[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
401 AM CST THU JAN 28 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO OUR SOUTH WILL BEGIN SPREADING
PRECIPITATION ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. IN PLACES
CLOSER TO THE ALABAMA STATE LINE... TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY
WARMER... PRODUCING A MIXTURE OF RAIN... SNOW... SLEET... AND
FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY
NIGHT ACROSS THE MID STATE... WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING INTO
SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE LIKELY.

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/O.CON.KOHX.WS.A.0002.100129T1200Z-100130T1200Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...KINGSTON SPRINGS...NASHVILLE...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT...LINDEN...
LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...
SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY...ALTAMONT...COALMONT...
SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
401 AM CST THU JAN 28 2010

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING: WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL START TO DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING...AND WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE MID STATE THROUGH FRIDAY.
  THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AND FRIDAY NIGHT... WITH
  LIGHT SNOW LASTING INTO SATURDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT: ON FRIDAY... LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
  SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE... AND RAIN... SNOW...AND
  ICE ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. FRIDAY NIGHT...
  PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH TO ALL SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6
  INCHES MAY OCCUR ALONG THE I 40 CORRIDOR. FOR FAR SOUTHERN AREAS...AN
  INCH OR 2 OF SNOW MAY FALL ON TOP OF ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE.

* OTHER IMPACTS: ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND DANGEROUS
  FOR DRIVING. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW... AND WIND
  CHILLS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE DIGITS.

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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