Winter Storm Warning Issued
Tue, 03/03/2015 - 13:35
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The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued the following Winter Storm Warning in effect for Wednesday, March 4 and into Thursday, March 5:
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 208 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SURGE ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW... WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS WILL ALLOW RAIN TO CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IN MANY AREAS BEFORE ENDING EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE WINDCHILLS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS ABOVE ZERO...AND MAY AID IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES WHERE HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FALL. CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE AR-PHILLIPS-DESOTO-MARSHALL-BENTON MS- TIPPAH-ALCORN-TUNICA-TATE-COAHOMA-QUITMAN-PANOLA-CARROLL- BENTON TN-TIPTON-HAYWOOD-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY- FAYETTE-HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST MEMPHIS...MARION...FORREST CITY... MARIANNA...WEST HELENA...HELENA...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH... HORN LAKE...HOLLY SPRINGS...ASHLAND...HICKORY FLAT...RIPLEY... CORINTH...NORTH TUNICA...TUNICA...SENATOBIA...COLDWATER... CLARKSDALE...LAMBERT...MARKS...CROWDER...SLEDGE...BATESVILLE... SARDIS...MCKENZIE...HUNTINGDON...BRUCETON...CAMDEN...COVINGTON... MUNFORD...ATOKA...BROWNSVILLE...JACKSON...HENDERSON...LEXINGTON... PARSONS...DECATURVILLE...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE... MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...OAKLAND...GALLAWAY...BOLIVAR... WHITEVILLE...SELMER...ADAMSVILLE...SAVANNAH 208 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING...12 PM CST WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.