Snow, ice in Miss-Lou causing closures
Published 12:06 am Tuesday, January 28, 2014
NATCHEZ — The National Weather Service is expecting precipitation in the form of snow to continue throughout the afternoon today.
NWS meteorologist Anna Weber said no exact measurements of snow already fallen in the Miss-Lou are available, but whatever falls is expected to stick around throughout the day with temperatures not expected to rise above 31.
“It will stay below freezing today, so whatever is falling will likely stick around for a while,” Weber said. “Temperatures tonight will drop in the mid-teens to 15.”
The following schools and offices are closed today because of the weather conditions:
Anyone with information regarding weather related closures, please email newsroom@natchezdemocrat.com
ROADS:
• Flyover bridge in Natchez
• Silver Street
• D.A. Biglane Street
• Roth Hill
• Learned’s Mill Road
• Travel on the Natchez Parkway south of I-20 (near milepost 87, near Clinton) is not recommended.
• U.S. 61 is closed from north of St. Francisville to the Mississippi state line
GOVERNMENT:
• Adams County offices
• City of Vidalia offices
• Concordia Parish Sheriff’s Office
• Natchez National Historical Park
• Natchez Transit will only be transporting dialysis patients
BUSINESSES:
• Britton & Koontz Bank
• Delta Bank
• Fat Mama’s Tamales
• Jefferson Comprehensive Clinic in Natchez and Fayette
• Mississippi Department of Employment Security offices south of I-20
• Natchez Ford
• Roux 61
• Old South Federal Credit Union
• Slick Rick’s Foods
• United Mississippi Bank
• Uptown Grocery
• Unplugged Communications
• WIN Job Center in Natchez
OTHER:
• Antebellum houses Stanton Hall and Longwood
• Natchez Historical Society Membership Banquet
• Morgantown Baptist Church
• Jefferson Street United Methodist
SCHOOLS:
• Adams County Christian School
• Alcorn State University’s Lorman, Natchez and Vicksburg campuses
• Amite County School District (Tuesday and Wednesday)
• Amite School Center (Tuesday and Wednesday)
• Catahoula Parish School District
• Cathedral School
• Centreville Academy
• Central Louisiana Technical Community College campuses in Alexandria, Cottonport, Ferriday, Jena, Leesville, Oakdale and Winnfield.
• Concordia Parish School Board
• Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Natchez, Wesson and Simpson campuses
• Delta Charter School
• Franklin County School District
• Jefferson County School District
• Natchez-Adams County School District
• North Pike County School District
• Trinity Episcopal Day School
• Tensas Academy
• Wilkinson County School District
• Wilkinson County Christian Academy