{ Urgent : Winter Weather Message } !

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

1022 AM CST THU JAN 24 2013



...FREEZING PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF

THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT AND INTO EARLY FRIDAY...



.A SHALLOW ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER IN FROM THE

NORTH BEHIND A COLD FRONT TODAY. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE CENTER IS

EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ALONG THE FRONT FROM NORTH TEXAS TO

NORTHERN ALABAMA TONIGHT AND ON FRIDAY. AS IT DOES SO...MOISTURE

WILL SURGE NORTH INTO THE MIDSOUTH SPREADING OVER SUBFREEZING

SURFACE TEMPERATURES...WITH FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE ANTICIPATED

NORTH OF A HARRISBURG ARKANSAS...TO PARSONS TENNESSEE LINE.

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY

ROADS...OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES.



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LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-

MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...PARIS...

DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...JACKSON...LEXINGTON

1022 AM CST THU JAN 24 2013



...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT

TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY...



* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.



* TIMING...FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 9 AM FRIDAY MORNING.



* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS...ESPECIALLY ON

SECONDARY ROADS...OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES. A FEW DOWN TREE

BRANCHES MAY ALSO OCCUR.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR

FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR

SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.