Hazardous Weather Outlook

National Weather Service Memphis TN

351 PM CST Wed Feb 2 2022

 

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351 PM CST Wed Feb 2 2022

 

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of East Arkansas…

the Missouri Bootheel…North Mississippi…and West Tennessee.

 

.DAY ONE…This Afternoon and Tonight

Areas of freezing rain will move into east Arkansas and the Missouri

bootheel overnight, possibly mixed with sleet. Bridges will likely become

slick.

 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…Thursday through Tuesday

 

Freezing rain and sleet will impact portions of the Midsouth on Thursday,

primarily northwest of a line from Clarksdale to Holly Springs Mississippi,

to Jackson and Camden, Tennessee. Areas between Jonesboro and Memphis, the

Missouri bootheel, and northwest Tennessee will see the greatest impacts

from this winter storm, with roads potentially becoming impassable. Power

outages are likely.

 

Arctic air will flow into the Midsouth Thursday afternoon evening, with

gusts over 30 mph possibly downing ice-covered tree limbs.

Strongest winds are expected over the delta in east Arkansas, the Missouri

bootheel and northwest Tennessee.

 

By sunrise Friday, wind chills will range from the upper single digits in

the Missouri bootheel, the teens in Memphis, and lower 20s in northeast

Mississippi.

 

Southeast of the wintry precipitation, localized flooding will be possible

over northeast Mississippi Thursday afternoon.