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...MAJOR LATE WINTER STORM EXPECTED ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE MIDSOUTH TODAY...TONIGHT...AND INTO MIDDAY THURSDAY. .AN ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO SUBFREEZING ACROSS THE NORTH BY NOON...THE I-40 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHWEST DELTA BY EARLY EVENING...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE MIDSOUTH BY MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW RAIN TO CHANGEOVER TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IN MANY AREAS BEFORE COMING TO AN END AROUND NOON THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF WINTRY WEATHER ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REGION THROUGH MUCH OF THE SAME PERIOD. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE WINDCHILLS DOWN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS...AND WILL LIKELY AID IN POWER OUTAGES WHERE HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET FALL. PLEASE PREPARE FOR THIS IMPENDING STORM. ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY...

* SNOW/SLEET/ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.

* TIMING...9 AM CST WEDNESDAY MORNING TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CROCKETT ... DYER ... GIBSON ... HENRY ... LAKE ... LAUDERDALE ... OBION ... WEAKLEY

Instructions:

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.