[BNAWX] Winter Weather Message

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WWUS44 KOHX 051029
WSWOHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
429 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

...AN ARCTIC BLAST WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL STRIKE MIDDLE
TENNESSEE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.THE LEADING EDGE OF FRIGID ARCTIC AIR WILL PUSH INTO NORTHWEST
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AROUND 3 PM ...ACROSS THE I 65 CORRIDOR AROUND
6 PM...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AROUND 8 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
LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EVENING WITH 1 TO 2 INCH AMOUNTS.

FOR THE UPPER CUMBERLAND REGION AND PLATEAU...SNOW WILL BEGIN
AROUND 8 PM...AND THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON. LOCALLY HEAVIER
AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES COULD OCCUR FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS FROM
JAMESTOWN TO MONTEREY.

THE MOISTURE FROM TODAY'S RAINFALL AND THE EVENING SNOWFALL WILL
FREEZE RAPIDLY ON ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES. ROAD CONDITIONS WILL
DETERIORATE VERY QUICKLY INTO THE EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES FALL
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS LATE IN THE NIGHT...ROAD TREATMENT WILL
BECOME LESS EFFECTIVE...SO ICY AND SNOWY PATCHES WILL LIKELY
REMAIN...AND WILL KEEP TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS INTO MONDAY
MORNING.

AN ADDITIONAL DANGER WILL BE THE COLD CONDITIONS. ACTUAL
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS...AND GUSTY
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS AROUND 10 BELOW ZERO
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. FOR THIS REASON...A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ALSO
IN EFFECT.

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

TNZ005>007-022>026-056>058-093-094-051900-
/O.EXT.KOHX.WW.Y.0002.140105T2100Z-140106T0600Z/
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STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-
CHEATHAM-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...LOBELVILLE...
CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG
429 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM CST TUESDAY...

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA...MOST AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...INCLUDING
  CLARKSVILLE...DICKSON...LAWRENCEBURG...WAVERLY...CAMDEN AND
  DOVER.

* TIMING...LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS
  TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...FRIGID CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE
  SINGLE DIGITS AND WIND CHILLS AROUND 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.

&&

$$

TNZ008>011-027>034-059>066-075-077>080-095-051900-
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/O.CON.KOHX.WC.Y.0001.140106T0600Z-140107T1400Z/
SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-
PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-
CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-
VAN BUREN-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...
BYRDSTOWN...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...
CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
PULASKI
429 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
8 AM CST TUESDAY...

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA...ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65.

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

* MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES
  POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE PLATEAU. DRIVING WILL BECOME
  HAZARDOUS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

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