Mississippi
LIVE: Follow unprecedented weather event in Mississippi
Blizzards with bomb cyclone potential dump snow, drop temperatures
Many states are seeing dramatic temperature drops as winter climate and blizzards with bomb cyclone potential transfer throughout the nation.
Cody Godwin, USA TODAY
Mississippi, like a lot of central and southern United States is waking as much as excessive chilly Friday, the likes of which has most likely by no means been seen earlier than.
The bitter chilly has the potential to be life-threatening and is predicted to stay via Christmas Day.
In Jackson, Nationwide Climate Service forecasts point out temperatures might drop as little as 12 levels in a single day Thursday into Friday morning and are usually not prone to rise above freezing till Sunday morning. In Hattiesburg, NWS forecasts predict a low of 18 levels Thursday night time, with temperatures not going above freezing till Saturday.
Shelters opened forward of the extreme chilly, which set in in a single day. Division of Transportation officers ready vans able to salt highways which have froze. Different preparations have been underway Thursday and Mississippians buckled down and ready to attend out the chilly.
The Clarion Ledger might be updating this story all through the day to deliver you the newest happenings with this excessive climate occasion, so test again periodically for updates.
8 a.m.: Hundreds with out energy in Mississippi
Hundreds throughout the state woke as much as no energy Friday morning. Entergy stories that greater than 2,000 within the Jackson space are with out energy as they attempt to restore traces broken by heavy winds because the chilly entrance blew via Thursday night time. Entergy’s outage map reveals 145 completely different outages affecting roughly 2,500 prospects within the Jackson metro space.
Vicksburg additionally reported greater than 1,000 with out energy.
Statewide, 8,800 prospects have been with out energy as of 8 a.m., in line with poweroutage.us.
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Nationwide Climate Service:Freezing situations for southern Mississippi earlier than Christmas
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