[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
440 AM CST SAT JAN 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR THE
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLATEAU...
...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE WILL SPREAD SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY
THIS AFTERNOON.

A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND
DEEPEN...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE GULF OF
MEXICO BY SUNDAY EVENING...AND EVENTUALLY MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS EXPECTED SURFACE LOW
MOVEMENT TRACK WILL USHER IN ADDITIONAL MOISTURE TO MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...AND WITH A COLD AIR MASS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS
THE MID STATE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...AS EXPECTED
LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT WILL GENERALLY IN THE MID 20S...AND EXPECTED
HIGHS ON MONDAY IN THE UPPER 20S PLATEAU TO LOWER 30S IN LOCATIONS
APPROACHING THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY AND NEAR THE TENNESSEE...
ALABAMA STATE LINE...A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL POTENTIAL
EXISTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID STATE FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON.

TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES
ACROSS LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY BORDER...TO
FOUR TO SIX INCHES ACROSS LOCATIONS APPROACHING THE TENNESSEE...
ALABAMA BORDER.

HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW MUCH MOISTURE
WILL BE AVAILABLE ACROSS LOCATIONS AND ASSOCIATED SNOW ACCUMULATION
AMOUNTS...PARTICULARLY ACROSS LOCATIONS NEAR THE TENNESSEE...KENTUCKY
BORDER. AS TIME APPROACHES CLOSER TO THIS POSSIBLE WINTER STORM
EVENT...THESE LOCATIONS MAY BE PLACED UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
FOR TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN ONE AND THREE INCHES.

TNZ010-011-031>034-065-066-081800-
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CLAY-PICKETT-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE
440 AM CST SAT JAN 8 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY AFTERNOON...

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A CELINA...TO
  COOKEVILLE...TO SPARTA LINE.

* TIMING: THROUGH NOON TODAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ALSO ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

* TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
  A WAVERLY...TO NASHVILLE...TO JAMESTOWN LINE...TOTAL SNOWFALL
  ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES. FOR LOCATIONS
  GENERALLY SOUTH OF A WAVERLY...TO NASHVILLE...TO JAMESTOWN
  LINE...BUT GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINDEN...TO CHAPEL HILL...TO
  SPENCER LINE...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN THREE
  AND FIVE INCHES. FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINDEN...
  TO CHAPEL HILL...TO SPENCER LINE...BUT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
  TENNESSEE...ALABAMA BORDER...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF
  BETWEEN FOUR TO SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

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.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
&&

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TNZ005>009-022>030-056>064-075-077>080-093>095-081800-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.A.0001.110110T0600Z-110111T0000Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-BENTON-HOUSTON-
HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-PERRY-
HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-
BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...
ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...
CARTHAGE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...
BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...
SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...
ALTAMONT...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
440 AM CST SAT JAN 8 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

* TIMING: SUNDAY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
  A WAVERLY...TO NASHVILLE...TO JAMESTOWN LINE...TOTAL SNOWFALL
  ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR INCHES. FOR LOCATIONS
  GENERALLY SOUTH OF A WAVERLY...TO NASHVILLE...TO JAMESTOWN
  LINE...BUT GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINDEN...TO CHAPEL HILL...TO
  SPENCER LINE...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN THREE
  AND FIVE INCHES. FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINDEN...
  TO CHAPEL HILL...TO SPENCER LINE...BUT ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
  TENNESSEE...ALABAMA BORDER...TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF
  BETWEEN FOUR TO SIX INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS: HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

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