HEAVY SNOW WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE ...CORRECTED FORMAT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
345 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2004
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SHOULD TRACK ALONG INTERSTATE
TWENTY CORRIDOR FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT AND BE SITUATED NEAR THE
ALABAMA BORDER BY MID MORNING SUNDAY. THE COLDER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS SYSTEM WILL CREATE A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW ALONG AND NORTH
OF IT'S TRACK. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH BY MIDDAY
SUNDAY AS THE DISTURBANCE TRACKS OUT OF THE AREA AND TEMPERATURES
RISE ENOUGH BY EARLY AFTERNOON TO MELT ANY REMAINING SNOW.
ARZ074-075-LAZ007-MSZ018-019-025-034-151000-
ASHLEY-BOLIVAR-CHICOT-LEFLORE-MOREHOUSE-SUNFLOWER-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BASTROP...CLEVELAND...CROSSETT...
GREENVILLE...GREENWOOD...INDIANOLA...LAKE VILLAGE
345 PM CST SAT FEB 14 2004
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...MOREHOUSE PARISH IN
NORTHEAST LOUSIANA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...
SOME CITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE: CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...GREENVILLE...CLEVELAND...AND INDIANOLA.
A RAIN AND SNOW MIXTURE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING
FROM THE WEST AND BECOME MOSTLY SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BASTROP LOUISIANA TO
HOLLANDALE TO GREENWOOD. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY OCCUR ON
ELEVATED SURFACES AND ON GRASSY AREAS. AIR TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST
TO BOTTOM OUT NEAR 33 DEGREES AND THEREFORE...SOME ROADS AND BRIDGES
MAY HAVE MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SLUSH CREATING SLICK SPOTS FOR MUCH
OF SUNDAY MORNING.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER
STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
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Road Trip tonight MS Target Zone Heavy Snow Warning
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wrkh99
I ended up not going based on the fact that it wasn't cold enough for snow and that this storm would be a huge bust .
Heavy snow warning for north MS was a joke !
NWS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
425 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2004
.DISCUSSION...THE SNOW IS TRYING TO GET ESTABLISHED...BUT TEMPS IN
THE 38 TO 41 DEGREE RANGE ARE KEEPING PRECIP MOSTLY LIQUID. THE TEMP
"WALL" SEEMS TO BE THE MS RIVER...AS AREAS OVER SE AR/NE LA HAVE
SEEN SOME SNOW ACCUM. ONCE WE GET TO THE RIVER AND EASTWARD...MOSTLY
RAIN. ALONG THE VERY NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE CWA WE ARE STARTING TO
GET REPORTS OF SOME CHANGEOVER. AFTER LOOKING AT MAY MODELS...SFC
OBS AND PUBLIC REPORTS...IT JUST SEEMS TOO WARM ACROSS N-CENTRAL AND
NE AREAS. HOWEVER...THE DEFORMATION PRECIP IS WELL ESTABLISHED AND
THIS IS A FAVORED SNOW REGION. HAVE DECIDED TO JUST KEEP THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING AS IS. THIS IS BASED ON CURRENT ACCUM OVER THE FAR NW
AND THE BEGINNING OF SOME CHANGEOVER IN A FEW MS COUNTIES. WILL
MENTION 1 TO 3 IN ACCUM POSSIBLE. AS FOR THE ADVISORY AREA...WILL
KEEP THE CURRENT COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF I-55. WILL REMOVE
COUNTIES FROM WEBSTER EASTWARD AND MENTION JUST FLURRIES.
Heavy snow warning for north MS was a joke !
NWS
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
425 AM CST SUN FEB 15 2004
.DISCUSSION...THE SNOW IS TRYING TO GET ESTABLISHED...BUT TEMPS IN
THE 38 TO 41 DEGREE RANGE ARE KEEPING PRECIP MOSTLY LIQUID. THE TEMP
"WALL" SEEMS TO BE THE MS RIVER...AS AREAS OVER SE AR/NE LA HAVE
SEEN SOME SNOW ACCUM. ONCE WE GET TO THE RIVER AND EASTWARD...MOSTLY
RAIN. ALONG THE VERY NORTHERN FRINGES OF THE CWA WE ARE STARTING TO
GET REPORTS OF SOME CHANGEOVER. AFTER LOOKING AT MAY MODELS...SFC
OBS AND PUBLIC REPORTS...IT JUST SEEMS TOO WARM ACROSS N-CENTRAL AND
NE AREAS. HOWEVER...THE DEFORMATION PRECIP IS WELL ESTABLISHED AND
THIS IS A FAVORED SNOW REGION. HAVE DECIDED TO JUST KEEP THE HEAVY
SNOW WARNING AS IS. THIS IS BASED ON CURRENT ACCUM OVER THE FAR NW
AND THE BEGINNING OF SOME CHANGEOVER IN A FEW MS COUNTIES. WILL
MENTION 1 TO 3 IN ACCUM POSSIBLE. AS FOR THE ADVISORY AREA...WILL
KEEP THE CURRENT COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST OF I-55. WILL REMOVE
COUNTIES FROM WEBSTER EASTWARD AND MENTION JUST FLURRIES.
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