{ Special Weather Statement } !

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

421 AM CST TUE JAN 22 2013



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CARROLL-CHESTER-CLAY-CROCKETT-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-GIBSON-GREENE-

HARDIN-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAWRENCE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-OBION-

PEMISCOT-RANDOLPH-WEAKLEY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CARUTHERSVILLE…DRESDEN…DYERSBURG…

HUMBOLDT…HUNTINGDON…JACKSON…KENNETT…LEXINGTON…MARTIN…

MILAN…PARAGOULD…PARIS…SAVANNAH…UNION CITY…WALNUT RIDGE

421 AM CST TUE JAN 22 2013



…THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A WINTER WEATHER ACROSS THE NORTH

AND EASTERN MIDSOUTH COUNTIES LATER THIS WEEK.



A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL

BRING A SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS TO THE NORTHERN MIDSOUTH COUNTIES.

TEMPERATURES ARE ANTICIPATED TO FALL TO NEAR FREEZING AFTER

MIDNIGHT WITH LINGERING MOISTURE BEHIND THE FRONT BRINGING A

THREAT FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. ICE AMOUNTS APPEAR TO BE MINIMAL

AT THIS TIME…BUT THIS MAY CHANGE IN LATER FORECASTS.



A BETTER CHANCE FOR WINTER PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY NIGHT

AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING AS A STRONGER STORM PASSES THROUGH THE

AREA. COLDER AIR WILL FILTER INTO NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND THE

BOOTHEEL OF MISSOURI BY MIDNIGHT…REACHING THE COUNTIES ALONG THE

TENNESSEE RIVER BY FRIDAY MORNING. RAIN MAY CHANGE OVER TO A LIGHT

SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE…WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AT THIS

TIME. A BRIEF WINDOW OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL

WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS MAY BE NEEDED AS THERE CONTINUES TO BE

SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE AND TIMING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODEL

FORECASTS. STAY TUNED TO FUTURE FORECASTS AND PRODUCTS CONCERNING

THIS WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL.