[BNAWX] Winter Weather Message

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
405 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

...ICE AND SOME SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TN TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT...

.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE TODAY.
WITH A DEEP LAYER OF COLD AIR INITIALLY IN PLACE...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO START OUT AS ALL SNOW. SNOW WILL BE VERY LIGHT THIS MORNING...THEN
INTENSITY WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH
WILL BE POSSIBLE. AS WE MOVE TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WARMER
AIR WILL BEGIN TO PUSH INTO THE AREA...PARTICULARLY SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET
ABOVE GROUND. THIS WILL ACT TO CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION OVER TO SLEET AND
THEN QUICKLY OVER TO FREEZING RAIN BY THIS EVENING. A DEVELOPING SURFACE TROUGH
WILL BEGIN TO SETUP TO OUR NORTH AND THUS...THE HEAVIEST ICE ACCUMULATION WILL
BE ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS. 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN
AREAS WITH UP TO 1/4 INCH ACROSS THE SOUTH. GIVEN THAT A COATING OF ICE ON
TREES ALREADY EXISTS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...MAJOR PROBLEMS CAN BE EXPECTED.
WARMER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN LATE TONIGHT...WITH WINTRY PRECIPITATION
TRANSITIONING OVER TO ALL RAIN BEGINNING ALONG THE TENNESSEE RIVER AROUND
MIDNIGHT...AND MOVING EAST TO THE PLATEAU BY 9 AM SATURDAY. AFTER THE
CHANGEOVER TO RAIN...SOME HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING.

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/O.NEW.KOHX.IS.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
405 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2015

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

* ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO 1 INCH OF SNOW FRIDAY...FOLLOWED BY ONE
  ONE TENTH TO ONE HALF INCH OF ICE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN
  FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AREAS ALONG AND
  NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 WILL BE THE HARDEST HIT WITH THE BEST
  CHANCE OF APPROACHING UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ACROSS THE
  NORTH HALF OF THE MID STATE...ONE TENTH TO AROUND ONE QUARTER
  OF AN INCH ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF.

* 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. A COATING OF
  ICE ALREADY EXISTS ON TREES ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AND THIS
  WILL ONLY WORSEN THE THREAT. WARMING TEMPERATURES...MELTING SNOW
  AND ICE...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED
  FLOODING ON SATURDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.
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