[BNAWX] Winter Weather Message

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
916 PM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...MORE WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM IS EXPECTED IN A
FEW OF THE FAR NORTHEAST COUNTIES.

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL
DELIVER ANOTHER SHOT OF FROZEN AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION TO THE
MID STATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN
AS A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING...
AND WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE DAY...WITH SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

TNZ009>011-031-033-034-151130-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0005.101215T1800Z-101216T1200Z/
MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-JACKSON-OVERTON-FENTRESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...
GAINESBORO...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN
916 PM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY...

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: TENNESSEE COUNTIES FENTRESS...PICKETT...
  OVERTON...CLAY...JACKSON AND MACON COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN
  CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND HIGHLAND RIM.

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE
  WARNING AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL
  GRADUALLY SWITCH OVER TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE
  IN THE DAY. THIS MIXTURE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. TOTAL
  ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AND EVEN EXCEEDING ONE QUARTER OF AN
  INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OF ICE OCCURRING IN AREAS
  NEAR THE KENTUCKY STATE LINE.

* IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS WILL CREATE HAVOC ON
  ROADWAYS AND ADD TREMENDOUS WEIGHT TO TREES AND POWER LINES...WITH
  THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER AND TELEPHONE OUTAGES.

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.

&&

$$

TNZ022>025-056>058-060-061-075-077-093>095-151130-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0015.101215T1200Z-101216T0600Z/
BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-MAURY-
MARSHALL-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...
SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...WAYNESBORO...
LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
916 PM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY
TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING: LIGHT WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY
  MORNING... AND WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY. AS
  TEMPERATURES WARM WEDNESDAY EVENING... PRECIPITATION WILL
  GRADUALLY SWITCH OVER TO LIGHT RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS: MINOR AMOUNTS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED LATE
  WEDNESDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH
  WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL RUN AROUND ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.

* IMPACTS: SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...IN PARTICULAR...WILL QUICKLY
  CONTRIBUTE TO TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY
  MORNING...AND WILL BECOME WORSE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE
  INTENSITY INCREASES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE DURING THE EVENING
  AND OVERNIGHT AS THE PRECIPITATION SWITCHES OVER TO RAIN.

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.

&&

$$

TNZ005>008-026>030-032-059-062>066-078>080-151130-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0015.101215T1800Z-101216T1200Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-
TROUSDALE-SMITH-PUTNAM-WILLIAMSON-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...
HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...COOKEVILLE...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...
MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER
916 PM CST TUE DEC 14 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY
TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY...

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: NASHVILLE... CLARKSVILLE... AND MURFREESBORO
  METROPOLITAN AREAS... AND EXTENDING NORTHWARD AND EASTWARD TO
  INCLUDE MOST OF THE HIGHLAND RIM AND CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING
  ...PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH OVER TO SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  NIGHT...CHANGING TO ALL RAIN OVERNIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS: ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. TOTAL ICE
  ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE TENTH INCH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE
  EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LARGEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS
  SHOULD OCCUR IN THE MOST NORTHERN COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS WILL CREATE HAVOC
  ON ROADWAYS AND ADD TREMENDOUS WEIGHT TO TREES AND POWER
  LINES... WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER AND TELEPHONE OUTAGES.

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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