First Alert Weather Day: Ice Storm Warning in effect through Thursday
Thursday morning weather 2/11/2021 WMC By WMC Action News 5 Staff | February 9, 2021 at 4:58 PM CST - Updated February 11 at 4:37 AM
(WMC) - The threat for freezing rain and sleet continues and new data now shows the potential for ice shifting farther south into Memphis and parts of north Mississippi.
The National Weather Service has expanded an ICE STORM WARNING to now include Memphis and Shelby County as well as much of the Mid-South. Ice Storm Warning in effect until noon Thursday (Source: WMC)
The latest forecast data continues to show the majority of precipitation moving through the area overnight and through the early morning hours Thursday. However, the new data now shows the focus for freezing rain and sleets shifting slightly farther south and east which puts the Memphis metro in jeopardy of icing. Ice accumulations of a tenth to a third of an inch will be possible in many areas with the h
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