[BNAWX] Winter Weather Message

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
632 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 DURING THE MORNING. 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>011-031-033-034-152045-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0005.101215T1800Z-101216T1200Z/
MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-JACKSON-OVERTON-FENTRESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...
GAINESBORO...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN
632 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>095-152045-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-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
632 AM CST WED DEC 15 2010

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

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS
  MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. THE
  PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH RAIN THIS
  EVENING... THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT...OR SHORTLY
  THEREAFTER.

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

* IMPACTS: SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CONTRIBUTE TO
  TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...BEGINNING THIS 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 FOR THE
  REMAINDER OF THE DAY. PRECIPITATION INTENSITY IS ALSO EXPECTED
  TO INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON ...WHICH WILL ONLY WORSEN THE
  SITUATION. IN ADDITION TO DRIVING PROBLEMS...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>080-152045-
/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
632 AM CST WED DEC 15 2010

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

* TIMING: A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND POSSIBLY A A
  LIGHT SNOW...WILL BEGIN BY LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY
  AFTERNOON... AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. THE
  PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH RAIN THIS
  EVENING... THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN AROUND MIDNIGHT...OR SHORTLY
  THEREAFTER.

* 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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