Special Weather Statement issued

The threat of snow late Thursday into Friday is real. So much so, that the National Weather Service office out of Jackson Mississippi issued a Special Weather Statement that includes much of the WDAM viewing area. NWS text below.....

WINTER STORM MAY AFFECT THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY..

IT IS APPEARING INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM
WILL AFFECT A LARGE PART OF THE ARKLAMISS REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO DURING THIS TIME...SPREADING
PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA. AT THE PRESENT TIME...IT APPEARS AS
THOUGH MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WINTER WEATHER
EVENT WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW...ALTHOUGH SOME SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN COULD OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS SHOULD THE LOW TRACK FARTHER
NORTH THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.

THIS WEATHER EVENT IS STILL 3 TO 4 DAYS AWAY...AND UNCERTAINTY
EXISTS REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW AND THE ASSOCIATED
TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. HOWEVER...IT APPEARS PROBABLE
THAT MOST OF THE AREA COULD RECEIVE ACCUMULATING SNOW...WITH SOME PARTS
OF THE AREA POSSIBLY RECEIVING HEAVY SNOW OF SEVERAL INCHES. THE AREA
MOST VULNERABLE TO HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY LOOKS TO BE ALONG AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 20...ALTHOUGH THIS COULD CHANGE BASED ON THE EVENTUAL
TRACK OF THE LOW.

IT MUST BE EMPHASIZED THAT THIS EVENT IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS
AWAY...AND FORECASTS COULD CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE
IS INCREASING THAT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL AFFECT THE
AREA. RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE ARKLAMISS REGION
SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS REGARDING THIS WINTER
WEATHER POTENTIAL.