[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED TO INCLUDE WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
509 AM CST WED DEC 22 2004

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD AND BRING NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
TO NORTHWESTERN AREAS OF THE MID STATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COLD AIR
WILL COMBINE WITH WIDESPREAD MOISTURE WHICH IS CURRENTLY SPREADING
EASTWARD THROUGH WESTERN TN. AS A RESULT...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

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509 AM CST WED DEC 22 2004

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWEST PORTIONS
OF MIDDLE TN...
...WINTER STORM WATCH TONIGHT FOR NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TN...

EARLY THIS MORNING...A STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHERN AR
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH WESTERN TN AND INTO CENTRAL KY. AS THE COLD
FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH...MUCH COLDER AIR
WILL INFILTRATE THE ADVISORY AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP
THROUGH THE DAY AND WILL FALL TO NEAR FREEZING LATER THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE.

MEANWHILE...A LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING ACROSS AR...
WESTERN TN AND ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. AS A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE...LOCATED OVER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF...TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD
ALONG THE COLD FRONT...PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE MID
STATE AREA TODAY.

FOR THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS
MORNING IN THE FORM OF RAIN. HOWEVER...AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN THIS
AFTERNOON...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. BY LATE
THIS AFTERNOON...ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 0.2 INCHES WILL
BE POSSIBLE.

FOR TONIGHT...A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WATCH
AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 TO
4 INCHES ARE A POSSIBILITY AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S. A
WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA.

PEOPLE TRAVELING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE MID STATE ARE
URGED TO KEEP INFORMED AS ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BECOME TROUBLESOME
THIS AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN CROSSING
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AS SURFACES ALONG THESE STRUCTURES WILL FREEZE
FIRST. REMEMBER THAT JUST BECAUSE THE ROAD MAY APPEAR TO BE WET...
AREAS OF BLACK ICE...OR ICE THAT YOU CANNOT SEE...MAY EXIST. STAY
TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER
SITUATION.

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