[BNAWX] Winter Weather Warning

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WWUS44 KOHX 191933
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
133 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...ICE AND SNOW COULD BRING MAJOR PROBLEMS TO MIDDLE TENNESSEE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...

.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE INTO MID TENNESSEE
ON FRIDAY. WITH COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...THE MOISTURE IS
LIKELY TO RESULT IN SNOW. THE SNOW WILL START OFF VERY LIGHT
FRIDAY MORNING...THEN THE INTENSITY WILL INCREASE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. GOING INTO FRIDAY
EVENING...WARM AIR ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL SURGE ACROSS THE
REGION...CHANGING SNOW OVER TO SLEET AND MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN.
SIGNIFICANT ICE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ONE TENTH TO ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE OVER THE WEST HALF...AND ONE QUARTER TO
ONE HALF INCH OF NEW ICE FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS
ADDITIONAL ICE IS LIKELY TO CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS. FORTUNATELY...
WARMER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN LATE IN THE NIGHT...WITH A
TRANSITION OVER TO LIQUID RAIN BEGINNING ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER
AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND MOVING EAST TO THE PLATEAU BY 9 AM SATURDAY.
AFTER THE CHANGE TO RAIN...SOME HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH SATURDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING.


TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-200600-
/O.UPG.KOHX.WS.A.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KOHX.WS.W.0002.150220T1800Z-150221T1500Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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...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
133 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR ICE AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...NOON FRIDAY TO 9 AM SATURDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY ONE
  TENTH TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN
  FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AREAS ALONG AND
  EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 WILL BE THE HARDEST HIT...WITH NEW ICE
  AMOUNTS UP TO ONE HALF INCH. THE EAST HALF OF MID TENNESSEE MAY
  LATER BE PLACED UNDER AN ICE STORM WARNING.

* MAIN IMPACT...ICE AND SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. FREEZING
  RAIN WILL ADD TO ICE THAT IS ALREADY ON TREES AND OTHER SURFACES
  TO CAUSE DAMAGE. TREE LIMBS ARE LIKELY TO FALL...AND POWER
  OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...MAJOR DISRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL ADD
  TO THE THREAT FOR FALLING LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. WARMING
  TEMPERATURES AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR
  LOCALIZED FLOODING ON SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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