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Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...CARROLL-CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HAYWOOD-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-MADISON-MARSHALL-MISSISSIPPI-OBION-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS-TATE-TIPTON-TUNICA- WEAKLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF... BLYTHEVILLE... DYERSBURG... HUMBOLDT... JACKSON... JONESBORO... KENNETT... MEMPHIS... WEST MEMPHIS 237 PM CST WED DEC 22 2004
... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY...
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS LIKELY ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AS HEAVY WINTRY PRECIPITATION ADVANCES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY NORTH OF JONESBORO AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY OVER THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM THE JONESBORO AREA THROUGH THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE... EAST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TONIGHT. PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON SOUTHEAST OF JONESBORO AND DYERSBURG WHERE SOME ICING COULD OCCUR ON TREES AND POWERLINES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HEAVY SNOW AND/OR ICE ARE FORECAST TO ACCUMULATE IN THE AFFECTED AREAS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THOSE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE, OR SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE.
ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF BEING INDOORS, YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK....
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so much for going Christmas shopping today -- apparently doing so is a hazard to my health :-P
photos of the crazy weather in my backyard in a bit...
maybe we'll get our 1 white christmas in 10 years, *this* year... go figure! :-P
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