[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
245 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WINTER STORM IN PARTS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE SUNDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM CENTRAL GULF COAST TO THE CAROLINAS
WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE SATURDAY NIGHT
AND SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT,
CHANGE TO SNOW SUNDAY MORNING, AND CONTINUE AS SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG PARTS OF
THE HIGHLAND RIM, PLACES EAST OF NASHVILLE, AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE UPPER PLATEAU.

TNZ008>011-028>034-064>066-191000-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.A.0001.120219T1500Z-120220T0000Z/
SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-
OVERTON-FENTRESS-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...
BYRDSTOWN...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...
GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...SMITHVILLE...
SPARTA...CROSSVILLE
245 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW SUNDAY MORNING AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
  BY SUNDAY EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT...THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW. THE GROUND WILL BE WARM
  AND WET WHEN THE SNOW BEGINS, BUT THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY
  ENOUGH AND FOR A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD OF TIME THAT SIGNIFICANT
  ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR.

* OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING ON SUNDAY IN THE WATCH AREA MAY BECOME
  HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS.

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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