Alert archive / Tennessee / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 25, 2011, 3:46 AM CST for 14 counties in Tennessee; 4 counties in Mississippi. It took effect at Jan 25, 2011, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 4 hr. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2011, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2011, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
Counties Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 7:11 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Alamo, TN | |
| Jan 25, 8:40 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Friendship, TN | RELAYED BY AMATEUR RADIO |
| Jan 25, 9:03 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | 2 N Jackson, TN | |
| Jan 25, 9:03 PM CST | SNOW 0.8 | Greenfield, TN | |
| Jan 25, 9:50 PM CST | SNOW 1.3 | 1 N Jackson, TN | |
| Jan 25, 9:56 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Mckenzie, TN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
535 WWUS44 KMEG 250946 WSWMEG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 346 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...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 THE I-40 CORRIDOR NORTHEAST OF THE MEMPHIS METRO. 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 TO INCLUDE THE MEMPHIS METRO AREA AND AREAS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE I-40 CORRIDOR. 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..SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. MSZ002>005-TNZ021-050-052>055-089>092-252115- /O.NEW.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 346 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS 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. && $$ ARZ027-028-035-036-048-049-TNZ001-002-019-048-252115- /O.NEW.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110125T2100Z-110126T0600Z/ POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-LAKE- OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE... WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG 346 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE AREA BY MID AFTERNOON AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BY EARLY EVENING...WATER ON ROADS WILL FREEZE AND SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ARZ058-MSZ001-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ003-004-020-049-051-088- 252115- /O.NEW.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110126T0000Z-110126T0900Z/ PHILLIPS-DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-TIPTON-CROCKETT-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... HUMBOLDT...MILAN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 346 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ALONG I-40. SOME PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING IF HIGHER TOTALS LOOK MORE LIKELY. * TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 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 BY MID 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MSZ006-009-013>017-021>024-252115- /O.NEW.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110126T0300Z-110126T1200Z/ TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA- YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IUKA...BOONEVILLE...OXFORD... NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN 346 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE. * TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BUT COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE AREA BY MID EVENING AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 A CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS IN THE MID EVENING DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT...WATER ON ROADS WILL FREEZE AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF
4 follow-up statements
631 WWUS44 KMEG 251226 AAA WSWMEG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 626 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...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. MSZ002>005-TNZ021-050-052>055-089>092-252115- /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. && $$ ARZ027-028-035-036-048-049-TNZ001-002-019-048-252115- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110125T2100Z-110126T0600Z/ POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-LAKE- OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE... WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG 626 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE AREA BY MID AFTERNOON AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BY EARLY EVENING...WATER ON ROADS WILL FREEZE AND SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ARZ058-MSZ001-007-008-010>012-020-TNZ003-004-020-049-051-088- 252115- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110126T0000Z-110126T0900Z/ PHILLIPS-DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE- WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-TIPTON-CROCKETT-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... TUNICA...CLARKSDALE...BATESVILLE...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... HUMBOLDT...MILAN...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN... COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 626 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF I-40. SOME PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING IF HIGHER TOTALS LOOK MORE LIKELY. * TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BUT COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 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 BY MID 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MSZ006-009-013>017-021>024-252115- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110126T0300Z-110126T1200Z/ TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA- YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IUKA...BOONEVILLE...OXFORD... NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN 626 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE. * TIMING: RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING...BUT COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE AREA BY MID EVENING AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS IN THE MID EVENING DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT...WATER ON ROADS WILL FREEZE AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BORGHOFF
522 WWUS44 KMEG 252119 WSWMEG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 319 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT... .A VERY DYNAMIC AND MOIST SYSTEM DEVELOPING ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN GEORGIA TO THE SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RAIN ACROSS THE MID SOUTH HAS ALREADY CHANGED OVER THE SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN ARKANSAS. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AS COLDER AIR FILTERS INTO THE AREA ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM...GRADUALLY TURNING THE RAIN TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. AT THIS POINT...THE BEST ESTIMATE FOR PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE ALONG AND NEAR A LINE FROM SOMERVILLE TENNESSEE...THROUGH JACKSON TENNESSEE...TO HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE. THIS IS WHERE THE COLD AIR SHOULD INTERACT WITH THE MOST INTENSE PRECIPITATION. 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. ACCUMULATIONS CAN ALSO VARY GREATER OVER SHORT DISTANCES DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS SET UP. GIVEN THE STRONG DYNAMICS AND THE BANDING POTENTIAL OF THE SNOWFALL...LOCALIZED SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA. TNZ003-004-020-051-260600- /O.UPG.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110126T0000Z-110126T0900Z/ /O.EXA.KMEG.WS.W.0002.110126T0000Z-110126T1200Z/ WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CROCKETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT... MILAN 319 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT HEAVY SNOW BANDS. * TIMING: 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. && $$ MSZ002>005-TNZ021-050-052>055-089>092-260600- /O.CON.KMEG.WS.W.0002.110126T0000Z-110126T1200Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-MADISON-CHESTER- HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORINTH...HUNTINGDON...JACKSON... LEXINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 319 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT HEAVY SNOW BANDS. * TIMING: COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS EVENING...CHANGING THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY IN THE EVENING AND EARLY OVERNIGHT...BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS IN THE EARLY EVENING DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING AND SNOW INTENSITY INCREASES BY LATE EVENING...WATER ON ROADS WILL FREEZE AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ARZ026-MOZ113-115-260600- /O.EXA.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110125T2100Z-110126T0600Z/ CRAIGHEAD-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE 319 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BY EARLY EVENING...WATER ON ROADS WILL FREEZE AND SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TNZ001-002-019-048-260600- /O.EXT.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T0900Z/ LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG 319 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE AREA BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS EARLY THIS EVENING DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BY MID EVENING...WATER ON ROADS WILL FREEZE AND SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ARZ058-MSZ010-260600- /O.EXT.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110126T0000Z-110126T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-COAHOMA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HELENA...CLARKSDALE 319 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AROUND 1 INCH. * TIMING: COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE AREA BY THIS EVENING AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * 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 BY MID EVENING...WATER ON ROADS MAY FREEZE AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD BECOME SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ARZ027-028-035-036-048-049-260600- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T0600Z/ POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE... WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY 319 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BY EARLY EVENING...WATER ON ROADS WILL FREEZE AND SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MSZ001-007-008-011-012-020-TNZ049-088-260600- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110126T0000Z-110126T0900Z/ DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA... BATESVILLE...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 319 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ALONG AND NEAR I-40. * TIMING: COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE AREA LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 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 BY MID 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 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MSZ006-009-013>017-021>024-260600- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.110126T0300Z-110126T1200Z/ TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA- YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IUKA...BOONEVILLE...OXFORD... NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN 319 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE. * TIMING: COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO INVADE THE AREA BY MID EVENING AND CHANGE THE RAIN TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS IN THE MID EVENING DUE TO ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES...BUT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT...WATER ON ROADS MAY FREEZE AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD BECOME SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ SJM
389 WWUS44 KMEG 260320 WSWMEG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 920 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT... .WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE WINDING DOWN ALONG AND TO THE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHILE RAIN IS JUST NOW CHANGING TO SNOW IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH AS A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND ALABAMA STATE LINE MAINLY NORTH OF US 45 AND ALONG AND SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 40. ARZ026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-260430- /O.CAN.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T0600Z/ CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS- LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE... WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...HELENA...KENNETT... CARUTHERSVILLE 920 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ADVISORY CRITERIA IS NO LONGER EXPECTED AS SNOW HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. $$ TNZ003-004-020-051-261130- /O.CON.KMEG.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110126T1200Z/ WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CROCKETT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...HUMBOLDT... MILAN 920 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT HEAVY SNOW BANDS. * TIMING: NOW THROUGH 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN TO OR BELOW FREEZING AND AND ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW TAPERING OFF BETWEEN 3 AND 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS...HOWEVER WATER ON ROADS MAY FREEZE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ MSZ002>005-TNZ021-050-052>055-089>092-261130- /O.CON.KMEG.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-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 920 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE MOST PERSISTENT HEAVY SNOW BANDS. * TIMING: ALL PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO SNOW. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES BUT SHOULD TAPER OFF BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS. SOME SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS BY MIDNIGHT. WATER ON ROADS MAY FREEZE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. 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. && $$ TNZ001-002-019-048-260900- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T0900Z/ LAKE-OBION-DYER-LAUDERDALE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG 920 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES. * TIMING: ALL PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS. SOME SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS BY MIDNIGHT. WATER ON ROADS MAY FREEZE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MSZ010-260600- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T0600Z/ COAHOMA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLARKSDALE 920 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO 1 INCH. * TIMING: ALL PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW AND SHOULD TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS. SOME SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. WATER ON ROADS MAY FREEZE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MSZ001-007-008-011-012-020-TNZ049-088-260900- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T0900Z/ DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA... BATESVILLE...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 920 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST TOTALS ALONG AND NEAR I-40. * TIMING: ALL PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS. SOME SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. WATER ON ROADS MAY FREEZE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE MOST TREACHEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MSZ006-009-013>017-021>024-261130- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T1200Z/ TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA- YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IUKA...BOONEVILLE...OXFORD... NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY...ABERDEEN 920 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE. * TIMING: ALL PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL...WATER ON ROADS MAY FREEZE AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD BECOME SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
485 WWUS44 KMEG 260415 WSWMEG URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1015 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER IS WINDING DOWN ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH... .SNOWFALL HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WHILE FARTHER EAST SNOWFALL INTENSITIES HAVE DIMINISHED AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW RAPIDLY DEPARTS THE MID SOUTH. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND ALABAMA STATE LINE MAINLY NORTH OF US 72 AND ALONG AND SOUTH ON INTERSTATE 40. MSZ002>005-TNZ003-004-020-021-050>055-089>092-261200- /O.CAN.KMEG.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110126T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T1200Z/ MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-WEAKLEY-HENRY-GIBSON-CARROLL- HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE- HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CORINTH...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS... HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON... SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH 1015 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH POSSIBLY HIGHER AMOUNTS TOWARD THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 3 AM AND 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL...WATER ON ROADS MAY FREEZE AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD BECOME SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MSZ001-007-008-011-012-020-TNZ001-002-019-048-049-088-260515- /O.CAN.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T0900Z/ DESOTO-TUNICA-TATE-QUITMAN-PANOLA-TALLAHATCHIE-LAKE-OBION-DYER- LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...TUNICA... BATESVILLE...UNION CITY...DYERSBURG...COVINGTON...BARTLETT... GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON 1015 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ MSZ013>017-021>024-260515- /O.CAN.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T1200Z/ LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-YALOBUSHA-CALHOUN- CHICKASAW-MONROE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...TUPELO...AMORY... ABERDEEN 1015 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ MSZ010-260515- /O.CAN.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T0600Z/ COAHOMA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CLARKSDALE 1015 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ MSZ006-009-261200- /O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110126T1200Z/ TISHOMINGO-PRENTISS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IUKA...BOONEVILLE 1015 PM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: UP TO ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL. * TIMING: SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 2 AM AND 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS: ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN WET AS THE SNOW FALLS. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL...WATER ON ROADS MAY FREEZE AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE. THE LESSER TRAVELED ROADS AND BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES COULD BECOME SLICK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Jan 24, 11:55 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 11:55 PM CST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1155 PM CST MON JAN 24 2011 .UPDATE... UPDATED TO ADD 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 935 PM CST MON JAN 24 2011/ UPDATE...EVENING FORECAST UPDATE. DISCUSSION... AN EXPANSIVE AREA OF RAIN NOW COVERS MUCH OF LOUISIANA AND THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI AND IS CREEPING VERY SLOWLY NORTHWARD. AS A SURFACE LOW DEEPENS IN THE WESTERN GULF...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOW HELPING THIS RAIN/MOISTURE SURGE NORTHWARD FASTER. BASED ON RADAR TRENDS AND COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING WFO'S DECIDED TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL WILL STILL MOVE IN TOMORROW. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL NOT LIKELY FALL OFF QUITE AS MUCH AS EXPECTED AS DENSE CLOUD COVER...DEW POINTS MAINLY IN THE 30S...AND LITTLE ADVECTION WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S OR LOW 40S. RAISED TEMPERATURES 2-4 DEGREES AREA WIDE. TEMPERATURES AT MANY AREAS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH ARE ALREADY AT OR WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF THE DEW POINT...WITH REPORTS OF PATCHY FOG MAINLY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ADDED PATCHY FOG AREA WIDE TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A WATCH OUT FOR FREEZING FOG TOWARD MORNING IN NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. 30/JDS PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 308 PM CST MON JAN 24 2011/ DISCUSSION... PRIMARY FORECAST CONCERN REMAINS SNOW CHANCES... ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DUE TO TRACK ACROSS NORTH MS TUESDAY EVENING. PRIOR TO ARRIVAL... A BAROCLINIC LEAF WILL LIKELY FORM OVER LA/MS... EXPANDING INTO THE MIDSOUTH AND AREAS EAST ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT NON ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH THE RAIN TUESDAY MORNING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE MEMPHIS METRO. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS SUGGEST A ROBUST 500MB DEFORMATION ZONE SETTING UP BY 00Z WED / 6PM TUE OVER NORTHEAST MS...WEST TN AND POINTS EAST. THIS DEFORMATION ZONE WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY EAST THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. GOOD SNOW MAKING POTENTIAL APPEARS IN THE MIDLEVELS...WITH SATURATED DENDRITIC LAYER AND THE PRESENCE OF A MIDLEVEL TROWAL OVER THE TN RIVER VALLEY AT 06Z WED. BIGGEST NEGATIVE FACTOR FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS REMAINS LOW LEVEL THERMAL PROFILES. BOTH GFS AND NAM SUGGEST A CHANGEOVER TO LIGHT SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TUESDAY EVENING. THE ECMWF SOUNDINGS REMAIN CONSIDERABLY WARMER IN THE LOWEST 100MB... SUGGESTING THE CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL BE DELAYED OR PERHAPS NOT OCCUR AT ALL BEFORE THE MOISTURE EXITS. THE DIFFERENCE IN THERMAL PROFILES AMONGST THE 12Z GFS/ECMWF LOW LEVEL THERMAL PROFILES IS QUITE LARGE. GIVEN THE ABOVE UNCERTAINTIES... HAVE HELD OFF ISSUING A THIRD PERIOD SNOW ADVISORY AND INSTEAD ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT. THE AFTERNOON FORECAST GRIDS CONTAIN A LOW CONFIDENCE 1 TO 3 INCHES... MAINLY EAST OF MEMPHIS. IF FORECAST CONFIDENCE FIRMS UP AND PRESENT ACCUMULATION FORECAST CONTINUES... A SNOW ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED BY LATER SHIFTS. AT THIS TIME...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR SLEET IS NOT EXPECTED. LOOKING BEYOND TUESDAY NIGHT... THE PATTERN RETURNS TO AN UNSEASONABLY COLD AND MAINLY DRY PATTERN. A NORTHWEST FLOW SHORTWAVE WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN MIDLEVEL CLOUDS AND PERHAPS SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK... AN UPPER LEVEL LONGWAVE TROF WILL DEAMPLIFY OVER THE EASTERN U.S...LEADING TO A TRANSITION TO NORTH/NORTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW OVER THE MIDSOUTH. TEMPS MAY EVEN APPROACH OR EXCEED NORMAL BY A FEW DEGREES ON FRIDAY...AS SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS RETURN. FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND... EXPECT AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS FROM A SOUTHERN BRANCH SHORTWAVE LIFTING EAST ALONG THE COAST...WITH SOME SHOWERS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. PWB && .AVIATION... 06Z TAF CYCLE MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DETERIORATE TO IFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS A LARGE SWATH OF RAIN OVER MISSISSIPPI ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE MID SOUTH. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO PERSIST AT TUP THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD AND GRADUALLY TRANSITION OVER TO SNOW AROUND 26/04Z. AT MEM...RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING BETWEEN 25/06-08Z AND PERSIST UNTIL CHANGING OVER TO SNOW AFTER 26/00Z. AT MKL RAIN WILL BEGIN AROUND 25/08Z AND PERSIST UNTIL CHANGING TO SNOW AROUND 26/00Z. AT JBR...RAIN NOT ANTICIPATED TO ARRIVE UNTIL AFTER 25/15Z AND CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER 26/00Z. CJC && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MEM 36 38 28 40 / 20 90 80 10 MKL 35 40 28 37 / 20 80 80 10 JBR 31 37 26 38 / 10 30 30 10 TUP 40 43 31 41 / 60 100 100 20 && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 11:05 PM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1105 PM CST MON JAN 24 2011 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-260715- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 1105 PM CST MON JAN 24 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY EVENING...AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVES ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND COLD AIR ARRIVES FROM THE NORTHWEST. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS WITH SPECIFIC SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...MAINLY DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIR. IF THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW OCCURS EARLY IN THE EVENING... SNOW AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WITH UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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Special weather statement, Jan 24, 10:46 PM CST, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1046 PM CST MON JAN 24 2011 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-251100- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...AMORY...BARTLETT... BATESVILLE...BLYTHEVILLE...BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE... CARUTHERSVILLE...CLARKSDALE...COLLIERVILLE...CORINTH... COVINGTON...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...FORREST CITY...GERMANTOWN... HARRISBURG...HELENA...HUMBOLDT...HUNTINGDON...IUKA...JACKSON... JONESBORO...KENNETT...LEXINGTON...MARTIN...MEMPHIS...MILAN... MILLINGTON...NEW ALBANY...OLIVE BRANCH...OXFORD...PARAGOULD... PARIS...SAVANNAH...SOMERVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...TUNICA...TUPELO... UNION CITY...WALNUT RIDGE...WEST MEMPHIS...WYNNE 1046 PM CST MON JAN 24 2011 ...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MIDSOUTH TOMORROW NIGHT... ...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... A STRONG AND FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FLOW INTO THE MIDSOUTH DURING THE EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THIS COLDER AIR WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW... EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TOMORROW EVENING. AT LEAST SOME ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. A DRIER AIR MASS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST AS THE COLDER AIR ENTERS RESULTING IN LITTLE TO NO SNOWFALL. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE TIMING OF THE COLD AIR ARRIVAL AND SUBSEQUENT PRECIPITATION CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. IF THE ARRIVAL THE COLD AIR IS DELAYED...THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL LIKEWISE BE DELAYED AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT EVEN TO THE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND MAINLY CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS. AT THIS TIME...THE FORECAST CALLS FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE...WITH POSSIBLY UP TO 4 INCHES NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY WITH SPECIFIC SNOW AMOUNTS STILL EXISTS. IF SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS CONTINUE WITH LITTLE CHANGE...A SNOW ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH AND A WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WESTERN TENNESSEE. IF FORECASTED SNOW AMOUNTS ARE INCREASED ABOVE 4 INCHES...A WINTER STORM WATCH OR WINTER STORM WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PWB/JDS
Special weather statement, Jan 24, 10:51 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1051 PM CST MON JAN 24 2011 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-251100- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...AMORY...BARTLETT... BATESVILLE...BLYTHEVILLE...BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE... CARUTHERSVILLE...CLARKSDALE...COLLIERVILLE...CORINTH... COVINGTON...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...FORREST CITY...GERMANTOWN... HARRISBURG...HELENA...HUMBOLDT...HUNTINGDON...IUKA...JACKSON... JONESBORO...KENNETT...LEXINGTON...MARTIN...MEMPHIS...MILAN... MILLINGTON...NEW ALBANY...OLIVE BRANCH...OXFORD...PARAGOULD... PARIS...SAVANNAH...SOMERVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...TUNICA...TUPELO... UNION CITY...WALNUT RIDGE...WEST MEMPHIS...WYNNE 1051 PM CST MON JAN 24 2011 ...SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MIDSOUTH TOMORROW NIGHT... ...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE MAINLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... A STRONG AND FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FLOW INTO THE MIDSOUTH DURING THE EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THIS COLDER AIR WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW... EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TOMORROW EVENING. AT LEAST SOME ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. A DRIER AIR MASS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST AS THE COLDER AIR ENTERS RESULTING IN LITTLE TO NO SNOWFALL. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE TIMING OF THE COLD AIR ARRIVAL AND SUBSEQUENT PRECIPITATION CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. IF THE ARRIVAL THE COLD AIR IS DELAYED...THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL LIKEWISE BE DELAYED AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT EVEN TO THE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND MAINLY CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS. AT THIS TIME...THE FORECAST CALLS FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION OVER MOST OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE...WITH POSSIBLY UP TO 4 INCHES NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY WITH SPECIFIC SNOW AMOUNTS STILL EXISTS. IF SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS CONTINUE WITH LITTLE CHANGE...A SNOW ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE MIDSOUTH AND A WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED FOR A SMALL PORTION OF WESTERN TENNESSEE. IF FORECASTED SNOW AMOUNTS ARE INCREASED ABOVE 4 INCHES...A WINTER STORM WATCH OR WINTER STORM WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jan 25, 12:34 AM CST, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 1234 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-251300- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...AMORY...BARTLETT... BATESVILLE...BLYTHEVILLE...BOLIVAR...BOONEVILLE... CARUTHERSVILLE...CLARKSDALE...COLLIERVILLE...CORINTH... COVINGTON...DRESDEN...DYERSBURG...FORREST CITY...GERMANTOWN... HARRISBURG...HELENA...HUMBOLDT...HUNTINGDON...IUKA...JACKSON... JONESBORO...KENNETT...LEXINGTON...MARTIN...MEMPHIS...MILAN... MILLINGTON...NEW ALBANY...OLIVE BRANCH...OXFORD...PARAGOULD... PARIS...SAVANNAH...SOMERVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...TUNICA...TUPELO... UNION CITY...WALNUT RIDGE...WEST MEMPHIS...WYNNE 1234 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH TUESDAY NIGHT WITH POSSIBLE ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER... A STRONG AND FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM ACROSS THE MID SOUTH...PARTICULARLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FILTER INTO THE MID SOUTH DURING THE EVENING AS THE UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS NORTH MISSISSIPPI. THIS COLDER AIR WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW...EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TOMORROW EVENING. AT LEAST SOME ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. A DRIER AIR MASS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO AREAS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER JUST AS THE COLDER AIR ENTERS RESULTING IN LITTLE TO NO SNOWFALL. CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE TIMING OF THE COLD AIR ARRIVAL AND SUBSEQUENT PRECIPITATION CHANGEOVER TO SNOW. IF THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD AIR IS DELAYED...THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WILL BE DELAYED AND SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT EVEN TO THE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND MAINLY CONFINED TO GRASSY AREAS. AT THIS TIME...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN TENNESSEE...WITH POSSIBLY UP TO 4 INCHES NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER. UNCERTAINTY REGARDING SPECIFIC SNOW AMOUNTS STILL EXISTS. IF SUBSEQUENT FORECASTS CONTINUE WITH LITTLE CHANGE...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WILL BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. IF FORECASTED SNOW AMOUNTS ARE INCREASED ABOVE 4 INCHES...A WINTER STORM WATCH OR WINTER STORM WARNING MAY BE ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS. JLH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2:17 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Henry and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 25, 3:46 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MEG | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.