The NWS issued a Winter Storm Watch for extreme northwest Mississippi for winter storm potential on Friday. 1/4-1/2" of freezing rain is likely in Northwest MS with light, but still impactful accumulations as far south and east as Tupelo. The changeover to freezing rain should occur in the watch area early to mid Friday, morning continuing through the afternoon where there is also potential for another changeover to sleet and/or snow, but the freezing rain will have the biggest impacts. The rain/ice line will move slowly southeast throughout the day. Whenever the watch is upgraded to a warning, advisories will likely be posted for some of the remaining areas of North MS.
This is a map of POSSIBLE ice accumulations through Friday night for MS:
And like I said before, the threat won't be over after this. Saturday night into Sunday has an even bigger chance now of additional freezing rain and sleet, and possible accumulations from Friday may not do much melting, which could also raise the risk of power outages and tree damage! It is still not certain what kind of accumulations will occur with Round 2 and it will need to be watched.
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