A potent cold upper area of low pressure aloft plowed through the Lower Mississippi Valley Saturday night into early Sunday morning, producing light to moderate snow across a good portion of the ArkLaMiss region. Most of the region experienced at least some snowfall during this event.
Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
A potent cold upper area of low pressure aloft plowed through the Lower Mississippi Valley Saturday night into early Sunday morning, producing light to moderate snow across a good portion of the ArkLaMiss region. Most of the region experienced at least some snowfall during this event. The bulk of measured accumulations, greater than a dusting, were generally confined north of I-20, while accumulations of an inch or greater were mainly limited to areas of Central and Northern Mississippi. Most of the heaviest snowfall, between 1 and 3 inches, was measured with this system across the northeast portion of Central Mississippi.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 28, 4:00 PM CST, 8 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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8 heavy snow, 6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Patchy light snow showers moved over the county overnight and ended just|after dawn. A half inch of snow was reported on grassy surfaces around|Kosciusko. Bridges along highway 440 and highway 35 were iced over.
Areas of light to moderate snow showers crossed the county overnight and|ended prior to dawn. An estimated 1.3 inches was observed in Cleveland.
Patchy light to moderate snow showers moved over the county overnight and ended prior to dawn. Greenwood reported around 1.5 inches of snowfall.
Patchy light to moderate snow showers moved over the county during the night and ended around dawn. Three inches was measured near Eupora.
Areas of light to moderate snow showers moved over the county overnight and ended by mid morning. Air Force Meteorologist and pilots reported 3 inches of snowfall at the Columbus Air Force Base.
Patchy light snow showers crossed the county overnight and ended prior to dawn. One inch of snow was observed on vehicles in Vaiden.
Light to moderate snow showers moved over the county and ended prior to dawn. Two inches of snowfall was recorded over portions of the county.
Light to moderate snow fell overnight across the county. There were reports of 1.8 to 2.5 inches of snow around the Starkville area.
Light to moderate snow fell across the county overnight. Amounts ranged|from an inch at Montpelier as well as in most areas of the county. An analysis of the snowfall reports estimated that two inches fell across the extreme southeast portion of the county.
Light to moderate snow fell across the county overnight through early this|morning. Macon reported a snow depth of two inches.
Light to moderate snow showers moved across the county overnight and ended|near dawn. Analysis from area snow fall reports estimated that two inches of snow fell across Northeastern Leflore county.
Areas of light to moderate snow showers crossed the county overnight and ended around mid morning. Three inches of snowfall was reported in the northeast portion of the county.
Patchy light snow showers crossed the county overnight and ended around|mid morning. WTOK TV observed around a half inch of snowfall in downtown|Meridian.
Patchy light snow showers moved over the county overnight. Also area|law enforcement estimated around one half inch of light snow on grassy surfaces around the Jackson area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, March 2009
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 154647, 154654, 154646, 154650, 154651, 154655, 156678, 156679, 156680, 156681, 156677, 154653, 154657, 154642.