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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Jackson, MS

January 20, 20168 counties in Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this winter storm watch at Jan 20, 2016, 3:13 PM CST for 8 counties in Mississippi; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It took effect at Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2016, 3:13 PM CST (21:13 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 2:43 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Jan 20, 9:39 AM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 9:39 AM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes before

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Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Mississippi, 2016 Winter Storm Watches in Arkansas, 2016 Every winter storm watch in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.