[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
513 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-252130-
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
513 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011

...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDSTATE FOR LATE
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD
LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN
SWITCH TO A RAIN-SNOW MIX THIS EVENING.

ALL SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FROM THE WEST AS
THE LOW PULLS NORTHEASTWARD UP THE EAST COAST.

NO SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. HOWEVER AN
ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. EXPECTED TOTAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE
NORTHWEST COUNTIES...2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL COUNTIES
WEST OF THE PLATEAU AND 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE CUMPERLAND PLATEAU
COUNTIES.

SO FAR THIS WINTER SEASON NASHVILLE HAS HAD FOUR SNOW EVENTS WITH
A TOTAL OF 9.3 INCHES OF SNOW. THIS HAS BEEN THE SNOWIEST WINTER
SINCE 15.1 INCHES FELL DURING THE WINTER SEASON OF 2002 AND 2003.
THE SNOWIEST WINTER ON RECORD WAS BACK IN 1959 AND 1960 WHEN 38.5
INCHES OF SNOW FELL.

AS ALWAYS...THERE IS SOME DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EXACT
TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THIS EVENT. PLEASE STAND BY FOR LATER UPDATES
AND POTENTIAL WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.

$$

JLM





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