[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
316 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

...AN ARCTIC BLAST WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL STRIKE MIDDLE
TENNESSEE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...

.THE LEADING EDGE OF FRIGID ARCTIC AIR WILL PUSH INTO NORTHWEST
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AROUND NOON SUNDAY...ACROSS THE I 65 CORRIDOR
AROUND 3 PM...AND THE PLATEAU AROUND 6 PM. AS THIS COLD FRONT
PASSES...RAIN WILL SUDDENLY CHANGE TO SNOW AS TEMPERATURES
PLUMMET.

FOR AREAS WEST OF THE PLATEAU...BURSTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM
SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING WITH 1 TO 3 INCH AMOUNTS.
A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS NEAR 4 INCHES CANNOT BE RULED OUT
NORTH OF I 40.

FOR THE UPPER CUMBERLAND REGION AND PLATEAU...SNOW WILL BEGIN
AROUND 6 PM...AND THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. LOCALLY HEAVIER
AMOUNTS UP TO 6 INCHES COULD OCCUR FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS FROM
JAMESTOWN TO MONTEREY.

THE SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE
ROADS TO BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACROSS THE MID STATE.

AN ADDITIONAL DANGER FOR SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE THE COLD CONDITIONS.
ACTUAL TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 10 BELOW ZERO
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA COULD OCCUR IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
TAKEN. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...AND LIMIT
THEIR TIME OUTDOORS. PEOPLE WHO MUST TRAVEL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
THE COLD CONDITIONS WITH EXTRA CLOTHING AND BLANKETS.


TNZ005>009-022>030-056>064-075-077>079-093>095-042200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WW.Y.0002.140105T1800Z-140106T0600Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-PERRY-
HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-
BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...
CARTHAGE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...
BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...
SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...
ALTAMONT...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
316 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY
TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE NORTH
  OF I 40.

* OTHER IMPACTS...FRIGID CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE
  DIGITS AND WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS 10 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

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TNZ010-011-031>034-065-066-080-042200-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WS.A.0001.140106T0000Z-140106T1800Z/
CLAY-PICKETT-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...
SPENCER
316 AM CST SAT JAN 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING FOR THE UPPER CUMBERLAND REGION.

* TIMING...6 PM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH NOON MONDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH MORE POSSIBLE AT THE
  HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. DRIVING WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...FRIGID CONDITIONS WITH SINGLE DIGIT
  TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

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