[BNAWX] Winter Weather Message

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1159 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CHANGE RAIN TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW
LATE TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT. HOWEVER...ON
SUNDAY...AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSES THE
REGION...MORE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. BY MONDAY MORNING...SNOW
TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND 1 INCH IN THE SOUTHWEST
TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...INCLUDING THE
TOWNS OF JAMESTOWN AND BYRDSTOWN.

ADDITIONALLY...FRIGID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
THE COLDEST OF THE SEASON SO FAR...AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
DROP WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS DURING THE
DAY ON SUNDAY. ON SUNDAY NIGHT...IT WILL FEEL EVEN COLDER AS WIND
CHILL VALUES DROP DOWN TO AS LOW AS ZERO DEGREES FOR MANY AREAS.

TNZ010-011-031>034-065-066-120200-
/O.UPG.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.101212T0600Z-101213T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KOHX.WS.W.0004.101212T1000Z-101213T1200Z/
CLAY-PICKETT-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE
1159 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4
AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* LOCATION: THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT PORTION
  OF MIDDLE TN GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A
  CELINA...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...SPARTA...TO CROSSVILLE LINE.

* TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH GENERALLY
  LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BREAK
  IN THE PRECIPITATION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT MORE SNOWFALL
  WILL RETURN ON SUNDAY ALONG WITH FRIGID AND BLUSTERY CONDITIONS.
  THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH SUNDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY MONDAY
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS: SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
  AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE 20S. PERIODS OF SNOW THROUGH
  THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE VERY
  DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS ROADWAYS BECOME SNOW COVERED.
  SOME ROADWAYS MAY EVEN BECOME IMPASSABLE BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.
  THIS MAKES FOR AN ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS WIND CHILL
  VALUES WILL DROPPING TO AS LOW AS ZERO DEGREES.

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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TNZ005>009-022>030-056>064-075-077>080-093>095-120200-
/O.EXT.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.101212T1000Z-101213T1200Z/
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-VAN BUREN-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...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1159 AM CST SAT DEC 11 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY...

* LOCATION: THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THAT
  PORTION OF MIDDLE TN GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF A
  CELINA...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...SPARTA...TO CROSSVILLE LINE.

* TIMING: RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH GENERALLY
  LIGHT ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN
  THE PRECIPITATION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...BUT MORE SNOW SHOWERS
  WILL RETURN ON SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY EVENING ALONG WITH FRIGID
  AND BLUSTERY CONDITIONS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY
  NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 3 INCHES FOR MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA
  THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...EXCEPT FOR AROUND 1 INCH ACROSS
  PERRY...LEWIS...GILES...WAYNE AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS: SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
  AS TEMPERATURES PLUMMET INTO THE 20S. SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE
  DAY ON SUNDAY AND INTO SUNDAY EVENING WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL
  ACCUMULATIONS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.

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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