[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
400 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM POSSIBLE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM LATE
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE TEXAS GULF COAST...
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST STATES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN UP THE EAST
COAST ON SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING A SWATH OF WINTRY WEATHER FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TO NEW ENGLAND.

IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN. COLDER
AIR WILL GRADUALLY SPILL INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH...CHANGING
THE RAIN TO SNOW. THIS TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL OCCUR FIRST IN THE
NORTHWEST PARTS OF THE MID STATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...INCLUDING THE
CLARKSVILLE AREA. THEN...THE SWITCH TO SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE
REST OF THE MID STATE BY FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH
THE NIGHT AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

ALTHOUGH FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT THE MID STATE WILL HAVE
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...EXACT AMOUNTS ARE UNCERTAIN. IF THE TRACK
OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CHANGES EVEN SLIGHTLY...SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS COULD OCCUR. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
THAT ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ALONG THE ALABAMA
BORDER...TO AS MUCH AS 5 OR 6 INCHES IN THE CLARKSVILLE AREA.



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CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
400 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING.

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW
COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMS FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH EXPECTED AMOUNTS ACROSS
MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES. EVEN GREATER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COUNTIES...DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY ADDING
UP TO ANOTHER INCH OF ACCUMULATION.

TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

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STEWART-MONTGOMERY-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-
400 PM CST THU MAR 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

THIS INCLUDES THE CLARKSVILLE AREA.

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A SNOW AND SLEET MIXTURE DURING THE
DAY ON FRIDAY...THEN ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS BY
SATURDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES IN
NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WITH LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.

TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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