[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
441 AM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...MORE WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM IS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY
NORTH AND EAST...

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL DELIVER
ANOTHER SHOT OF FROZEN AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION TO THE MID STATE
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A
MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING,
AND WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY, WITH
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

TNZ022>025-056>058-060-061-075-077-093>095-142200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WW.Y.0015.101215T1200Z-101216T0600Z/
BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-MAURY-
MARSHALL-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...
SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...
LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
441 AM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING
RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: MAINLY WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF MIDDLE
  TENNESSEE.

* TIMING: LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING,
  AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY. AS TEMPERATURES
  WARM WEDNESDAY EVENING, PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH OVER
  TO LIGHT RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS: MINOR AMOUNTS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY
  MORNING. MEANWHILE, TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  EVENING WILL RUN BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

* IMPACTS: SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN, IN PARTICULAR, WILL QUICKLY
  CONTRIBUTE TO TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY
  MORNING, AND WILL BECOME WORSE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE
  INTENSITY INCREASES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE EVENING
  AND OVERNIGHT AS THE PRECIPITATION SWITCHES OVER TO RAIN.

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.

&&

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TNZ005>011-026>034-059-062>066-078>080-142200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WS.A.0003.101215T1200Z-101216T1200Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-CHEATHAM-
DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-
WILLIAMSON-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-WARREN-
GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...ASHLAND CITY...
NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...
GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...FRANKLIN...
BRENTWOOD...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...
CROSSVILLE...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER
441 AM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM IS POSSIBLE.

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: NASHVILLE, CLARKSVILLE, AND MURFREESBORO
  METROPOLITAN AREAS, AND EXTENDING NORTHWARD AND EASTWARD TO
  INCLUDE THE HIGHLAND RIM AND CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACROSS MUCH OF
  THE WATCH AREA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, WITH MAINLY SNOW OCCURRING
  ALONG AND JUST WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. PRECIPITATION
  WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
  AFTERNOON, WITH LIGHT RAIN STARTING MIXING IN LATE WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL
  OCCUR EAST OF NASHVILLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY ALONG
  THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. MEANWHILE, TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO
  AND EVEN EXCEEDING ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED
  ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH THE GREATEST
  AMOUNTS OF ICE OCCURRING IN AREAS NEAREST THE KENTUCKY STATE
  LINE.

* IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS WILL CREATE HAVOC ON
  ROADWAYS AND ADD TREMENDOUS WEIGHT TO TREES AND POWER LINES,
  WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER AND TELEPHONE OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

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