Monday, February 8, 2010

Winter Storm Warning for Memphis metro area



URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
425 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE MIDSOUTH TODAY AND TONIGHT
WITH HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...

.HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...
MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE...AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
THE AFFECTED AREA IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE
FROM FORREST CITY ARKANSAS TO HERNANDO MISSISSIPPI TO
HUNTINGDON TENNESSEE. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF
MEMPHIS AND JACKSON TENNESSEE...AND JONESBORO ARKANSAS.

A LIGHT WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED JUST TO THE SOUTH. THIS AREA IS SOUTH OF WHERE THE
HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED AND GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE
FROM WEST HELENA ARKANSAS TO ASHLAND MISSISSIPPI TO DECATURVILLE
TENNESSEE.

LOW PRESSURE OVER TEXAS WILL TRACK EAST TODAY AND MOVE THROUGH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI TONIGHT. WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE
MIDSOUTH...WINTRY WEATHER WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT.

CRITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST MEMPHIS
425 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME SLEET
MAY OCCASIONALLY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW.

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS
MORNING...SOMETIMES HEAVY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR
CHANGE TO RAIN BY MID-AFTERNOON.

* TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

TIPTON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...
COLLIERVILLE...MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON
425 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME SLEET
MAY OCCASIONALLY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW.

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS
MORNING...SOMETIMES HEAVY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR
CHANGE TO RAIN BY MID-AFTERNOON.

* TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

DESOTO-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...JACKSON...
SOMERVILLE
425 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON.

* SNOW AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. SOME SLEET
MAY OCCASIONALLY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW.

* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS
MORNING...SOMETIMES HEAVY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH OR
CHANGE TO RAIN BY MID-AFTERNOON.

* TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$




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