An ice storm developed across the area on February 3rd into the early morning hours of the 4th. While this icing event was not devastating, the impact to travel was a major issue across the region.
Every event with a place to put it; 37 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.
An ice storm developed across the area on February 3rd into the early morning hours of the 4th. While this icing event was not devastating, the impact to travel was a major issue across the region. Thousands of accidents occurred from slick roads. As a result of the accidents, three fatalities occurred along with a handful of injuries. Overall, most areas received 0.25 to 0.5 inches of ice accumulation from freezing rain. Additionally, some areas had a mix of precipitation with sleet accumulating. Some snow did occur, but those were just across select areas and the accumulation was mainly one inch or less.
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 3, 9:33 AM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR MESOSCALE UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
933 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011
...COMPLEX WINTER WEATHER EPISODE DEVELOPING FOR THE ARKLAMISS...
.MESOSCALE UPDATE...PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO GRADUALLY EXPAND
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. SATELLITE CLEARLY SHOWS A
WAVE COMING ACROSS EASTERN TX WITH ASCENT INCREASING AHEAD OF IT.
NEW NAM APPEARS UNDERDONE WITH THIS FEATURE AND ASSOCIATED QPF GIVEN
EXPANDING PCPN AREAS ON RADAR. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE MID 20S OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA...EXCEPT UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S IN THE SOUTHEAST.
SURFACE WETBULB FREEZING LINE IS WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA...AND SOLID
OVERCAST HAS OVERSPREAD THE AREA WITH WEAK TO MODERATE COLD AIR
ADVECTION CONTINUING. SO SEEMS CLEAR THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL
OF THE WINTER VARIETY TODAY.
SOUTHEAST AREAS DEFINITELY APPEAR TO BE INITIALLY UNDER THE GUN AS
PCPN IS INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THERE AND UPSTREAM.
AREA SOUNDINGS AND RUC/LAPS INDICATE THAT PRECIPITATION IN THE I-59
CORRIDOR WOULD BE PRIMARILY A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. EXPECT
CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THERE WITH TEMPERATURES BELOW
FREEZING WITH BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BECOMING AN ISSUE. AM GROWING
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT AREAS FARTHER TO THE N GETTING INTO THE
PRECIPITATION EARLIER THAN FORECAST AS PRECIPITATION IS CONTINUING
TO EXPAND ACROSS MUCH OF LA. PRECPITATION AREA DEVELOPING OVER
CENTRAL LA WOULD MOVE TOWARD JAN METRO IF IT CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
MAY NEED TO SPEED UP SOME WARNINGS IF TRENDS CONTINUE. WILL UDPATE
GRIDS TO GET PCPN IN THE FORECAST SOONER. IT IS ACTUALLY POSSIBLE
THAT WE COULD GET A BREAK IN PCPN LATER TODAY AND EVENING OVER PARTS
OF THE AREA AFTER THIS INITIAL WAVE OF ACTIVITY MOVES THROUGH...
BEFORE THE MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT. IN THE
AREAS ALONG AND NW OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE...FORECAST SOUNDINGS
INDICATE THAT MOST PRECPITATION TODAY WILL BE A COMBO OF SNOW AND
SLEET.
WE WILL BE ISSUING UPDATED SPS PRODUCTS AND GRAPHICASTS EVERY 1-2
HOURS TO KEEP PEOPLE ABREAST OF SHORT TERM TRENDS IN THE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION. /AEG/
&&
.SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...VERY COMPLEX FORECAST TONIGHT AS
THE CWA IS FACING DOWN AN IMPENDING WINTER STORM. AS IS THE CASE IN
THE SOUTH...IT IS NEVER CLEAR CUT! MODELS HAVE CONTINUED TO TREND
MUCH COLDER WITH THIS SYSTEM AND WHAT LOOKED TO BE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MOSTLY RAIN TODAY HAS SINCE CHANGED OVER TO THE POTENTIAL FOR MOSTLY
FROZEN PRECIPITATION OF SOME KIND.
THE OVERALL PATTERN FOR THIS SYSTEM REMAINS THE SAME. AHEAD OF A
DIGGING TROUGH OUT TO OUR WEST...AND SHALLOW COLD AIR IN PLACE OVER
THE REGION...MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD NORTHWARD OUT OF THE GULF
OF MEXICO LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. AS THIS DOES...IT
WILL MIX WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION.
THINGS WILL GET RATHER TRICKY AS SFC TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER BETWEEN
31 TO ABOUT 34/35 ALL DAY...WITH THIS POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURES
SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING BEING HIGHEST IN THE PINE BELT REGION(BUT
LIKELY NOT FOR LONG IF AT ALL). MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE THAT IN THE
SOUTHEAST AS THE FIRST BAND OF PRECIPITATION...ALREADY BEING
INDICATED ON RADAR...SHOULD BRING THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME FREEZING
RAIN AND/OR SLEET. LOCATIONS ALONG THE I-12 CORRIDOR ARE ALREADY
INDICATING SOME FREEZING PRECIP AND TEMPERATURES AT KHBG HAVE FALLEN
THIS MORNING AS THE PRECIP MOVES OVER. AS MOISTURE INCREASES FROM THE
SOUTH...TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO WARM MUCH AND WET BULB
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING THE ENTIRE DAY FOR THE WHOLE
CWA. THIS WOULD INDICATE MORE OF THE LIKELIHOOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH
SOME MIXTURE OF SLEET IN THERE AS WELL GIVEN ENOUGH OF A WARM LAYER
TO MELT THE ICE ALOFT (AS IS INDICATED ON MODEL SOUNDINGS). FURTHER
NORTH GENERALLY ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR...THERE MAY BE A MIX OF
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS THE PRECIPITATION MOVES IN.
LOCATIONS ACROSS THE DELTA REGION WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF ON THE
PRECIPITATION UNTIL LATER INTO THE EVENING THOUGH THERE COULD BE SOME
SLIGHT MIXTURE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
HEADING INTO TONIGHT...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE
REGION. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING...THE THREAT OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SOME MIXTURE OF SLEET WILL BE ENHANCED ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL ZONES AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE SOUTHEAST ZONES.
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN THE CENTRAL AND GIVEN SFC TEMPERATURES
BELOW FREEZING...AND ENOUGH OF A WARM LAYER ALOFT...THIS WILL EQUATE
TO A DECENT ACCUMULATION OF ICE. SREF PROBS OF FREEZING RAIN SEEM TO
BE BEST ENHANCED FROM GENERALLY A LINE FROM CATAHOULA/CONCORDIA
PARISHES THROUGH TO JUST SOUTH OF THE JACKSON METRO AREA. IN
ADDITION...SREF PROBS OF SLEET ARE ALSO ENHANCED IN THIS REGION OR
JUST NORTH OF IT. THAT BEING SAID...WE HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INCLUDED
THESE AREAS IN THE UPGRADED WINTER STORM WARNING(THAT WERE NOT IN THE
WATCH PREVIOUSLY) BEGINNING ABOUT NOON TODAY EVEN THOUGH THESE AREAS
SHOULD SEE THE BETTER QPF AMOUNTS POSSIBLY CLOSER TO 00Z AND AFTER.
WET BULB TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND
THIS SHOULD GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THE AMOUNT OF FREEZING RAIN AND
EVENTUALLY BECOME MOSTLY RAIN BY FRIDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS ACROSS
THE NORTHERN ZONES AROUND THE MS DELTA REGION...SHOULD SEE THE ONSET
OF BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION BY MIDNIGHT WHERE A MIXTURE OF SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE LIKELY. IT IS IN THIS AREA WHERE
AMOUNTS OF ICE VERSUS SNOW ARE A LITTLE MORE UNCERTAIN AS BULK OF
MOISTURE LOOKS TO REMAIN FURTHER TO THE SOUTH. IN ADDITION...MODEL
SOUNDINGS REMAIN MOSTLY BELOW THE FREEZING MARK...LEADING MORE
CONFIDENCE TO SNOW MORESO THAN FREEZING RAIN.
IN TERMS OF THE WATCH/WARNINGS...WILL LET INHERITED HARD FREEZE
WARNING EXPIRE ON TIME TODAY. TEMPERATURES MAY VERY WELL REMAIN
MOSTLY BELOW FREEZING BUT GIVEN INCOMING WINTER WEATHER...WE FELT
THAT THE WINTER STORM PRODUCTS WOULD SUFFICIENTLY COVER AND LIKELY
SUPERSEDE THE HARD FREEZE CONCERNS. WE HAVE UPGRADED WINTER STORM
WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING AND
INCLUDED SOME ADDITIONAL COUNTIES/PARISHES BASED ON LATEST
QPF/EXPECTED ICE AMOUNTS/MODEL PROBS. IT IS IN THIS AREA WHERE
CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST IN SEEING AT LEAST A QUARTER INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATIONS. UPGRADED THOSE SAME AREAS TO A WARNING FOR TONIGHT AS
CONFIDENCE REMAINS HIGH THAT THESE LOCATIONS WILL SEE THE BEST
CHANCE FOR CRITERIA...IF NOT TODAY THEN DEFINITELY BY TONIGHT. AREAS
UNDER THE WATCH IN THE NORTH ARE STILL A LITTLE LESS CERTAIN BASED
ON HOW MUCH QPF WILL BE SEEN AND HOW MUCH CAN ACTUALLY ACCUMULATE
IN EITHER SNOW OR ICE FORM. WILL LET LATER SHIFTS EVALUATE THIS AND
PERHAPS UPGRADE ADDITIONAL AREAS PRIOR TO OR DURING THE AFTERNOON
FORECAST PACKAGE. /28/
FRI-SAT NIGHT...FRIDAY WILL BE A TRICKY PERIOD AS THERE WILL STILL
BE SOME WINTRY PRECIP ON GOING...BUT MAINLY IN A WRAPPING UP PHASE.
THE NAM/EURO/SREF ALL AGREE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE E/SE HALF OF THE
CWA WILL BE JUST ABV FREEZING AND A COLD RAIN WILL BE OCCURRING AT
THE START OF THE PERIOD. CLOSER TO THE MS RIVER AND IN THE NW
PORTION...THERMO PROFILES STILL SUPPORT SOME SNOW...SLEET AND FZRA.
AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...A CHANGE TO MORE PLAIN LIGHT SNOW LOOKS TO BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WEST AS COOLER TEMPS ALOFT MOVE IN WITH THE UPPER
TROUGH AXIS. AS THIS OCCURS...THE E HALF WILL REMAIN ABV FREEZING
WITH MODERATE RAIN TAPERING TO LIGHT RAIN BY AFTERNOON. AS FOR
TEMPS...GFS AGAIN SEEMS A TAD TOO WARM AND HAVE FOLLOWED MORE OF A
SREF/EURO SOLUTION FOR HIGHS HOLDING IN THE 30S AS PRECIP/CLOUDS
LINGER.
FRI NIGHT THERE WILL REMAIN SOME CHANCE OF LIGHT PRECIP WITH SOME OF
THE AREA STILL HAVING A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW. I WILL TAPER THIS TO
FLURRIES DURING THE EVENING WITH ALL ACTIVITY EXITING THE CWA BEFORE
SUNRISE. LOW CLOUDS WILL LINGER THIS PERIOD WITH SOME CAA OCCURRING.
GUID TEMPS SEEMED A TAD COOL...BUT NOT OVERLY BAD...ONLY SOME SMALL
ADJ WERE NEEDED.
FOR SAT-SAT NIGHT...CONDITIONS BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT AND THE AREA WILL
GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRY OUT A BIT. HIGHS ON SAT WILL REMAIN CHILLY
AND WELL BELOW AVG AS COOLER LOW LEVEL TEMPS REMAIN. GUID VALUES
LOOKED GOOD WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO UPPER 40S. BY SAT NIGHT...LOW
LEVEL WAA DEVELOPS AND LOWS WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING...BUT NOT
BOTTOM OUT REAL LOW. UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S LOOKS TO BE THE RANGE.
/CME/
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE OVERALL PATTERN REFUSES
TO BUDGE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK WITH THE MEAN TROUGH AXIS
IN THE CENTRAL CONUS EDGES BACK TOWARD THE ERN SEABOARD AND DELIVERS
AT LEAST TWO MORE SURGES OF POLAR AIR TO THE ERN HALF OF THE NATION.
NEITHER OF THESE SURGES APPEAR TO HAVE QUITE THE PUNCH OF THIS PAST
ONE AS THE SOURCE REGIONS IN WRN CANADA ARE QUITE DEPLETED OF
SERIOUSLY COLD AIR.
ON SUNDAY...SKIES WILL PARTIALLY CLEAR AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE
MODERATING CLOSE TO OUR NORMAL HIGHS FOR EARLY FEBRUARY. SURFACE
HIGH PRESSURE SLIDING TO OUR SE WILL PRODUCE TEMPORARY SWLY LL
WINDS. TO PUSH HIGHS INTO THE U40S TO U50S AS WAA INCREASES. EXPECT
LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT TO OCCUR DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH
READINGS HEADING UP AFTER MIDNIGHT AS LIGHT RAINS DEVELOP FROM NW TO
SE. THE RAINS WILL DEVELOP W OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE
NEXT WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR A QUICK RETURN OF 0.7 INCH PWATS TO
GENERALLY YIELD LESS THAN ONE QUARTER INCH RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY A
RUMBLE OF THUNDER AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF I-20.
THEN...WE WILL SEE A FRESH SUPPLY OF POLAR AIR AS A 1045MB HIGH
SLIDES DOWN THE MO RIVER VALLEY FROM CANADA MONDAY NIGHT. IT SHOULD
BE A DECENT PERIOD OF CAA OCCURRING OVER OUR REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE ANOTHER GULF SYSTEM DEVELOPS OFFSHORE LATER
WEDNESDAY ALONG THE STALLING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. THE ECMWF HAS BEEN
CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING THIS NEXT SYSTEM WITH A NEARLY ALL SNOW
EVENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHILE THE GFS/ENSEMBLE MEANS ONLY HINTING AT
IT SO FAR. HOWEVER IT DOES APPEAR THAT WINTER COLD WILL REMAIN IN
TACT FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK BEFORE A LIGHT EMERGES AT THE END OF THE
TUNNEL WITH A SHIFT TO A MORE WNW UPPER FLOW REGIME BRINGING PACIFIC
AIR MASS INTRUSIONS./40/
&&
.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH MOST
OF THE MORNING WITH A SLOW TRANSITION TO LOWERING CEILINGS FOR THIS
AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY CONCERN WILL BE PRECIP TYPE TODAY. FOR
NOW...LOOKS LIKE THE POTENTIAL WILL BE INCREASING FOR SOME PL
(SLEET) AT THE ONSET OF PRECIP THEN BECOME A MIX OF PL/FZRA DURING
THE AFTERNOON WITH THE LOWER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME LIGHT
SNOW/FLURRIES. THIS LOOKS TO MAINLY IMPACT JAN/MEI/HBG AFTER 15Z AND
ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 20-06Z. SOME ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AND
THIS WILL BE REFINED WITH FUTURE FORECASTS. RIGHT NOW...THE BETTER
ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND SW AREAS WHICH COULD
INCLUDE KJAN...KMEI AND KHBG. KGLH WOULD LIKELY HOLD OFF ON SEEING
SIGNIFICANT PRECIP TIL AFTER 00Z AND AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS MORE
IN THE WAY OF SNOW RATHER THAN FZRA(THOUGH THAT CANNOT BE RULED OUT
EITHER). KGWO AND KGTR WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET AND FZRA
AND PREDOMINATELY AFTER 03Z. AFTER 06Z...PRECIPITATION LOOKS TO FALL
MAINLY AS RAIN AT KHBG WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF SITES WILL
LIKELY STILL SEE SOME MIX OF MOSTLY FZRA WITH LESSER CHANCE OF
PL./28/
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON 35 31 38 24 / 55 97 100 27
MERIDIAN 36 33 40 27 / 67 100 100 42
VICKSBURG 35 28 37 24 / 46 88 95 19
HATTIESBURG 36 32 42 30 / 78 96 100 31
NATCHEZ 33 28 37 24 / 71 96 98 18
GREENVILLE 34 27 37 24 / 21 80 83 25
GREENWOOD 36 27 37 23 / 27 80 95 34
&&
.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR
MSZ026>033-036>039.
HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR MSZ018-019-025>027-
034>036-040>043-047>049-053-054-059>062.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR
MSZ018-019-025-034-035-040-041.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR
MSZ045-046-051-052-056>058.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR
MSZ047-053-059-060.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
MSZ043-044-048>050-054-055-061-062.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR MSZ063>066-
072>074.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
FOR MSZ042.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR
MSZ056.
LA...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR LAZ007>009-015-016-
023>026.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR
LAZ007>009-015.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY FOR
LAZ016-023>026.
AR...HARD FREEZE WARNING UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR ARZ074-075.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR
ARZ074-075.
&&
28/CME/40HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 356 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 MSZ057-058-064>066-072>074-041000- JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR- FORREST- 356 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO EARLY EVENING BEFORE BECOMING MIXED WITH RAIN LATER THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 1/4 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IF THE COLD AIR HOLDS AND FREEZING RAIN LINGERS LONGER INTO THE EVENING. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON ELEVATED...METAL AND GRASSY SURFACES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER SHOT AT WINTRY WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE HEADS OUR WAY AND COMBINES COLD TEMPERATURES WITH DEEP MOISTURE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF WINTER WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY. LAZ009-015-016-023>026-MSZ035>037-040>044-047>050-053>056-059>063- 041000- EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND-MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS- CONCORDIA-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- MADISON MS-LEAKE-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH- SIMPSON-SMITH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE- 356 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MIX OF MAINLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON ELEVATED...METAL AND GRASSY SURFACES. HOWEVER...IF TEMPERATURES CAN HOLD INTO THE UPPER 20S AND ICE ACCUMULATION CAN REACH 1/2 OR MORE...ROADS WILL BECOME ICED OVER AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL EXIST. ADDITIONALLY...SUCH HIGH ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO COME DOWN. THIS EVENT DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE A SIGNIFICANT ICING EVENT AND WINTER STORM. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER SHOT AT WINTRY WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE HEADS OUR WAY AND COMBINES COLD TEMPERATURES WITH DEEP MOISTURE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF WINTER WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. ARZ074-075-LAZ007-008-MSZ018-019-025>028-034-041000- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE- GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WASHINGTON- 356 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SOME ICE ACCUMULATION NEAR 1/4 INCH COULD OCCUR WITH SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES POSSIBLE AS WELL. MORE UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ACROSS THIS AREA WITH JUST HOW MUCH PRECIPITATION WILL FALL. AS A RESULT A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER SHOT AT WINTRY WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE HEADS OUR WAY AND COMBINES COLD TEMPERATURES WITH DEEP MOISTURE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF WINTER WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. MSZ029>033-038-039-045-046-051-052-041000- WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-NESHOBA- KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE- 356 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT BEFORE POSSIBLY BECOMING MIXED WITH RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND TOWARD FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IF THE COLD AIR HOLDS AND FREEZING RAIN LINGERS LONGER INTO THE NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATION WILL OCCUR ON ELEVATED...METAL AND GRASSY SURFACES. THIS AREA HAS BOTH A WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER SHOT AT WINTRY WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER DISTURBANCE HEADS OUR WAY AND COMBINES COLD TEMPERATURES WITH DEEP MOISTURE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF WINTER WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. CME
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
843 AM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0835 AM SLEET RAYVILLE 32.47N 91.76W
02/03/2011 U0.00 INCH RICHLAND LA BROADCAST MEDIA
SLEET BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE ON VEHICLES AND ROADWAYS IN
RICHLAND PARISH...INCLUDING RAYVILLE AND DELHI.
&&
DLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1015 AM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1000 AM SLEET VICKSBURG 32.33N 90.87W
02/03/2011 U0.00 INCH WARREN MS EMERGENCY MNGR
LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE CAUSING SEVERAL
BRIDGES AROUND VICKSBURG TO ICE
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DLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1018 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 031830- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA-FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA-BOLIVAR- SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES- CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH- SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN- LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG... WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP... OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI... TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON... ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY... CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA... VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA... MABEN...MATHISTON...WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR... STARKVILLE...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA... LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON... BROOKSVILLE...MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA... YAZOO CITY...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...CARTHAGE... PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB...SCOOBA...VICKSBURG... JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST...MORTON...NEWTON... UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN...PORT GIBSON... CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE...MENDENHALL... TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN... STONEWALL...SHUBUTA...FAYETTE...NATCHEZ...BUDE...ROXIE... MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS... BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...COLUMBIA... WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG 1018 AM CST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION CONTINUING TO DEVELOP...CONDITIONS BEGININNG TO DETERIORATE ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI... AT 1015 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF MIXED FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET CONTINUING TO EXPAND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MISSISSIPPI. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE BEING RELAYED FROM THE HIGHWAY 84 AND 98 CORRIDORS...AND SOME ICING IS BEGINNING TO BE REPORTED. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A NATCHEZ TO MERIDIAN LINE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION EXPECTED IN THIS AREA BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. FARTHER TO THE NORTHWEST...A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WAS OCCURRING...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING THE JACKSON...VICKSBURG AND TALLULAH AREAS. THIS COULD RESULT IN A LIGHT COATING OF SLEET OR SNOW ACROSS THIS AREA...AND WITH TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S...THIS COULD RESULT IN SOME SLICK SPOTS ON AREA ROADWAYS. IN THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR...AT THIS TIME MAINLY JUST FLURRIES OR VERY LIGHT SLEET ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A BIT OF A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OUTSIDE OF SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. HOWEVER...MORE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION. AEG
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1029 AM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1020 AM FREEZING RAIN MAGEE 31.87N 89.73W
02/03/2011 U0.00 INCH SIMPSON MS EMERGENCY MNGR
BRIDGES IN THE MAGEE AREA ALONG US HIGHWAY 49 AND MS
HIGHWAY 541 ARE BEGINNING TO ICE DUE TO FREEZING RAIN
1020 AM FREEZING RAIN BOGUE CHITTO 31.43N 90.45W
02/03/2011 E0.00 INCH LINCOLN MS BROADCAST MEDIA
ICING ON BRIDGES ALONG I-55 IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY.
CARS SLIDING OFF THE ROAD NEAR THE BOGUE CHITTO EXIT.
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DLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1038 AM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1025 AM FREEZING RAIN MONTICELLO 31.55N 90.11W
02/03/2011 U0.00 INCH LAWRENCE MS DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
MDOT REPORTS ICING ON BRIDGES IN LAWRENCE COUNTY.
1025 AM FREEZING RAIN PRENTISS 31.60N 89.87W
02/03/2011 U0.00 INCH JEFFERSON DAVIS MS DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
MDOT REPORTS ICING ON BRIDGES IN JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY.
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DLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1040 AM CST THU FEB 03 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1035 AM FREEZING RAIN BROOKHAVEN 31.58N 90.45W
02/03/2011 U0.00 INCH LINCOLN MS EMERGENCY MNGR
INTERSTATE BRIDGES ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY ARE BEGINNING TO
GLAZE OVER
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DLThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
37 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county. Numerous accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county. Numerous accidents were reported with at least 5 injuries.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with all bridges iced over. Numerous accidents were reported. One indirect injury occurred when a pedestrian was hit along I-20 from an out of control vehicle.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with many bridges iced over.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with many bridges iced over. Numerous accidents were reported. One indirect fatality occurred due to a vehicle accident.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with many bridges iced over. Numerous accidents were reported.
A quarter to one third of an inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Numerous accidents were reported. Two indirect fatalities occurred due to a vehicle accidents.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Numerous accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported. Portions of I-20 were temporarily closed due to iced over bridges.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Some accidents were reported.
A quarter to one third of an inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Some accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Some accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Numerous accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Numerous accidents were reported. One indirect fatality occurred due to a vehicle accident.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Several accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported. Significant travel problems occurred on all over passes around Jackson, especially across the area known as the stack.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Several accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Several accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Several accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Several accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the southern portion of the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Lesser amounts were accumulated over the northern sections. Several accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Several accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter to half inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported. A few power lines were brought down from the ice as well.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
A quarter inch of ice accumulated across the county with nearly all bridges iced over. Many accidents were reported.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ice Storm, Jasper | 2011-02-03 | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect | ||
| Ice Storm, Lincoln | 2011-02-03 | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect | ||
| Ice Storm, Lincoln | 2011-02-03 | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect | ||
| Ice Storm, Jefferson Davis | 2011-02-03 | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Mississippi in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, February 2011
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 289498, 291073, 291076, 291083, 291087, 291098, 291103, 291106, 291109, 291114, 291116, 291117, 291118, 291119, 291132, 291133, 291136, 291137, 291146, 291147, 291148, 291150, 291151, 291152, 291153, 291154, 291156, 291157, 291158, 291159, 291162, 291163, 291164, 291165, 291166, 291167, 291168.