[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1001 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

...POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS IN PARTS OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON SUNDAY...

.TWO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING TOWARD MIDDLE
TENNESSE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY.
LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT. RAIN WILL
GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW SUNDAY MORNING... AND CONTINUE AS SNOW
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG
PARTS OF THE HIGHLAND RIM...PLACES EAST OF NASHVILLE...AND
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE UPPER CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.

TNZ008>011-028>034-064>066-191215-
/O.CON.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
1001 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST SUNDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SUNDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW
  CONTINUING SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO
  EAST BY EARLY SUNDAY EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES IN
  AREAS THAT ARE BOTH NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND EAST OF
  INTERSTATE 65. MOST OF THESE AREAS WILL RECEIVE AROUND ONE INCH
  WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO FALL ON THE UPPER
  CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW. THE GROUND WILL BE
  WARM AND WET WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS...BUT THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY
  ENOUGH AND FOR A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME FOR SIGNIFICANT
  ACCUMULATION TO OCCUR.

* OTHER IMPACTS...DESPITE RECENT WARM WEATHER...ROADS IN THE WATCH
  AREA MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS ON SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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