[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
917 PM CST SAT FEB 5 2011

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-061200-
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-DE KALB-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...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
917 PM CST SAT FEB 5 2011

...TWO SNOWFALLS ARE EXPECTED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS WEEK...
...THE MID WEEK SNOW STORM COULD BE A BIG ONE...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SURGE INTO THE MID STATE ON MONDAY...
BRINGING A TURN TO SHARPLY COLDER WEATHER.

AS COLDER AIR POURS INTO NORTHWESTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE MONDAY
AFTERNOON...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD EASTWARD...ACROSS OTHER PARTS
OF OUR AREA... MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES ALONG THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU EARLY TUESDAY. MOST OF THE MID STATE IS EXPECTED
TO RECEIVE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH OF SNOW BY SUNRISE
TUESDAY...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES TUESDAY MORNING FORECAST TO BE IN
THE MIDDLE 20S. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.

A COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS WILL SETTLE IN ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY...AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA DEVELOPS OVER TEXAS...AND
HEADS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN PARTS OF THE MID STATE
BY SUNSET WEDNESDAY...THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE MID STATE...
AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WAY THINGS LOOK NOW...
THE MID STATE WILL LIKELY BE COVERED BY AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES
OF SNOW BY SUNRISE THURSDAY...RANGING UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ALONG THE
CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO DIMINISH FROM THE WEST
DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON THURSDAY...BUT UP TO AN INCH OF
ADDITIONAL SNOW COULD STILL FALL OVER WESTERN AREAS...WITH 1 TO 2
MORE INCHES ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME WIDESPREAD...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL IN THE MID STATE THIS WEEK SHOULD STAY
TUNED TO A RELIABLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION...AND LISTEN FOR
ANY FORECAST UPDATES...OR WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS...THAT MIGHT
BE ISSUED.

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