Winter Storm Warning in effect until 6 AM CST Saturday
...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PARTS OF THE MID-SOUTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WHILE A WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTH ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH TONIGHT. COLD AIR OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET TO CONTINUE ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH THIS EVENING...AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST TENNESSEE UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED...WITH ONLY MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS. AS THE WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTH ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL RAIN. ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
* SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...MINOR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AND UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS.
* TIMING...SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS EVENING. FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN NEAR 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BENTON ... CARROLL ... HENRY ... LAKE ... OBION ... WEAKLEY
Instructions:
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
Address/Location
Weakley County Emergency Management
Old 22
Weakley County, TN 38225
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 731-364-5454
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP WEAKLEY911 followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Winter Storm Warning