[BNAWX] Winter Weather Warning

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
949 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>095-201200-
/O.CON.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
949 PM CST THU FEB 19 2015

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

* 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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