Winter Storm Watch for MS - 1" - 3" accumulation e

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Who really saw this coming? Local NWS has just issued this statement:

WWUS44 KJAN 132209 CCA
WSWJAN

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
400 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2004

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023-025-MSZ018-019-025>042-047-141000-
400 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUSIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY... BRINGING COLD AIR AND A CHANCE OF SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY FALL TOWARD FREEZING SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...WITH RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. OVERALL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM RAYVILLE TO OAK GROVE LOUISIANA TO CLEVELAND MISSISSIPPI...MAY SEE ACCUMULATIONS AS HIGH AS THREE INCHES.

SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR FREEZING...MAKING SNOW THE PRIMARY RISK WITH THIS EVENT. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY OCCUR ON GRASSY AREAS. HOWEVER...SECONDARY ROADS AND BRIDGES MAY SEE MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SLUSH.

THE DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST OUT OF THE AREA WITH THE PRECIPITATION ENDING BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO RISE AROUND MID MORNING...WHERE ANY FROZEN PRECIPITATION REMAINING SHOULD MELT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

Wow. All I can say is wow. So many mets have bombed with this one.