{ Special Weather Statement } !

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN

442 AM CST SAT FEB 2 2013



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MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-021800-

ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA-

CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER-

FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-

ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON-

MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-

PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-

ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-

UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…ABERDEEN…AMORY…BARTLETT…

BATESVILLE…BLYTHEVILLE…BOLIVAR…BOONEVILLE…

CARUTHERSVILLE…CLARKSDALE…COLLIERVILLE…CORINTH…

COVINGTON…DRESDEN…DYERSBURG…FORREST CITY…GERMANTOWN…

HARRISBURG…HELENA…HUMBOLDT…HUNTINGDON…IUKA…JACKSON…

JONESBORO…KENNETT…LEXINGTON…MARTIN…MEMPHIS…MILAN…

MILLINGTON…NEW ALBANY…OLIVE BRANCH…OXFORD…PARAGOULD…

PARIS…SAVANNAH…SOMERVILLE…SOUTHAVEN…TUNICA…TUPELO…

UNION CITY…WALNUT RIDGE…WEST MEMPHIS…WYNNE

442 AM CST SAT FEB 2 2013



…LIGHT WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS THE MID SOUTH THIS MORNING…



AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS

THE MID SOUTH THIS MORNING AND WILL SPREAD A MIX OF LIGHT WINTRY

PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS A MIX

OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET TO THE NORTH OF A JONESBORO ARKANSAS TO

JACKSON TENNESSEE LINE. FURTHER SOUTH…TO INCLUDE THE REMAINDER

OF EASTERN ARKANSAS…SOUTHERN WEST TENNESSEE…AND NORTHERN

MISSISSIPPI…PRECIPITATION SHOULD BEGIN AS A MIX OF LIGHT

FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. AS WARMER TEMPERATURES MOVE NORTH THROUGH

THE MORNING…WINTRY PRECIPITATION SHOULD TRANSITION TO LIGHT RAIN

FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. ACROSS NORTHWEST TENNESSEE…PRECIPITATION

MAY REMAIN A WINTRY MIX BEFORE ENDING BY LATE MORNING.



ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT AND ONLY

RESULT IN MINOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS…ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS THAT

EXPERIENCE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. IN THESE AREAS…A FEW ICY SPOTS

COULD DEVELOP THIS MORNING ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES. AT THIS

TIME…IT APPEARS THAT WINTER WEATHER ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REMAIN

LIGHT AND BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. IF PRECIPITATION BECOMES

HEAVIER THAN CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED OR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES

DEVELOP…THEN A WINTER WEATHER OR FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY WILL BE

ISSUED FOR THE MORNING HOURS IN AFFECTED LOCATIONS. ALL PRECIPITATION

SHOULD EITHER END OR BECOME ALL LIGHT RAIN BY EARLY THIS

AFTERNOON.



IF YOU MUST TRAVEL THIS MORNING…PLEASE BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE ICY

SPOTS ON ELEVATED ROAD SURFACES AND TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS

TO REMAIN SAFE. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND

POSSIBLE ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE

IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE.