[BNAWX] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
501 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016

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...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...


THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID STATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT. A WINTRY MIX WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA DURING
THE DAY TODAY AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. BY EARLY
AFTERNOON...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE FALLING OVER ALL OF WESTERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE... SPREADING ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR BY
MID AFTERNOON...AND ONTO THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU BY THIS EVENING.
SOME ICING...FROM FREEZING RAIN...IS ALSO EXPECTED IN COUNTIES
NEAR THE KENTUCKY BORDER THIS MORNING...PRIOR TO THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
MID STATE TONIGHT...THEN TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST LATE TONIGHT.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND 10
INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST...AND 8 INCHES ALONG THE HIGHLAND RIM...TO
2 TO 5 INCHES OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MID STATE.

ONCE TEMPERATURES DROP TO AROUND 30 DEGREES...ROADS WILL BECOME
HAZARDOUS...AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD FROM THE
WESTERN PART OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE DURING THE MORNING TODAY...INTO
EASTERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND DANGEROUS AND...IN SOME
CASES...IMPASSABLE...AS THIS WINTER STORM DEVELOPS ACROSS THE
AREA.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL LINGER ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU SATURDAY
MORNING AND ADD SOME ADDITIONAL MINOR ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE
THE SNOW ENDS ACROSS THE WEST. SNOW WILL FINALLY TAPER OFF AND
END ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

HOWEVER...SINCE FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY
SATURDAY...DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY REMAIN HAZARDOUS IN MANY
AREAS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHWEST AND HIGHLAND RIM...WHERE
THE SNOWS WILL BE DEEPEST.

HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY LINGER AT LEAST INTO
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH HIGHS NOT EXPECTED TO TOP THE FREEZING
MARK UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL ALL SNOW AND ICE MEASUREMENTS IN
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

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