[BNAWX] Winter Storm Watch

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1222 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS
OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...

.AS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO FILTER INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SLOWLY MOVE
SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE MID STATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY
NIGHT...A CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO
START ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE BY THE LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN WILL
SPREAD SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD BY THE MID EVENING HOURS THEN
TRANSITION TO SLEET BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH FOR LOCATIONS
GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LAWRENCEBURG...TO MURFRESBORO...TO
BYRDSTOWN LINE...WITH AMOUNTS APPROACHING ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH
FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ALONG A WAYNESBORO...TO FAIRVIEW...TO
PORTLAND LINE.

FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINDEN...TO
ASHLAND CITY...TO CROSS PLAINS LINE...ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AT
OR GREATER THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH BETWEEN ONE HALF TO
ONE INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE FOR LOCATIONS ACROSS
NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING ARRIVAL TIMING AND
ACTUAL ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS...AND THUS A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND
WESTERN COUNTIES FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR OTHER LOCATIONS
EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND OR GREATER THAN ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH BUT LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

TNZ008>011-027>031-058>060-062-093-094-020300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.140303T0300Z-140303T1200Z/
SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-
LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-RUTHERFORD-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...
BYRDSTOWN...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...
CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
COLUMBIA...MURFREESBORO...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG
1222 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 PM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA...FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF
  A WAYNESBORO...TO FAIRVIEW...TO PORTLAND LINE...AND FOR
  LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LAWRENCEBURG...TO MURFRESBORO...TO
  BYRDSTOWN LINE.

* ICE/SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN
  INCH.

* TIMING...9 PM SUNDAY THROUGH 6 AM MONDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE
  TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. TREES AND
  POWER LINES COULD EXPERIENCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...RESULTING IN
  POWER OUTAGES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...WITH NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
  30 MPH...THIS COULD EXACERBATE ICE ACCUMULATION PROBLEMS ON
  TRESS AND POWER LINES.

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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TNZ005>007-023>026-056-057-020300-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WS.A.0003.140302T2100Z-140303T1200Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-
PERRY-HICKMAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...LOBELVILLE...
CENTERVILLE
1222 PM CST SAT MAR 1 2014

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

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

* GEOGRAPHIC AREA...FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF
  A LINE FROM LINDEN...TO ASHLAND CITY...TO CROSS PLAINS LINE.

* ICE/SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO ONE INCH.

* TIMING...3PM SUNDAY UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE
  TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. TREES AND POWER
  LINES COULD EXPERIENCE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...RESULTING IN POWER
  OUTAGES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...WITH NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS
  APPROACHING 35 MPH POSSIBLE...THIS COULD EXACERBATE ICE
  ACCUMULATION PROBLEMS ON TRESS AND POWER LINES.

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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