SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 358 PM CST TUE DEC 3 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT... AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SURGE THROUGH THE MID SOUTH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND NIGHT THURSDAY WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN AND A FEW CRACKS OF THUNDER. BY MID EVENING...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS WITH RAIN CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. BY FRIDAY MORNING FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO JUST NORTH OF I-40...AND BY AFTERNOON INTO FAR NORTH MISSISSIPPI. FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET WILL SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST ON FRIDAY WITH ACTIVITY TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE WEST BY FRIDAY EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY ACROSS THE EAST EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET WILL LIKELY MIX IN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH WITH SOME SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE LOCATIONS AS WELL. THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. THE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXTEND AS FAR SOUTH AS THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND HOW FAR SOUTH THE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING WILL IMPACT AREAS SUCH AS JONESBORO ARKANSAS AND DYERSBURG TENNESSEE. IT ALSO REMAINS POSSIBLE THAT SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL IMPACT THE MEMPHIS TENNESSEE AND JACKSON TENNESSEE AREAS. DETAILS REGARDING SPECIFIC ACCUMULATIONS WILL NEED TO BE WORKED OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION AS A SECOND STORM PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. PLEASE STAY TUNED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ON THIS UNFOLDING WINTER STORM. MIDSOUTHERNERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES WITH THIS STORM.
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 22:14:30 +0000
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