[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
356 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WINTER STORM IN PARTS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE SUNDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM CENTRAL GULF COAST TO THE CAROLINAS WILL
SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT...AND
CHANGE TO SNOW SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE AS SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF
THE DAY SUNDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 24.

TNZ008>011-028>034-064>066-182100-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WS.A.0001.120219T1500Z-120220T0000Z/
SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-
OVERTON-FENTRESS-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...
BYRDSTOWN...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...
GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...SMITHVILLE...
SPARTA...CROSSVILLE
356 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

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

* TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
  SUNDAY EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT...THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW. THE GROUND WILL BE WARM
  AND WET WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS...BUT THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY
  ENOUGH AND FOR A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME THAT SIGNIFICANT
  ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR.

* OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING ON SUNDAY IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE MAY BECOME
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS.

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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