Winter Weather Advisory for Thursday, January 20, 2011

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
238 AM CST WED JAN 19 2011

...WINTER WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE MIDSOUTH ON THURSDAY...

.THE COMBINATION OF A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT AND A FAST UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING WINTER PRECIPITATION TO THE MIDSOUTH ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE SNOW... HOWEVER AN INITIAL BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN MAY FALL RIGHT ALONG THE FRONT AS IT SURGES SOUTHWARD. SNOW WILL QUICKLY TAPER OFF THROUGHOUT THE EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST AS THE STORM LIFTS INTO THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW... SLEET... AND FREEZING RAIN... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CST THURSDAY.

* SNOW TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS NOON ON THURSDAY WITH LIGHT SNOW TAPERING OFF BY 9 PM THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.