[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
251 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-032300-
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
251 PM CST FRI JAN 3 2014

...ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO TREND TOWARD COLDER TEMPERATURES AND
SNOWIER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY. A VERY COLD BLAST OF ARCTIC AIR
ALONG WITH WINTRY PRECIP IS LIKELY BEGINNING SUNDAY. THE MAJOR
CONCERNS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY ARE THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 4 INCHES
OF SNOWFALL AS WELL AS TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WITH
WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS RAIN ON SUNDAY MORNING
AROUND 6 AM IN THE NW COUNTIES...THEN REACH THE PLATEAU AROUND
NOON. TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL DRASTICALLY SUNDAY MORNING...STARTING
OUT AROUND 40 DEGREES IN THE MORNING AND FALLING INTO THE TEENS BY
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE TRANSITION TO SNOW (ARCTIC FRONT PASSAGE) IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN THE NW AROUND NOON AND REACH THE PLATEAU
BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM. SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE HIGHEST IN THE
NORTHERN MOST COUNTIES AND ALONG THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PLATEAU...WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. SOUTH OF THIS AREA CAN
EXPECT ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH THE SOUTHERN TIER OF
COUNTIES SEEING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL...AROUND 1 INCH.
TRAVEL MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION
BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY HOWEVER THE
BIGGER STORY WILL BE THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES THAT WILL PLAGUE
THE MID-STATE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS MONDAY MORNING. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL
CONTINUE TO BE VERY COLD...AROUND 8 DEGREES TO AROUND 15 DEGREES.
HOWEVER TUESDAY MORNING IS WHEN WE CAN EXPECT OUR COLDEST
TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES COULD RANGE FROM 2 BELOW TO 3
DEGREES ABOVE ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL EASILY DROP TO AROUND 8
DEGREES BELOW TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY
MORNING. THESE CONDITIONS CAN RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO
HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS
SHOULD DRESS WARMLY...AND LIMIT THEIR TIME OUTDOORS.


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