Winter Storm Update (via NWS)

...WINTER STORM UPDATE...  MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL AT MID MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY FROM THE WEST LATER THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY...PARTICULARLY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...BETWEEN 9 AM AND 3 PM. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.  TEMPERATURES ARE NEAR FREEZING ACROSS THE AREA...AND ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. TRAVEL IS HAZARDOUS...WITH ICY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND SLUSHY ROADS. UNTIL THE SNOW DIMINISHES...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR FREEZING...AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE.  AT 9 AM...THE OFFICIAL SNOWFALL TOTAL AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON IS 3.5 INCHES.  2.9 INCHES OF THIS HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. THIS IS THE 13TH LARGEST CALENDAR DAY SNOWFALL IN JACKSON HISTORY...AND IS THE THIRD LARGEST SINGLE DAY FEBRUARY SNOWFALL ON RECORD. THE EVENT TOTAL OF 3.5 INCHES IS THE 12TH LARGEST SNOWFALL EVENT ON RECORD IN JACKSON.  OTHER SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS AS REPORTED BY SPOTTERS...THE PUBLIC...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...COOP AND COCORAHS OBSERVERS...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING. ALL OF THESE AMOUNTS WERE AS OF BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM. SNOW WAS STILL FALLING OVER MOST OF THE AREA... SO THESE TOTALS WILL INCREASE.  NATCHEZ...ADAMS COUNTY...6 INCHES VICKSBURG...WARREN COUNTY...5.5 INCHES 2 MI N PRENTISS...JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY...4.5 INCHES RAYMOND...HINDS COUNTY...4.5 INCHES MONTICELLO...LAWRENCE COUNTY...4 INCHES COLLINS...COVINGTON COUNTY...4 INCHES RIDGELAND...MADISON COUNTY...4 INCHES LAUREL...JONES COUNTY...4 INCHES OVETT...JONES COUNTY...4 INCHES DECATUR...NEWTON COUNTY...4 INCHES MCCALL CREEK...FRANKLIN COUNTY...4 INCHES FOREST...SCOTT COUNTY...3.5 INCHES GRAND GULF PARK...CLAIBORNE COUNTY...3.5 INCHES DOWNTOWN JACKSON...HINDS COUNTY...3.2 INCHES HOUSE...NESHOBA COUNTY...3 INCHES SUMRALL...LAMAR COUNTY...3 INCHES PELAHATCHIE...RANKIN COUNTY...3 INCHES TAYLORSVILLE...SMITH COUNTY...3 INCHES QUITMAN...CLARKE COUNTY...3 INCHES VALLEY PARK...ISSAQUENA COUNTY...2 INCHES PHILADELPHIA...NESHOBA COUNTY...1.7 INCHES WILMOT...ASHLEY COUNTY...1 INCH  THE NWS THANKS EVERYONE FOR REPORTING THEIR SNOW TOTALS...AND ASKS THAT REPORTS CONTINUE TO BE SUBMITTED. YOU CAN SUBMIT STORM REPORTS FROM THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN.