South sees a few inches of November snow

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Amy Speek and her daughter Olivia walk their dog as snow falls atop Signal Mountain, Tenn., on Tuesday.

By weather.com staff

A cold low-pressure system over the South has delivered a rare late-November snow to portions of Tennessee, northeast Arkansas, northern Mississippi and far northwest Alabama.

By far, the snow "winners" from this winter storm have been southeast Missouri, northeast Arkansas, western Tennessee and far northern Mississippi. On Monday night, a swath of snow positioned itself over this outlined region and continued to rotate through.

Generally speaking, the heaviest snow fell Monday night and during the overnight hours over far northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri.

This is where roughly 2 to 4 inches of snow fell. A few local areas may have even picked up between 4 and 6 inches.

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Selected Snow Totals: West Tennessee, North Mississippi | SE Missouri | NE Arkansas

Some light additional snow is possible on Tuesday morning for some of these same areas especially western Tennessee and southeast Missouri. Otherwise a few flakes could fly over north Alabama and middle Tennessee but little to no accumulation is expected.

Look for the bulk of the precipitation across the South to shift northward into the Midwest and Northeast on Tuesday.

The heaviest snow will transition from the mid-South into Indiana and Michigan later Tuesday where several inches of snow are expected.

Thanks to weather.com Senior Meteorologist Jon Erdman (Find him on Twitter), here are some November snow statistics for Memphis, Tupelo, Nashville and Birmingham via the National Weather Service. The information below illustrates the rarity of snow in the South this early in the season.

Memphis, Tenn.