[BNAWX] Winter Weather Message

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
516 AM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM EXPECTED LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT OVER EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...DANGEROUS ICE ACCUMULATIONS
POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MID STATE AS WELL.

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM...APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST...WILL
DELIVER ANOTHER SHOT OF FROZEN AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION TO THE
MID STATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS A BRIEF
PERIOD OF SNOW AND SLEET...BUT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A LONGER PERIOD
OF FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS FORECAST TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS ICE
ACCUMULATIONS... ESPECIALLY IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST.

SOUTHERN AREAS WILL LIKELY SEE THE WINTRY WEATHER MOVE IN FIRST...PROBABLY
LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN
EXPECTED TO SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHWARD...LIKELY COVERING ALL AREAS
BY SUNSET. INTENSITY OF THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
LATE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA
STRENGTHENS TO OUR WEST...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED IN
COUNTIES NEAR THE KENTUCKY BORDER.


TNZ009>011-031-033-034-151915-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0005.101215T1800Z-101216T1200Z/
MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-JACKSON-OVERTON-FENTRESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...
GAINESBORO...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN
516 AM CST WED DEC 15 2010

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

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME
  INCREASINGLY LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE TO A MIX OF
  FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE
  EXPECTED TO WARM AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION
  TO ALL RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND
  ONE HALF INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...BEFORE
  TEMPERATURES WARM...CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL RAIN LATE
  TONIGHT. ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.


&&

$$

TNZ022>025-056>058-060-061-075-077-093>095-151915-
/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
516 AM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

* ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT ARE
  EXPECTED TO RUN BETWEEN ONE AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. ONLY
  MINOR AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

* IMPACTS: SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CONTRIBUTE TO
  TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...BEGINNING BY LATE MORNING IN
  AREAS NEAR THE ALABAMA BORDER...THEN SPREADING RAPIDLY NORTHWARD
  INTO OTHER AREAS. AFTER PRECIPITATION BEGINS... YOU CAN EXPECT
  DRIVING CONDITIONS TO QUICKLY WORSEN ...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  REMAINDER OF THE DAY. PRECIPITATION INTENSITY IS ALSO EXPECTED
  TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON ...WHICH WILL ONLY WORSEN THE
  SITUATION. SOME AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH ICING ON
  TREES AND POWER LINES. CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO IMPROVE DURING
  THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...AS TEMPERATURES WARM...AND 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>080-151915-
/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
516 AM CST WED DEC 15 2010

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

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET IS FORECAST TO BEGIN BY LATE
  MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SWITCH OVER TO SLEET AND
  FREEZING RAIN BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  EVENING...BEFORE TEMPERATURES WARM AND CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION
  TO ALL RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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

* 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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