Rare November snowfall dusts Southeast

Yahoo ^ | 11/29/11 | David Beasley - Reuters

[NormsRevenge]

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A rare November snowfall powdered parts of the U.S. Southeast late Monday and early Tuesday, with as much as eight inches falling on one Arkansas town and some schools closed in Tennessee.

Snowfall extended through the mid-Mississippi and Tennessee valleys and as far south as Haleyville, Alabama, said AccuWeather.com meteorologist Alex Sosnowski.

Parts of Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi reported between one and three inches of snow, and more flurries were forecast on Tuesday.

"It was a surprise to see it this early." said Lesley Hobbs, membership director for the Chamber of Commerce in Paragould, Arkansas. "It was really pretty - big flakes."

Paragould, about an hour north of Memphis, got approximately eight inches of snow, Sosnowski told Reuters.

[NormsRevenge]

I will never forget the winter I spent in Millington, TN while attending a Marine Corps school in the early 70s.

Ice storms, snow ,, ran into some nasty stuff in NC too.. being from Minniesoda, no problem, I like it cool.

dang that global warming anyway tho.. ;-)

[cuban leaf]

I’m in central Kentucky. I drove through about a half mile of snowfall on my way to work this morning. That was about it. It’s been unseasonably warm around here, so the locals say. All good things must come to an end...

[gov_bean_ counter]

My wife won't let me forget the two years we spent in Millington. Probably a happening place when the base was still running wide open, but not so much anymore...

[Winstons Julia]

“Alex Sosnowski”

So snow ski ... great name!

[vetvetdoug]

Here above you we got three inches of snow and it melted by noon.

[Red_Devil 232]

I spent time in Millington, Tn attending aviation electronics school, in the early months of 1970. Then was stationed at Cherry Point, NC.

[colinhester]

Nice to see my hometown, Paragould, AR, mentioned.

[Coldwater Creek]

I'm about 5 miles south of Millington, but was raised in So.Calif. I would trade Tn for Calif in a heartbeat.

Snowed here all night and up into the morning. I miss my Lake Arrowhead home.

[Fedupwithit]

Heehee...it was 61 degrees in Derry New Hampshire today...

[Rannug]

Here it is, the 29th of Nov, and not on snowflake yet. Never remember that happening before.

Then again, look at that king flake in DC.

[Free Vulcan]

Got cousins in Haleyville!. Gave them some good crap on their facebook wall about it.