[BNAWX] Winter Weather Message

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
800 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW
LATE TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT. HOWEVER...ON
SUNDAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSES THE
REGION...MORE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. BY MONDAY MORNING...SNOW
TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND 1 INCH IN THE SOUTHWEST
TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...INCLUDING
THE TOWNS OF JAMESTOWN AND BYRDSTOWN.

ADDITIONALLY...FRIGID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE THE COLDEST OF THE SEASON SO FAR...AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL DROP WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS
DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. ON SUNDAY NIGHT...IT WILL FEEL EVEN
COLDER AS WIND CHILL VALUES DROP DOWN TO AS LOW AS ZERO DEGREES
FOR MANY AREAS.

TNZ010-011-031>034-065-066-120945-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0004.101212T1000Z-101213T1200Z/
CLAY-PICKETT-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE
800 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO
6 AM CST MONDAY...

* LOCATION: THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT
  PORTION OF MIDDLE TN GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A
  CELINA...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...SPARTA...TO CROSSVILLE
  LINE.

* TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH GENERALLY
  LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN
  THE PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT...BUT MORE SNOWFALL WILL RETURN
  ON SUNDAY ALONG WITH FRIGID AND BLUSTERY CONDITIONS. THE SNOW
  WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MONDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS: SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY
  NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE 20S. PERIODS OF SNOW
  THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE
  VERY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS ROADWAYS BECOME SNOW
  COVERED. SOME ROADWAYS MAY EVEN BECOME IMPASSABLE BY LATE
  SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS MAKES FOR AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION
  AS WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROPPING TO AS LOW AS ZERO DEGREES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

TNZ005>009-022>030-056>064-075-077>080-093>095-120945-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.101212T1000Z-101213T1200Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-PERRY-
HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-
BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...
CARTHAGE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...
BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...
SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...
ALTAMONT...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
800 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO
6 AM CST MONDAY...

* TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH GENERALLY
  LIGHT ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN
  THE PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT...BUT MORE SNOW SHOWERS WILL
  RETURN ON SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY EVENING ALONG WITH FRIGID AND
  BLUSTERY CONDITIONS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY
  NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES FOR MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...EXCEPT FOR AROUND 1 INCH ACROSS
  PERRY...LEWIS...GILES...WAYNE AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS: SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY
  NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE 20S. SNOW SHOWERS
  THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY EVENING WILL CAUSE
  ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF
  THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

&&

$$

GIRODO




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