[BNAWX] Winter Storm Warning

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
328 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE DEEP SOUTH INTO THE
CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC STATES TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH MIDDAY
TODAY.

BY NOON SATURDAY...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WITH
POCKETS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. ACROSS THE NORTH...3 TO 6
INCHES IS LIKELY WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE DOWN INTO THE 20S LATE TONIGHT...AND
READINGS MAY NOT REACH FREEZING FOR MANY AREAS ON SATURDAY. NORTH
TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES. THIS MAY REDUCE
VISIBILITIES DUE TO SOME BLOWING SNOW. MINOR DRIFTING OF THE SNOW
MAY ALSO OCCUR.

THIS COULD BECOME A VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL SITUATION FOR THE MID
STATE. PEOPLE WITH TRAVEL PLANS FOR EARLY TODAY MAY WISH TO
CHANGE THOSE PLANS TO AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF BECOMING STUCK IN
THE SNOW OR SLIDING OFF THE ROAD. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... BE SURE TO
TAKE ALONG A CELL PHONE...EXTRA CLOTHES AND OTHER SAFETY GEAR IN
CASE OF EMERGENCY.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-081730-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080308T1800Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
328 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY.

WIDESPREAD MODERATE SNOW OVERNIGHT HAS PRODUCED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IN NORTHWEST COUNTIES AND AROUND ONE INCH IN
SOUTHERN COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE AREA BEFORE SNOW TAPERS OFF AROUND MIDDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

JLM


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