A Dry, Pleasant Start to the Week

The Work Week Begins Warm and Pleasant. Showers and Storms are Possible Tuesday

Dense Fog Advisory Until 10 AM

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
356 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2009

 

…AREAS OF DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE ANDNORTH MISSISSIPPI…

.THE COMBINATION OF ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM RECENT RAINS AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW AREAS OF DENSE FOG TO FORM EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI…PARTICULARLY ABOUT 30 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A COFFEEVILLE MISSISSIPPI TO LEXINGTON TENNESSEE LINE. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS…PARTICULARLY ON RIDGETOPS AND
HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. THE DENSE FOG WILL DISSIPATE BY 10 AM CDT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING.

AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS THROUGH 10 AM CDT BEFORE LIFTING. THE DENSEST FOG WILL BE ON RIDGETOPS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING…SLOW DOWN…USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS…AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU.

Rainy & Chilly — Could Be Worse for the 13th!

(Friday, March 13, 2009) – A cloudy, cold day is expected for this Friday the 13th. A generally dry morning is expected with rain chances returning this afternoon into tonight. The wet weather is expected to take us into the first part of the weekend.  However, no thunder and no wintry weather are expected.  

At daybreak, temperatures were in the 30s across all of W. TN.  At 5AM, the actual range of temperatures was from 30º at Paris to 35º at Memphis International.  Winds were from the NE at 8-13 mph. 

Looking for temperatures to warm only 5 to 8 degrees today so most locales outside of Memphis will see highs in the 30s today. The morning weather map has high pressure sprawled across the upper MS Valley throught he Great Lakes into New England.  It is providing the chilly NE wind for our area.  To the south, a frontal boundary near the Gulf Coast will be interacting with upper level disturbances moving SW to NE across our region and we will see rain chances return.  Regional radar this morning has a slug of rain operating over NE TX and W-LA and is lifting NE.  I’m expecting this rain to begin working into our area this afternoon and agree with current guidance of rain chances this afternoon increasing to near 60%. 

Radar Valid at 5:18 AM CDT

High rain chances tonight will make for a quite unpleasant Friday night for folks wanting to take in dinner and a movie.  Temperatures will remain nearly steady from where they get for highs today.

Surface low pressure will lift from Lake Charles, LA to Jackson, MS then to Nashville by Saturday Evening.  Once this low passes to our east we will see rain chances begin to leave our forecast. 

Those spring-breakers that stay around West TN for the week ahead will see temperatures warm to above average levels.  Sunday will see a mainly cloudy day with highs in the 50s.  Monday through Thursday will see a mix of sun and clouds with highs returning to the 60s on Monday and 70s on Tuesday and Wednesday.  A chance of rain and big cool-down comes Thursday.  I’m looking for highs only in the 50s on Thursday.

Have a happy, safe weekend!

EH / www.jacksonweather.net

Winter Weather Advisories Remain

Winter Weather Advisory Until 10 PM CDT

 

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. ONE INCH OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF AROUND 10 PM CDT.

Latest Winter Warnings & Advisories

 

GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HUMBOLDT…MILAN…HUNTINGDON
1158 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2009

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY…

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY INTO THIS EVENING. A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. ALSO…TWO TO THREE
INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT.

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.

LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…UNION CITY…MARTIN…DRESDEN…PARIS…
DYERSBURG
1158 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2009

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY…

SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

CHESTER-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SOMERVILLE…BOLIVAR
1158 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2009

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY…

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY INTO THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BARTLETT…GERMANTOWN…
COLLIERVILLE…MEMPHIS…MILLINGTON
1158 AM CDT THU MAR 12 2009

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING…

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LITTLE TO NONE AT ALL. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

Winter Weather Update from NWS

10:57am CDT Thu Mar 12, 2009

.DISCUSSION…
WINTRY PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE MIDSOUTH THIS MORNING AS SEVERAL LOCATIONS WEST OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 HAVE ALREADY SWITCHED
TO ALL SNOW. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO SWITCH TO MOSTLY SNOW AND
SLEET ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE…NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40…LATER THIS
AFTERNOON.

WILL LIKELY ADJUST CURRENT WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES
BEFORE NOON AS LOCATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 ARE HAVING A
DIFFICULT TIME REACHING BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. PRECIPITATION
WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE DAY WITH OFF AND ON BREAKS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON EXPECTED. MAY ALSO NEED TO ADJUST THE
EXPIRATION TIME OF CURRENT WINTER PRODUCTS AS PRECIPITATION MAY
MOVE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA QUICKER THAN FIRST THOUGHT.

Winter Storm WARNING & Winter Weather Advisories

GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-HENDERSON-DECATUR-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…HUMBOLDT…MILAN…HUNTINGDON…JACKSON…LEXINGTON

…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
THIS MORNING. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY INTO THIS EVENING. A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND A
TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. ALSO…TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SLEET
AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO
TAPER OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT.

LAUDERDALE-TIPTON

…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TODAY. A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS
POSSIBLE IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AFTER SUNRISE. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN
INCH. ALSO…TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET.

CHESTER-HARDEMAN

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHORTLY BEFORE
SUNRISE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE
DAY INTO THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY.  ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LIKELY BE AROUND A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. PRECIPITATION
WILL TAPER OFF AROUND MIDNIGHT.

LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY…

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
FRIDAY.

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET THEN EVENTUALLY TO SNOW AFTER SUNRISE.
SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND EVENING. SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

FAYETTE

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY…

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT
FRIDAY.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHORTLY AFTER
SUNRISE. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY
INTO THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND A
TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

SHELBY

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING…

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS
EVENING.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET AROUND SUNRISE. FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY INTO THIS EVENING.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF
AN INCH. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LITTLE TO NONE AT ALL.
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET.

Winter Weather Advisories for Thursday

…WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 40 TONIGHT AND THURSDAY…

.COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION BEHIND A
COLD FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. THE FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY
STALL SOUTH OF THE AREA AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS ALONG
THE FRONT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THIS WILL ALLOW MOISTURE TO SPREAD
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH. THE COMBINATION OF COLD AIR AND
MOISTURE FROM THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WINTER
PRECIPITATION OVER LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.

LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM CDT
THURSDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND
SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS
AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN
SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A CHANGEOVER TO
SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL LIKELY BE AROUND A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. ALSO…ONE
TO TWO INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM
CDT FRIDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW…WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 1 AM CDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. A
MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN
AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE
AROUND A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. ALSO…ONE TO TWO INCHES
OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO
1 AM CDT FRIDAY…

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY
TO 1 AM CDT FRIDAY.

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE IN THE FORM OF A
MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
EVENING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO TWO INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED.

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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

ISSUED BY NWS 321 PM CDT WED MAR 11 2009

Weather March Madness

5 AM Suface Map

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
WEST TENNESSEE WEATHER ONLINE JACKSON TN
530 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2009

…WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ROUGHLY THE CENTRAL COUNTIES OF WEST TENNESSEE…
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN MOST COUNTIES OF WEST TENNESSEE…

AFTER HIGH TEMPERATURES TOUCHING 80 THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, A WEATHER MARCH MADNESS AS SET INTO THE WEST TENNESSEE AREA.  A COLD FRONT HAS JUST ABOUT CLEARED WEST TENNESSEE SHORTLY BEFORE 5 AM AND TEMPERATURES ARE FALLING. 

THIS MORNING REGIONAL RADARS ARE SHOWING RAIN FALLING FROM PITTSBURG, PA TO SAN ANTONIO, TX.  THIS POST FRONTAL RAIN WILL LIKELY STAY WITH US AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL.  AS NOTED IN THE GRAPHIC ABOVE, JUST BEFORE 5 AM SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSIOURI. 

THE BIG STORY WILL BE TONIGHT.  UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVING OVER OUR AREA ALONG WITH A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE MOVING ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION GOING THROUGH THURSDAY. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT, RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW TONIGHT ACROSS AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE IS UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AS IT IS EXPECTED THAT SLEET AND SNOW WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE AND ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. CENTRAL COUNTIES OF WEST TENNESSEE WHICH WILL BE CLOSER TO THE DEEPER MOISTURE AND A TEMPERATURE PROFILE THAT COULD BE QUITE TRICKY A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED.  FREEZING RAIN WILL FIGURE INTO THE PRECIPITATION TYPE ALONG WITH SLEET AND SNOW.  ICE ACCUMULATION OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH AND SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION OF UP TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WINTER STORM WATCH COUNTIES.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO EXIST INTO FRIDAY.  HOWEVER THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE COULD MEAN THAT BY FRIDAY, ENOUGH WARM AIR COULD BE DRAWN IN TO HAVE JUST RAIN.  THIS WILL HAVE TO MONITORED CLOSELY. 

STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS WITH THIS EVOLVING WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

HOLMES www.jacksonweather.net 

Winter Storm Watch & Winter Weather Advisory

LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM CDT
THURSDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SLEET AND SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM
TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY.

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE IN THE FORM OF
SLEET. HOWEVER…SLEET WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE DURING THE REST OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. LITTLE TO NO SLEET
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-SHELBY

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING.

RAIN WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND
SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE. FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL
CONTINUE TO OCCUR THROUGH THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A
CHANGEOVER TO SNOW COULD OCCUR IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH.
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-FAYETTE-HARDEMAN

…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING.

RAIN WILL BEGIN SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE ACROSS MUCH OF WEST TENNESSEE. RAIN
WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE.
FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST
OF THE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW COULD
OCCUR IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL
LIKELY BE AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SLEET
OR SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

NWS ISSUED AT 353 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2009