JACKSON, Miss.--Snow started falling just as many of you went to bed Wednesday night and has accumulated on roads and bridges in Mississippi. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for the middle third of the state:
LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CHOCTAW-HUMPHREYS-
HOLMES-ATTALA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-
WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT-NEWTON-CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-SIMPSON-SMITH-
JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...VAIDEN...
NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...EUPORA...MABEN...
MATHISTON...ACKERMAN...WEIR...BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...
LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...KOSCIUSKO...MAYERSVILLE...
ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY...RIDGELAND...MADISON...
CANTON...CARTHAGE...PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...VICKSBURG...
JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST...MORTON...NEWTON...
UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...PORT GIBSON...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...
HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE...MENDENHALL...TAYLORSVILLE...
RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG
The latest prediction on when snow will stop falling:
WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
* TIMING: SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE AREA THROUGH MID
MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL BE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST
SNOW FALLING BETWEEN NOW AND 8 AM CST.
* MAIN IMPACT: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH
ISOLATED 4 INCH ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE.
* OTHER IMPACTS: DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO
BECOMING SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED. THIS WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE
MORNING COMMUTE IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA.
Where the snow has accumulated-we are getting reports from all over central Mississippi. MDOT is reporting ice or snow or both in Warren, Yazoo, Sharkey, Rankin, Hinds, Madison, Holmes, Leake, Claiborne, Jefferson, and Webster counties. Reports are likely to come in from many other areas as the snow keeps falling. Several main traffic arteries are being affected, including I-55, I-20, Hwy. 49 in and outh of the Delta, Hwy. 25 and Hwy. 35. You are urged to stay home if you can.