Ice creates hazardous road conditions, brutal temps expected tonight Brian Broom, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Wintry weather in US making rare dip to Gulf Coast Replay Video UP NEXT Editor’s note: The Clarion Ledger is making this severe weather story free for everyone to read as a public service. We can’t continue to do this important work without your support. If you don’t already, please subscribe today at https://cm.clarionledger.com/specialoffer. Mississippians in much of the state woke to a landscape covered in ice. By noon the problem had been compounded by additional rain, sleet and snow, creating even more treacherous driving conditions.