[BNAWX] Winter Weather Warning

Wed Mar 4 11:29:28 CST 2015

WWUS44 KOHX 041728
WSWOHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1128 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTY OF
RAIN TO THE MID STATE TODAY...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AS COLDER AIR SPREADS
SOUTHWARD...YOU CAN EXPECT THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE REST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND THEN TO A
MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET OVER MOST AREAS BY LATE NIGHT. THE MAIN
EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER SOME SOUTHERN AREAS...WHERE PRECIPITATION
MAY NOT MIX WITH SNOW UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS NEAR AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CROSSVILLE TO LAWRENCEBURG WILL PROBABLY SEE
WINTRY PRECIPITATION STAY MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN TONIGHT. FOLKS IN THIS AREA...WHERE POTENTIAL IS GREATEST FOR
AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO ANY
CHANGE IN THE FORECAST REGARDING ICE ACCUMULATION AS UP TO A
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE.

MOST OF THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO SEE SNOWFALL AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH MOST FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICE
ACCUMULATION AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
40...ESPECIALLY AREAS NEAR THE ALABAMA BORDER...MAY SEE ICE
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN
INCH.

MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO START DEVELOPING OVER THE
NORTHWEST AND HIGHLAND RIM BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON TODAY...WITH
TRAVEL CONDITIONS DETERIORATING OVER OTHER AREAS TONIGHT...AS THE
WINTRY PRECIPITATION SPREADS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. IN
FACT...MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL LIKELY LAST ALL THE WAY INTO
FRIDAY AFTERNOON SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW
THE FREEZING MARK THURSDAY AND MUCH OF FRIDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES
FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS INTO
THE TEENS.

TNZ056>063-075-077>080-093>095-050600-
/O.UPG.KOHX.WW.Y.0004.150305T0300Z-150305T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KOHX.WS.W.0004.150305T0300Z-150305T1800Z/
PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-
BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...
ALTAMONT...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1128 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON
CST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AS WELL AS UP TO
A QUARTER INCH OF ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

* TIMING...FROM 9 PM CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH NOON CST THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED
  WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 40 AND LOWEST
  AMOUNTS NEAR THE ALABAMA BORDER. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
  ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN
  INCH...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ICE TO BE FARTHER TO THE
  SOUTH.

* MAIN IMPACT...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE RAIN DURING THE DAY
  TODAY...THEN MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING THE LATE
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SNOW SHOULD MIX IN WITH THE
  PRECIPITATION IN MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION
  WILL CREATE MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO STAY BELOW FREEZING
  FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY
  KEEP MANY ROADWAYS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD
  OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TNZ005>007-023>026-050600-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0004.150304T2100Z-150305T1500Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY
1128 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...FROM 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH 9 AM CST THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED...
  WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE KENTUCKY STATE LINE AND
  LOWEST AMOUNTS NEAR INTERSTATE 40. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL
  BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS NEAR THE KENTUCKY STATE
  LINE. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN
  INCH.

* MAIN IMPACT...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND
  SLEET BY MID AFTERNOON...THEN ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. THIS
  MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO STAY BELOW FREEZING
  FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY
  KEEP MANY ROADWAYS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD
  OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

TNZ008>011-027>034-064>066-050600-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0004.150305T0000Z-150305T1800Z/
SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-
PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...
BYRDSTOWN...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...
CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...
SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE
1128 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...FROM 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH NOON CST THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED
  WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE KENTUCKY STATE LINE AND
  INTERSTATE 65...AND LOWEST AROUND INTERSTATE 40. FREEZING RAIN
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN
  INCH...WITH SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ICE POSSIBLE NEAR INTERSTATE
  40 AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.

* MAIN IMPACT...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE RAIN IN THE MORNING
  AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
  DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE
  LATE AFTERNOON FOR AREAS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 65 AND IN THE
  EVENING FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION
  WILL CREATE MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO STAY BELOW FREEZING
  FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY
  KEEP MANY ROADWAYS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD
  OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

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