Winter Weather — Alcorn, Mississippi

2015-02-20 to 2015-02-21 · Alcorn, Mississippi

Event narrative

Around a tenth of an inch of ice fell with trace amounts of sleet and snow. Two deaths and one injury occurred from a car accident. Two vehicles collided with each other and slid into a nearby ditch. While passengers of the accident were getting out of their vehicles to access the damage, an eighteen wheeler lost control on the ice and jackknifed and struck one of the vehicles.

Wider weather episode

A warm front was located across Southern Arkansas and Central Mississippi during the day on February 20th, 2015. Overrunning precipitation spread north of the front beginning in the morning. Since arctic air was already in place, the precipitation first fell in the form of sleet and snow. However, the sleet and snow quickly changed over to freezing rain. The freezing rain continued for the majority of the day into the evening before changing to rain during the early morning hours of February 21st, 2015. Around a tenth of an inch of ice fell across North Mississippi. In addition, trace amounts of snow and sleet accumulated. Roads became hazardous and numerous accidents occurred as a result. Two deaths and one injury occurred from the car accidents. Some trees and power lines also fell producing power outages.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 563329. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.