCY MNGR
A COUPLE TREES WERE DOWNED ACROSS POLK-OATIS ROAD. TIME
ESTIMATED. DELAYED REPORT.
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DLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 10:30 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 10 hr |
| Feb 2, 5:40 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | JAN | Adams, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 15 more | 18 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.