[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1133 PM CST FRI DEC 24 2010

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-251000-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
1133 PM CST FRI DEC 24 2010

...FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON CHRISTMAS IN 17 YEARS...

WITH MUCH OF THE MID STATE EXPERIENCING SNOWFALL AT THIS TIME
...THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON CHRISTMAS
IN 17 YEARS. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY CHRISTMAS DAY WILL
GENERALLY RANGE FROM LESS THAN ONE INCH ACROSS THE TENNESSEE RIVER
VALLEY...UP TO TWO INCHES ACROSS LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE...
KENTUCKY BORDER AND ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU. IN SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE PLATEAU...SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND THREE INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY NINE CHRISTMASES WITH MEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF
SNOW SINCE SNOWFALL RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN NASHVILLE BACK IN THE
WINTER OF 1884 AND 1885. THE LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON
CHRISTMAS DAY IN NASHVILLE WAS IN 1993 WHEN THREE TENTHS OF AN
INCH WAS MEASURED. TRACE AMOUNTS OF SNOW FELL ON CHRISTMAS IN
2002. STATISTICALLY THERE IS ONLY A 7 PERCENT CHANCE OF MEASURABLE
SNOW ON ANY GIVEN CHRISTMAS. THE MOST SNOW EVER TO FALL ON
CHRISTMAS IN NASHVILLE IS 2.7 INCHES IN 1969.

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