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Winter Storm
Feburary 18, 2006

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NOUS44 KMEG 190339
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
938 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2006

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM HITS THE MIDSOUTH...

JUST OVER ONE WEEK REMOVED FROM A SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM...THE
MIDSOUTH WAS ON THE RECEIVING END OF YET ANOTHER WINTER STORM
DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS OF SATURDAY FEBRUARY 18TH
2006. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVED QUICKLY OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST
UNITED STATES AND INTO THE MIDSOUTH VERY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECIPITATION DEVELOPED OVER THE MIDSOUTH AHEAD OF THE
DISTURBANCE. AT THE SAME TIME...VERY COLD AIR WAS ENTRENCHED OVER
THE MIDSOUTH DUE TO ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS. THE PRECIPITATION FELL INTO THIS COLD AIR AND AFFECTED THE
MIDSOUTH WITH A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW.

THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE WINTER WEATHER ACCUMULATIONS FROM
ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH REGION. THESE REPORTS WERE RELAYED BY THE LOCAL
MEDIA...EMERGENCY MANAGERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT...TRAINED SPOTTERS...AND
OBSERVERS FROM THE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER NETWORK. WE THANK EVERYBODY
WHO TOOK THE TIME TO RELAY THEIR REPORTS.

...ACCUMULATION SUMMARY...

TWO TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...ALONG WITH ONE EIGHTH INCH OF
FREEZING RAIN OCCURRED IN EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...AND NORTHWEST TENNESSEE. AREAS AFFECTED WERE IN A
CORRIDOR ALONG AND NORTH OF A WALNUT RIDGE ARKANSAS TO DRESDEN
TENNESSEE LINE.

TO THE SOUTH OF THIS AREA...ONE INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW WAS REPORTED.
FREEZING RAIN ALSO ACCUMULATED UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH IN SOME
LOCATIONS. THESE AMOUNTS OCCURRED OVER THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR
AND AS FAR SOUTH AS NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI. THIS INCLUDED THE MEMPHIS
METROPOLITAN AREA.

LOCATIONS FROM PHILLIPS COUNTY ARKANSAS EASTWARD TO LAFAYETTE
COUNTY MISSISSIPPI EXPERIENCED AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING
RAIN AND ONE HALF INCH OF SLEET.

NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...INCLUDING AREAS FROM HOLLY SPRINGS TO IUKA
SOUTHWARD TO TUPELO...ACCUMULATED ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF SLEET. ONE
QUARTER INCH OF FREEZING RAIN WAS ALSO REPORTED WITH ISOLATED CITIES
RECEIVING ONE HALF INCH. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF
HIGHWAYS IN MISSISSIPPI REPORTED NUMEROUS VEHICLE ACCIDENTS AS A
RESULT OF THE ICY ROADS.

MCNAIRY AND HARDIN COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE RECEIVED ONE HALF INCH OF
SLEET AND ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE. MEANWHILE...DECATUR
COUNTY TENNESSEE REPORTED UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW WITH LIGHT AMOUNTS
OF ICING.

...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...

FOR A GRAPHICAL MAP OF THE ABOVE SUMMARY VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT

HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG/FEB1806/

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JFB/AC/JLH

A photo from Senath, Missouri. Photo by Nate Deck.

 

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
225 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 AM     SLEET            4 NE JACKSON            35.67N 88.78W
02/18/2006  M0.10 INCH       MADISON            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            .1 SLEET ACCUMULATION

0600 AM     SNOW             JONESBORO               35.82N 90.69W
02/18/2006  M1.0 INCH        CRAIGHEAD          AR   CO-OP OBSERVER

            I INCH OF SNOW

0630 AM     SLEET            MILLINGTON              35.33N 89.89W
02/18/2006  E0.50 INCH       SHELBY             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            APPROX 1/2 INCH OF ACCUMULATED FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.

0630 AM     SNOW             UNION CITY              36.42N 89.05W
02/18/2006  M2.0 INCH        OBION              TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 INCHES SNOW ON GROUND

0703 AM     SLEET            1 E DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS    35.13N 90.03W
02/18/2006  M0.25 INCH       SHELBY             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1/4 INCH SLEET

0755 AM     SNOW             4 NE JACKSON            35.67N 88.78W
02/18/2006  M0.4 INCH        MADISON            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            .4 SNOW ON HARD SURFACES.

0821 AM     SLEET            SOMERVILLE              35.24N 89.35W
02/18/2006  M0.25 INCH       FAYETTE            TN   NWS EMPLOYEE

            1/4 INCH SLEET ON HARD SURFACES.

0830 AM     SNOW             MALDEN                  36.58N 89.98W
02/18/2006  E3.0 INCH        DUNKLIN            MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ESTIMATED 3 INCHES OF SNOW

0842 AM     SNOW             KENNETT                 36.24N 90.05W
02/18/2006  M2.0 INCH        DUNKLIN            MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 INCHES SNOW ON SURFACES

0842 AM     SLEET            TISHOMINGO              34.64N 88.23W
02/18/2006  M0.25 INCH       TISHOMINGO         MS   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TRACE TO 1/4 INCH OF SLEET. ROADS VERY SLICK.

0845 AM     FREEZING RAIN    NEW ALBANY              34.49N 89.02W
02/18/2006  E0.10 INCH       UNION              MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ICY SLICK ROADS OVER UNION COUNTY.

0845 AM     FREEZING RAIN    RIPLEY                  34.73N 88.94W
02/18/2006  M0.25 INCH       TIPPAH             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            EARLIER FREEZING RAIN...ROADS ICY

0845 AM     FREEZING RAIN    ASHLAND                 34.83N 89.18W
02/18/2006  M0.25 INCH       BENTON             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            EARLIER FREEZING RAIN...ICY SLICK ROADS

0845 AM     FREEZING RAIN    CORINTH                 34.94N 88.52W
02/18/2006  M0.25 INCH       ALCORN             MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ICY SLICK ROADS

0850 AM     FREEZING RAIN    ASHLAND                 34.83N 89.18W
02/18/2006  E0.50 INCH       BENTON             MS   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            ICY ROADS. CARS IN DITCHES.

0850 AM     FREEZING RAIN    RIPLEY                  34.73N 88.94W
02/18/2006  E0.50 INCH       TIPPAH             MS   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            ICY ROADS. CARS IN DITCHES

0850 AM     FREEZING RAIN    NEW ALBANY              34.49N 89.02W
02/18/2006  E0.50 INCH       UNION              MS   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            ICY ROADS. CARS IN DITCHES.

0850 AM     FREEZING RAIN    CORINTH                 34.94N 88.52W
02/18/2006  E0.50 INCH       ALCORN             MS   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            ICY ROADS. CARS IN DITCHES.

0932 AM     SNOW             CARUTHERSVILLE          36.18N 89.67W
02/18/2006  E2.0 INCH        PEMISCOT           MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            APPROX 2 INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF A LITTLE SLEET.

0939 AM     SLEET            2 E DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS    35.13N 90.01W
02/18/2006  E0.50 INCH       SHELBY             TN   PUBLIC

            1/2 INCH SLEET ON GROUND 1/4 INCH ICE ON ROAD.

0939 AM     SNOW             KENNETT                 36.24N 90.05W
02/18/2006  M3.0 INCH        DUNKLIN            MO   CO-OP OBSERVER

            3 INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF APPROX 1/4 INCH SLEET

1010 AM     FREEZING RAIN    SENATOBIA               34.62N 89.97W
02/18/2006  E0.00 INCH       TATE               MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN HAS BEGUN. ICY ROADS.

1010 AM     FREEZING RAIN    OXFORD                  34.36N 89.53W
02/18/2006  E0.10 INCH       LAFAYETTE          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET LIGHT ACCUMULATION

1038 AM     SNOW             JACKSON                 35.63N 88.83W
02/18/2006  M1.0 INCH        MADISON            TN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            1 INCH SNOW ON TOP OF 1/8 INCH SLEET/FREEZING RAIN

1041 AM     SNOW             UNION CITY              36.42N 89.05W
02/18/2006  M2.5 INCH        OBION              TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2.5 INCHES OF SNOW ON PAVEMENT

1041 AM     FREEZING RAIN    FALKNER                 34.85N 88.93W
02/18/2006  M0.10 INCH       TIPPAH             MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1/8 INCH MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET

1140 AM     SNOW             MARTIN                  36.34N 88.86W
02/18/2006  M2.0 INCH        WEAKLEY            TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2 INCHES SNOW ON PAVEMENT

1200 PM     SLEET            GERMANTOWN              35.09N 89.79W
02/18/2006  M1.00 INCH       SHELBY             TN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1 INCH SLLET

1240 PM     SLEET            TUNICA                  34.69N 90.38W
02/18/2006  E1.00 INCH       TUNICA             MS   PUBLIC

            1 INCH MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN

0200 PM     SNOW             LEXINGTON               35.65N 88.39W
02/18/2006  M1.0 INCH        HENDERSON          TN   AMATEUR RADIO

            1 INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND


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JFB