The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued the following weather statement;

..WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN ALONG WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING…BECOMING MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY EVENING. THE MIXTURE SHOULD END FROM THE SOUTHWEST AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT.

* MAIN IMPACT: FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A RAYVILLE LOUISIANA TO CANTON TO PHILADELPHIA LINE…MOSTLY SNOW…POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET IS EXPECTED WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW LIKELY. ALONG THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI…A SLUSHY MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY EVENING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH NOW EXPECTED. FARTHER SOUTH…TO THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR…A MIX OF SLEET…FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN SUNDAY MORNING CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY NIGHT…ALONG WITH THE ONE QUARTER INCH OF POTENTIAL ICING. THE RISK FOR FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATION APPEARS GREATEST FROM THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR DOWN TO THE HIGHWAY 84 CORRIDOR…A BAND OF ONE INCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS STRADDLING ROUGHLY A WISNER LOUISIANA TO PORT GIBSON TO QUITMAN LINE AND DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE A PRIMARY CONCERN. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE VERY LIMITED IF NOT COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: BRISK EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY EVNING AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD COMBINE WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF SLUSH OR ICE TO RESULT IN EVEN MORE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. TEMPERATURES DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND CHILLS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER TEENS. CONDITIONS SHOULD BEGIN IMPROVING AFTER MID MORNING MONDAY BUT LOCATIONS WITH ANY SNOW OR ICE COVER WILL NOT REACH THE FREEZING MARK UNTIL MIDDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ARE FORECAST… ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.