[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
226 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-070600-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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...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
226 PM CST TUE JAN 6 2015

...BITTERLY COLD WEATHER TO ARRIVE IN THE MID STATE ON WEDNESDAY...

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MID STATE LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BRINGING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING
TEMPERATURES AND THE COLDEST WEATHER SINCE JANUARY 2014.

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA ON
WEDNESDAY. AS THE FRONT PUSHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING, WINDS
OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS
OF 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE BY NOON. DURING THIS TIME TEMPERATURES
WILL BE NEAR 20 DEGREES IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE AND IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S IN THE SOUTH. TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS WHILE
WINDS REMAIN AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR WIND CHILLS
TO DIVE BELOW ZERO DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON
WEDNESDAY. WIND CHILLS IN THE 0 TO -5 DEGREE RANGE WILL BE COMMON
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS TIME. STAY TUNED TO UPDATED FORECASTS
AS EXPECTED TEMPERATURES COULD FALL AND PROMPT THE ISSUANCE OF A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY.

TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING UNTIL FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR AREAS SOUTH OF I-40...BUT TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN
BELOW FREEZING UNTIL SATURDAY OR EVEN SUNDAY FOR LOCATIONS NORTH
OF I-40.

ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED TODAY FOR THIS UPCOMING LONG
DURATION OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES. ENSURE WATER PIPES ARE
PROPERLY PROTECTED FROM THE COLD...AND OUTDOOR ANIMALS HAVE
ADEQUATE SHELTER. MAKE SURE HEAT SOURCES ARE WORKING PROPERLY.
CHECK THAT MOTOR VEHICLES HAVE PROPER LEVELS OF ANTIFREEZE AND
AIR PRESSURE IN TIRES. IF GOING OUTDOORS...WEAR LAYERS OF
CLOTHING TO PROTECT FROM THE COLD WEATHER.

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