[BNAWX] Winter Weather Message

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
159 PM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON 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 THIS AFTERNOON 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...
DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO
SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHWARD...LIKELY COVERING MUCH OF THE MID STATE
BY SUNSET. INTENSITY OF THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT...AS THE LOW PRESSURE AREA
CONTINUES TO STRENGTH TO OUR WEST...WITH HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED IN COUNTIES NEAR THE KENTUCKY BORDER.

TNZ009>011-031-033-034-152200-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-101216T1200Z/
MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-JACKSON-OVERTON-FENTRESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...
GAINESBORO...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN
159 PM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

* 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>095-152200-
/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
159 PM CST WED DEC 15 2010

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

* IMPACTS: SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL QUICKLY CONTRIBUTE TO
  TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON 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>080-152200-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-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
159 PM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

* 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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