URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
301 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
…SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH
AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SURGE ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW… WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THIS WILL ALLOW RAIN TO CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN…SLEET…AND SNOW IN MANY AREAS BEFORE COMING TO AN END MIDDAY THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW…SLEET…AND ICE ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE WINDCHILLS INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS ABOVE ZERO…AND MAY AID IN SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES WHERE HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FALL.
* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES…SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 0.5 TO 2.5 INCHES…AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.
* TIMING…12 PM CST WEDNESDAY TO MIDDAY THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…SLEET…AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
