[BNAWX] Winter Weather Message

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
409 PM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...MORE WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM IS EXPECTED IN A FEW
OF THE FAR NORTHEAST COUNTIES.

.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...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WEDNESDAY MORNING...
AND WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE DAY... WITH SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

TNZ009>011-031-033-034-150615-
/O.UPG.KOHX.WS.A.0003.101215T1200Z-101216T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KOHX.WS.W.0005.101215T1800Z-101216T1200Z/
MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-JACKSON-OVERTON-FENTRESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...
GAINESBORO...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN
409 PM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: TENNESSEE COUNTIES FENTRESS...PICKETT...
  OVERTON...CLAY...JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN
  CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND HIGHLAND RIM.

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA ON
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH OVER TO A
  MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS
  MIXTURE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND EVEN EXCEEDING ONE QUARTER OF AN
  INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT... WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OF ICE OCCURRING IN AREAS
  NEAR 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 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>008-026>030-032-059-062>066-078>080-150615-
/O.UPG.KOHX.WS.A.0003.101215T1200Z-101216T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KOHX.WW.Y.0015.101215T1800Z-101216T1200Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-
TROUSDALE-SMITH-PUTNAM-WILLIAMSON-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...COOKEVILLE...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...
MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER
409 PM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY.

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

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN ACROSS MUCH OF
  THE WATCH AREA ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRECIPITATION WILL
  GRADUALLY SWITCH OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE
  AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT... WITH LIGHT RAIN STARTING
  MIXING IN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. TOTAL ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE TENTH INCH TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE
  EXPECTED OVER THE ADVISORY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LARGEST ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD OCCUR IN THE MOST NORTHERN COUNTIES.

* 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 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.

&&

$$

TNZ022>025-056>058-060-061-075-077-093>095-150615-
/O.CON.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
409 PM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS 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 AROUND ONE TO 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.

&&

$$

JLM





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