Snow Reports

Thanks to Ben Clements for this image taken by Ashley Aime of Holden, LA, his sister-in-law. This is near Hammond, Louisiana:

Another shot from the WDAM-TV SKYCAM network at Jones Community College in Hattiesburg:

And, snow is now falling in Newton, MS… west of Meridian… see the SKYCAM image here.

And, this statement from the Jackson NWS:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
800 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008

MSZ044>046-048>066-072>074-111600-
ADAMS-CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-COPIAH-COVINGTON-FORREST-FRANKLIN MS-HINDS-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR-LAUDERDALE-
LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LINCOLN-MARION-NESHOBA-NEWTON-RANKIN-SCOTT-SIMPSON-
SMITH-
800 AM CST THU DEC 11 2008

…TRAVEL CONDITIONS RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI…

RAIN HAS BEEN RAPIDLY MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AND SNOW
THIS MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI…MAINLY SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM PORT GIBSON TO THE JACKSON METRO AREA TO JUST NORTH OF
MERIDIAN. THIS PROCESS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING…WITH
MOST AREAS ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PRIMARILY
CHANGING TO SNOW OR A MIXTURE OF SNOW…SLEET AND RAIN BY 9 TO 10
AM. PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND WILL ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY
IN SOME LOCATIONS.

SOME LOCATIONS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A HALF TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW OR
SLEET ACROSS SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 32 TO 35
DEGREE RANGE…ROADWAYS…PARTICULARLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES…ARE
BECOMING SLUSHY WITH AREAS OF ICE. TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE
DETERIORATING RAPIDLY…WITH POOR CONDITIONS BEING REPORTED ON
INTERSTATE 55 AND US HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH OF JACKSON…AND ON US
HIGHWAYS 84 AND 98 IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. ADDITIONALLY…VISIBILITY
WILL BE POOR IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY SNOW…COMBINED WITH WIND GUSTS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH…OCCURS.

CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE OR REMAIN POOR IN AREAS
SOUTHEAST OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE THIS MORNING AS THE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION CONTINUES. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA TODAY.

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