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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
950 PM CST THU DEC 8 2005

THE STORM SYSTEM THAT MOVED ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH TODAY BROUGHT A
VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER ACROSS PRIMARILY THE NORTHERN TIER COUNTIES
OF THE MEMPHIS COUNTY WARNING AREA. REPORTS FROM LOCAL SHERIFFS
OFFICES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED THAT PRIMARILY
SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET...FELL ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST ARKANSAS INTO
THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. FURTHER SOUTH...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST TENNESSEE...A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN OCCURRED WITH ONLY MINOR
ACCUMULATIONS. BELOW IS A DETAILED LISTING OF WINTER WEATHER REPORTS
FROM ACROSS THE AREA:


COUNTY          STATE       WEATHER          ACCUMULATIONS
======          =====       =======          =============

RANDOLPH        AR          SNOW             1"-2" INCHES

LAWRENCE        AR          SNOW             1"-2" INCHES

CLAY            AR          SNOW/SLEET       1" INCH

GREENE          AR          SNOW/SLEET       1" INCH

DUNKLIN         MO          SNOW/SLEET       1"-2" INCHES

PEMISCOT        MO          SNOW/SLEET       1" INCH

CRAIGHEAD       AR          FREEZING RAIN    LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS

MISSISSIPPI     AR          FREEZING RAIN    LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS

POINSETT        AR          FREEZING RAIN    LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS

LAKE            TN          SNOW/SLEET       1" INCH

OBION           TN          SNOW/SLEET       NO ACCUMULATION

GIBSON          TN          FREEZING RAIN/   LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS
                            RAIN             EARLY MORNING

WEAKLEY         TN          RAIN/SLEET       SOME SLEET-AFTERNOON; NO
                                             ACCUMULATION

HENRY           TN          RAIN/FLURRIES    FLURRIES/LIGHT SNOW-
                                             AFTERNOON; NO
                                             ACCUMULATION


AREAS FURTHER SOUTH...ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WEST TENNESSEE...EAST
ARKANSAS...AND NORTH MISSISSIPPI RECEIVED PRIMARILY A COLD RAIN.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THANKS ALL LOCAL SHERIFFS OFFICES AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE WITH WINTER
WEATHER REPORTS AND ACCUMULATIONS.

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