[BNAWX] Winter Storm Warning

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
900 AM CST WED DEC 22 2004

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
THESE FEATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WITH
FALLING TEMPERATURES.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR A MIXTURE OF WINTRY
PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY...WITH
PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT. SOME
SURFACES WILL BECOME SLICK TODAY DUE TO ACCUMULATION OF
ICE AND SLEET. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH THE 20S. A WINTER STORM WARNING
MEANS THAT POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

TNZ005-006-022>025-222200-
BENTON-DICKSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-MONTGOMERY-STEWART-
900 AM CST WED DEC 22 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 600 AM CST THURSDAY FOR NORTHWEST
PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TN...

EARLY THIS MORNING...RAINFALL WAS BEGINNING TO MIX WITH SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE. AS COLD
AIR CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE AREA...A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOSTLY
SLEET MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW.

SOME ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. FOR
TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES.

SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS TODAY AND TONIGHT. BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE FIRST TO FREEZE OVER. 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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