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Wind Chill Advisory 4, NWS Memphis, TN

February 18, 20154 states

NWS Memphis, TN issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 18, 2015, 3:46 AM CST for 4 states. It took effect at Feb 18, 2015, 7:00 PM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2015, 3:46 AM CST (09:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2015, 7:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 19, 2015, 11:53 AM CST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Memphis, TN
All 51 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:52 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2015-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2015-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

008 
WWUS44 KMEG 180946
WSWMEG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
346 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST TENNESSEE THIS MORNING...

.A DYNAMIC AND FAST MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH THIS MORNING. A BAND OF MODERATE
SNOW THAT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA AND PRODUCE
LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-092-181800-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1400Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150218T1500Z/
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-BENTON TN-LAUDERDALE-
TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...
TRENTON...DYER...MCKENZIE...HUNTINGDON...BRUCETON...CAMDEN...
RIPLEY...HALLS...COVINGTON...MUNFORD...ATOKA...BROWNSVILLE...
ALAMO...BELLS...MAURY CITY...FRIENDSHIP...JACKSON...HENDERSON...
LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...SAVANNAH
346 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
  9 AM THIS MORNING WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS NEAR THE
  TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY BORDER

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP BETWEEN ZERO AND -12 DEGREES

* WIND CHILL TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  MORNING AS SNOW FALLS ACROSS AREAS WHERE ROADWAYS ARE ALREADY
  ICY. PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION IF YOU MUST TRAVEL. IN
  ADDITION...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE
  AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 MINUTES.

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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>009-
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CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-
MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-
PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-CHICKASAW-MONROE-
SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
RECTOR...WALNUT RIDGE...HOXIE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...TRUMANN...
MARKED TREE...HARRISBURG...LEPANTO...BLYTHEVILLE...OSCEOLA...
WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...MARION...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...
KENNETT...MALDEN...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...HORN LAKE...
HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...HICKORY FLAT...RIPLEY...CORINTH...
IUKA...BELMONT...BURNSVILLE...NORTH TUNICA...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...
COLDWATER...BOONEVILLE...BATESVILLE...SARDIS...OXFORD...
NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...MANTACHIE...HOUSTON...
OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...NETTLETON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...GALLAWAY...
BOLIVAR...WHITEVILLE...SELMER...ADAMSVILLE
346 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CST
THURSDAY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN ZERO AND -5 DEGREES

* TIMING...LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING

* IMPACTS...FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
  EXPOSURE 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

KRM
5 follow-up statements
461 
WWUS44 KMEG 181520
WSWMEG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
920 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR INTO THE MIDSOUTH...

.COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AND
TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 12 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING INTO
THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH.

TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-092-182330-
/O.EXP.KMEG.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150218T1500Z/
/O.EXT.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1800Z/
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-BENTON TN-LAUDERDALE-
TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...
TRENTON...DYER...MCKENZIE...HUNTINGDON...BRUCETON...CAMDEN...
RIPLEY...HALLS...COVINGTON...MUNFORD...ATOKA...BROWNSVILLE...
ALAMO...BELLS...MAURY CITY...FRIENDSHIP...JACKSON...HENDERSON...
LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...SAVANNAH
920 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP BETWEEN ZERO AND 12 DEGREES BELOW
  ZERO

* WIND CHILL TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE
  AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 MINUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>009-
012>017-023-024-TNZ088>091-182330-
/O.EXT.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1800Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-
MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-
PANOLA-LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-CHICKASAW-MONROE-
SHELBY-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
RECTOR...WALNUT RIDGE...HOXIE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...TRUMANN...
MARKED TREE...HARRISBURG...LEPANTO...BLYTHEVILLE...OSCEOLA...
WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...MARION...FORREST CITY...MARIANNA...
KENNETT...MALDEN...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...HORN LAKE...
HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...HICKORY FLAT...RIPLEY...CORINTH...
IUKA...BELMONT...BURNSVILLE...NORTH TUNICA...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...
COLDWATER...BOONEVILLE...BATESVILLE...SARDIS...OXFORD...
NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...MANTACHIE...HOUSTON...
OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...NETTLETON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...GALLAWAY...
BOLIVAR...WHITEVILLE...SELMER...ADAMSVILLE
920 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST THURSDAY...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WILL DROP TO BETWEEN ZERO AND 5 DEGREES
  BELOW ZERO

* TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE
  AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 MINUTES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

SJM
375 
WWUS44 KMEG 182136
WSWMEG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
336 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR INTO THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AND
THEN A WINTER STORM IS ON TAP FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.

.COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT.
NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND
CHILLS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY
MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH. BY THE END OF THE WEEK LOW
PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WHILE A
WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH. COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE
ACROSS THE REGION AND AS A RESULT A VARIETY OF WINTER
PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE LIKELY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT.

ARZ008-009-017-018-MOZ113-115-191030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T0900Z-150221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1800Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
RECTOR...WALNUT RIDGE...HOXIE...PARAGOULD...KENNETT...MALDEN
336 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 12 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY
  FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE
  AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 MINUTES.
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
  NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

TNZ001>004-021-022-054-055-191030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T1200Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1800Z/
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-CARROLL-BENTON TN-HENDERSON-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...MCKENZIE...HUNTINGDON...BRUCETON...
CAMDEN...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE
336 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY
  FROM FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE
  AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 MINUTES.
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ026>028-035-036-048-MSZ001>006-008-009-013>017-023-024-TNZ019-
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/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1800Z/
CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-
DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TATE-PRENTISS-
LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-CHICKASAW-MONROE-DYER-
GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-SHELBY-
FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...TRUMANN...MARKED TREE...
HARRISBURG...LEPANTO...BLYTHEVILLE...OSCEOLA...WYNNE...
WEST MEMPHIS...MARION...FORREST CITY...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
HORN LAKE...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...HICKORY FLAT...RIPLEY...
CORINTH...IUKA...BELMONT...BURNSVILLE...SENATOBIA...COLDWATER...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
MANTACHIE...HOUSTON...OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...NETTLETON...
DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...TRENTON...DYER...HALLS...
COVINGTON...MUNFORD...ATOKA...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...BELLS...
MAURY CITY...FRIENDSHIP...JACKSON...HENDERSON...BARTLETT...
GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...
GALLAWAY...BOLIVAR...WHITEVILLE...SELMER...ADAMSVILLE...SAVANNAH
336 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING. 

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 12 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY
  FROM FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE
  AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 MINUTES.
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ049-MSZ007-012-191030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1800Z/
LEE AR-TUNICA-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIANNA...NORTH TUNICA...TUNICA...
BATESVILLE...SARDIS
336 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. 

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THIS EVENING THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY
  FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE FROSTBITE
  AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 MINUTES.
  HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

MSZ022-191030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0600Z/
CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...VARDAMAN...DERMA
336 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
EVENING. 

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. 

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FRIDAY AND
  FRIDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ058-MSZ010-011-020-021-191030-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST HELENA...HELENA...CLARKSDALE...
LAMBERT...MARKS...CROWDER...SLEDGE...CHARLESTON...TUTWILER...
WEBB...WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE
336 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. 

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. 

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY 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.

&&

$$

SJM
660 
WWUS44 KMEG 190026
WSWMEG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
626 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...ARCTIC AIR WILL POUR INTO THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
AND THEN A WINTER STORM IS ON TAP FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...

.COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT.
NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE
WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH. BY THE END OF THE WEEK LOW
PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WHILE A
WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH. COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE
ACROSS THE REGION AND AS A RESULT A VARIETY OF WINTER
PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE LIKELY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT.

ARZ008-009-017-018-MOZ113-115-191100-
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T0900Z-150221T1200Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
RECTOR...WALNUT RIDGE...HOXIE...PARAGOULD...KENNETT...MALDEN
626 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND 
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 12 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY
  FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE 
  FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 
  MINUTES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

TNZ001>004-021-022-054-055-191100-
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T1200Z/
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-CARROLL-BENTON TN-HENDERSON-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...MCKENZIE...HUNTINGDON...BRUCETON...
CAMDEN...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE
626 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND 
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY
  FROM FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE 
  FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 
  MINUTES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ026>028-035-036-048-MSZ001>006-008-009-013>017-023-024-TNZ019-
020-048>053-088>092-191100-
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0600Z/
CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-
DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TATE-PRENTISS-
LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-CHICKASAW-MONROE-DYER-
GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-SHELBY-
FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...TRUMANN...MARKED TREE...
HARRISBURG...LEPANTO...BLYTHEVILLE...OSCEOLA...WYNNE...
WEST MEMPHIS...MARION...FORREST CITY...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
HORN LAKE...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...HICKORY FLAT...RIPLEY...
CORINTH...IUKA...BELMONT...BURNSVILLE...SENATOBIA...COLDWATER...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
MANTACHIE...HOUSTON...OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...NETTLETON...
DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...TRENTON...DYER...HALLS...
COVINGTON...MUNFORD...ATOKA...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...BELLS...
MAURY CITY...FRIENDSHIP...JACKSON...HENDERSON...BARTLETT...
GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...
GALLAWAY...BOLIVAR...WHITEVILLE...SELMER...ADAMSVILLE...SAVANNAH
626 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND 
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 12 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY
  FROM FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE 
  FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 
  MINUTES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY 
  EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ049-MSZ007-012-191100-
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.150219T0100Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0000Z/
LEE AR-TUNICA-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIANNA...NORTH TUNICA...TUNICA...
BATESVILLE...SARDIS
626 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE 
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH
  THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY
  FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE 
  FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 
  MINUTES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

MSZ022-191100-
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0600Z/
CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...VARDAMAN...DERMA
626 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE 
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. 

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FRIDAY AND 
  FRIDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ058-MSZ010-011-020-021-191100-
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST HELENA...HELENA...CLARKSDALE...
LAMBERT...MARKS...CROWDER...SLEDGE...CHARLESTON...TUTWILER...
WEBB...WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE
626 PM CST WED FEB 18 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SLEET AND ICE 
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. 

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY 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.

&&

$$

SJM/JCL
419 
WWUS44 KMEG 190928
WSWMEG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
328 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...SUBZERO WIND CHILLS THIS MORNING AND THEN A WINTER STORM IS ON
TAP FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...

.COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE
MIDSOUTH TODAY. NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES
WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF ZERO TO 15 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING
ACROSS MUCH OF THE MIDSOUTH. BY THE END OF THE WEEK LOW PRESSURE
WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WHILE A WARM FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH. COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE
REGION AND AS A RESULT A VARIETY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE
LIKELY LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

ARZ008-009-017-018-MOZ113-115-191800-
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T0900Z-150221T1200Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
RECTOR...WALNUT RIDGE...HOXIE...PARAGOULD...KENNETT...MALDEN
328 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
  LIKELY WITH ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 12 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING.
  SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FROM LATE TONIGHT
  INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE 
  FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 
  MINUTES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

TNZ001>004-021-022-054-055-191800-
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T1200Z/
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-CARROLL-BENTON TN-HENDERSON-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...MCKENZIE...HUNTINGDON...BRUCETON...
CAMDEN...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE
328 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND 
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING.
  SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FROM FRIDAY INTO
  FRIDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE 
  FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 
  MINUTES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ026>028-035-036-048-MSZ001>006-008-009-013>017-023-024-TNZ019-
020-048>053-088>092-191800-
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0600Z/
CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-
DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TATE-PRENTISS-
LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-CHICKASAW-MONROE-DYER-
GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-SHELBY-
FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...TRUMANN...MARKED TREE...
HARRISBURG...LEPANTO...BLYTHEVILLE...OSCEOLA...WYNNE...
WEST MEMPHIS...MARION...FORREST CITY...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
HORN LAKE...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...HICKORY FLAT...RIPLEY...
CORINTH...IUKA...BELMONT...BURNSVILLE...SENATOBIA...COLDWATER...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
MANTACHIE...HOUSTON...OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...NETTLETON...
DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...TRENTON...DYER...HALLS...
COVINGTON...MUNFORD...ATOKA...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...BELLS...
MAURY CITY...FRIENDSHIP...JACKSON...HENDERSON...BARTLETT...
GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...
GALLAWAY...BOLIVAR...WHITEVILLE...SELMER...ADAMSVILLE...SAVANNAH
328 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
  LIKELY WITH ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 12 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING.
  SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FROM FRIDAY INTO
  FRIDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE 
  FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 
  MINUTES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY 
  EVENING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ049-MSZ007-012-191800-
/O.CON.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0000Z/
LEE AR-TUNICA-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIANNA...NORTH TUNICA...TUNICA...
BATESVILLE...SARDIS
328 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...ZERO AND 5 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

* TIMING...WIND CHILLS WILL DROP BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING.
  SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES COULD CAUSE 
  FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA WITH EXPOSURE AS LITTLE AS IN 30 
  MINUTES. HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

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.

&&

$$

MSZ022-191800-
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0600Z/
CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...VARDAMAN...DERMA
328 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WITH
  MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS.

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FRIDAY AND 
  FRIDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ058-MSZ010-011-020-021-191800-
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST HELENA...HELENA...CLARKSDALE...
LAMBERT...MARKS...CROWDER...SLEDGE...CHARLESTON...TUTWILER...
WEBB...WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE
328 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WITH
  MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS.

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY 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.

&&

$$

KRM
992 
WWUS44 KMEG 191753
WSWMEG

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1153 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM ON TAP FOR THE END OF THE WEEK...

.BY THE END OF THE WEEK LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WHILE A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH.
COLD AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION AND AS A RESULT A
VARIETY OF WINTER PRECIPITATION TYPES ARE LIKELY LATE TONIGHT INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT.

ARZ008-009-017-018-MOZ113-115-200200-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T0900Z-150221T1200Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...PIGGOTT...CORNING...
RECTOR...WALNUT RIDGE...HOXIE...PARAGOULD...KENNETT...MALDEN
1153 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
  LIKELY WITH ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FROM LATE
  TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
  FRIDAY NIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

TNZ001>004-021-022-054-055-200200-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T1200Z/
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-CARROLL-BENTON TN-HENDERSON-DECATUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TIPTONVILLE...RIDGELY...UNION CITY...
MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...MCKENZIE...HUNTINGDON...BRUCETON...
CAMDEN...LEXINGTON...PARSONS...DECATURVILLE
1153 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET AND ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FROM FRIDAY
  INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ026>028-035-036-048-MSZ001>006-008-009-013>017-023-024-TNZ019-
020-048>053-088>092-200200-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0600Z/
CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-
DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TATE-PRENTISS-
LAFAYETTE-UNION-PONTOTOC-LEE MS-ITAWAMBA-CHICKASAW-MONROE-DYER-
GIBSON-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-SHELBY-
FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESBORO...TRUMANN...MARKED TREE...
HARRISBURG...LEPANTO...BLYTHEVILLE...OSCEOLA...WYNNE...
WEST MEMPHIS...MARION...FORREST CITY...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...
HORN LAKE...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...HICKORY FLAT...RIPLEY...
CORINTH...IUKA...BELMONT...BURNSVILLE...SENATOBIA...COLDWATER...
BOONEVILLE...OXFORD...NEW ALBANY...PONTOTOC...TUPELO...FULTON...
MANTACHIE...HOUSTON...OKOLONA...AMORY...ABERDEEN...NETTLETON...
DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...TRENTON...DYER...HALLS...
COVINGTON...MUNFORD...ATOKA...BROWNSVILLE...ALAMO...BELLS...
MAURY CITY...FRIENDSHIP...JACKSON...HENDERSON...BARTLETT...
GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...
GALLAWAY...BOLIVAR...WHITEVILLE...SELMER...ADAMSVILLE...SAVANNAH
1153 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY
  WITH ADDITIONAL SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FROM FRIDAY
  INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ049-MSZ007-012-200200-
/O.CAN.KMEG.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150219T1800Z/
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0000Z/
LEE AR-TUNICA-PANOLA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARIANNA...NORTH TUNICA...TUNICA...
BATESVILLE...SARDIS
1153 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
CHILL ADVISORY. 

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WITH
  MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS.

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY 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.

&&

$$

MSZ022-200200-
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0600Z/
CALHOUN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUCE...CALHOUN CITY...VARDAMAN...DERMA
1153 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WITH 
  MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. 

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FRIDAY AND 
  FRIDAY EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

ARZ058-MSZ010-011-020-021-200200-
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.150220T1200Z-150221T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-TALLAHATCHIE-YALOBUSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST HELENA...HELENA...CLARKSDALE...
LAMBERT...MARKS...CROWDER...SLEDGE...CHARLESTON...TUTWILER...
WEBB...WATER VALLEY...COFFEEVILLE
1153 AM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY WITH 
  MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. 

* TIMING...SIGNIFICANT WINTER PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY 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.

&&

$$

SJM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory 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 wind chill advisory went out at Feb 17, 11:38 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 11:38 PM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
1138 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2015

.UPDATE...

UPDATED FOR THE 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 537 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2015/

A POTENT AND DYNAMIC SHORTWAVE UPSTREAM ACROSS KANSAS THIS
AFTERNOON WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY DESTABILIZE IN
ASSOCIATION WITH THIS FEATURE AS NOTED IN MUCH OF THE FORECAST
SOUNDING DATA AND LOOKING AT LIGHTNING STRIKES UPSTREAM. AS THIS
SYSTEM MOVES INTO OUR AREA...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW
FREEZING THROUGH THE ENTIRE ATMOSPHERIC COLUMN. MUCH OF THE
AVAILABLE MODEL GUIDANCE INCLUDING HIGH RESOLUTION SHORT TERM
MODELS SUGGEST A THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BAND OF SNOWFALL THAT WILL
MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE MID SOUTH AND
PRODUCE A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOWFALL WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
THERE MAY EVEN BE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER...BUT HAVE NOT INCLUDED THIS
MENTION IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. IN AREAS THAT ARE AFFECTED
BY THIS BAND TO INCLUDE MOST AREAS ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE
MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE...SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WITH THE
GREATEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDERS WITH MISSOURI AND
KENTUCKY. A RATHER TIGHT GRADIENT WITH SOUTHWARD EXTENT SHOULD
LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS FURTHER SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 40...WITH
LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED HERE.

AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BE USHERED IN BEHIND THIS SHORTWAVE WITH
SOME OF THE COLDEST AIR SO FAR THIS WINTER SEASON. THE ATMOSPHERE
SHOULD REMAIN UNSTABLE AS VERY COLD AIR ALOFT MOVES OVER THE MID
SOUTH ON WEDNESDAY. THIS SHOULD KEEP THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS OR FLURRIES OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY...DIMINISHING
AFTER THE SUN SETS AND INSTABILITY WANES.

SKIES SHOULD CLEAR RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE
SETTLES OVERHEAD. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE IDEAL RADIATIONAL CONDITIONS
OVERNIGHT WHICH WITH SNOW/ICE COVER REMAINING OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION IN COMBINATION WITH THE EXTREMELY COLD AIRMASS SHOULD ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY
AND SINGLE DIGITS ELSEWHERE. DRY AND COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP BY THE END OF THE WEEK AND
SPREAD ABUNDANT MOISTURE NORTHWARD OVER TOP OF THE COLD AIRMASS
IN PLACE. THIS WILL LIKELY SET THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER WINTER STORM
ACROSS THE REGION LATER THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE
WILL LIKELY BE A TRANSITION FROM SNOW TO SLEET/FREEZING RAIN
DURING THIS PERIOD. WARMER AIR SHOULD EVENTUALLY PUSH BACK INTO
THE REGION BY SATURDAY WITH A CHANGE TO RAIN OVER ALL OF THE AREA.
THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION PRIOR TO THE
CHANGEOVER. THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO OVERALL
WINTER ACCUMULATIONS BUT TRENDS SUGGEST THAT IT COULD BE
SIGNIFICANT IN SOME AREAS. ANOTHER THREAT ON SATURDAY MAY BE HEAVY
RAINFALL AND POTENTIAL FLOODING AS RAIN MELTS SNOW AND ICE.

THE ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL ONLY BE DISPLACED NORTHWARD TEMPORARILY
AND SHOULD BEGIN TO SURGE BACK INTO THE AREA BY THE END OF THE
WEEKEND AND FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. THERE MAY BE A TRANSITION
BACK TO A PERIOD OF LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION PRIOR TO ENDING.

COLD AND DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE BACK OVER THE REGION FOR THE
FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED.

JLH

&&

.AVIATION...
06Z TAF CYCLE

AN THIN AREA OF SNOW WHICH IS ABOUT TO MOVE OUT OF EASTERN
ARKANSAS AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL WILL MOVE THROUGH WEST
TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.
AS IT DOES...IT WILL BRING A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CEILINGS AND
VISIBILITIES. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST AROUND
10 KNOTS THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST BEFORE SUNRISE AND INCREASE
TO AROUND 15 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS. WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTHWEST
AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS WEDNESDAY EVENING.

ARS

&&

.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR CLAY-
     CRAIGHEAD-GREENE-LAWRENCE-MISSISSIPPI-POINSETT-RANDOLPH.

MO...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR DUNKLIN-
     PEMISCOT.

MS...NONE.
TN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM CST WEDNESDAY FOR BENTON TN-
     CARROLL-CHESTER-CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-GIBSON-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-
     HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-OBION-TIPTON-
     WEAKLEY.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 3:49 PM CST, 11 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
349 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2015

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-
MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>022-048>055-088>092-190000-
ALCORN-BENTON MS-BENTON TN-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-
349 PM CST TUE FEB 17 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS...
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST
ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...AND MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE FOR
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE AND EVEN
WORSEN THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION...A PERIOD OF
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH LITTLE OR NO
ACCUMULATION. BLACK ICE MAY REFORM TONIGHT ON AREA ROADWAYS WHERE
DAYTIME MELTING OCCURRED AS TEMPERATURES DROP SEVERAL DEGREES
BELOW FREEZING. THIS MAY RESULT IN CONTINUED HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STEADIER SNOW WILL COME TO AN END WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. AS MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES MOVE
INTO THE REGION...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE
DAY WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK.

BITTERLY COLD SUBZERO TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR OVER THE TENNESSEE
RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SINGLE DIGIT ABOVE ZERO
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MID SOUTH
THURSDAY MORNING.

THE POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO THE
FIRST PART OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECAST FOR DETAILS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY WINTER WEATHER REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE BY TELEPHONE
OR THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.

JLH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 18, 3:36 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchMEGBenton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 15 more24 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Advisories in Tennessee, 2015Wind Chill Advisories in Mississippi, 2015Wind Chill Advisories in Arkansas, 2015Every wind chill advisory in 2015

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.