[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
346 AM CST SAT JAN 8 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY...

.AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND
DEEPEN...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO BY
SUNDAY EVENING...AND THEN EVENTUALLY MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS EXPECTED SURFACE
LOW MOVEMENT TRACK WILL USHER IN ADDITIONAL MOISTURE TO MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...AND WITH A COLD AIR MASS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS
THE MID STATE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...AS EXPECTED
LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT WILL GENERALLY IN THE MID 20S...AND EXPECTED
HIGHS ON MONDAY IN THE UPPER 20S PLATEAU TO LOWER 30S IN LOCATIONS
APPROACHING THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE
...ALABAMA STATE LINE...A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL
POTENTIAL EXISTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID STATE FROM SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES
ACROSS LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY BORDER...TO
FOUR TO SIX INCHES ACROSS LOCATIONS APPROACHING THE TENNESSEE...
ALABAMA BORDER.

HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW MUCH MOISTURE
WILL BE AVAILABLE ACROSS LOCATIONS AND ASSOCIATED SNOW ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY
BORDER. AS TIME APPROACHES CLOSER TO THIS POSSIBLE WINTER STORM
EVENT...THESE LOCATIONS MAY BE PLACED UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
FOR TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES.

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/O.NEW.KOHX.WS.A.0001.110110T0600Z-110111T0000Z/
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
346 AM CST SAT JAN 8 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.


* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

* TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH
  OF A WAVERLY...TO NASHVILLE...TO JAMESTOWN LINE...TOTAL SNOWFALL
  ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES. FOR LOCATIONS
  GENERALLY SOUTH OF A WAVERLY...TO NASHVILLE...TO JAMESTOWN
  LINE...BUT GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINDEN...TO CHAPEL HILL...TO
  SPENCER LINE...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN THREE
  AND FIVE INCHES. FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINDEN...
  TO CHAPEL HILL...TO SPENCER LINE...BUT ALONG AND NORTH OF
  THE TENNESSEE...ALABAMA BORDER...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS
  OF BETWEEN FOUR TO SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

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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