[BNAWX] Winter Weather Watch

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WWUS44 KOHX 031629
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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1029 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY
THROUGH NOON THURSDAY FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTY OF
RAIN ON TUESDAY FOLLOWED BY MIXED PRECIPITATION AND FINALLY SNOW
LATER IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S FOR MOST
OF THE REGION TOMORROW WILL FALL TO HIGHS IN THE 20S BY THURSDAY
FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. AS THE FRONT PASSES
ON WEDNESDAY...PRECIP WILL SWITCH FROM RAIN...TO A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
HOURS...AND FINALLY TO ALL SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE BETWEEN 3 TO 6
INCHES...WITH FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A
TENTH OF AN INCH AS WELL.

MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING...AS
THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION SPREADS OVER THE AREA. IN FACT...MAJOR
TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL LIKELY LAST ALL THE WAY INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON
SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK
THURSDAY AND MUCH OF FRIDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES IN MANY AREAS FRIDAY
MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS.

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-040600-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.A.0003.150304T1800Z-150305T1800Z/
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
1029 AM CST TUE MAR 3 2015

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* TIMING...FROM NOON CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH NOON CST THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST
  AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE KENTUCKY STATE LINE AND LOWEST AMOUNTS
  ACROSS THE SOUTH. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
  AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* MAIN IMPACT...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
  CREATE MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO STAY BELOW FREEZING
  FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY
  KEEP MANY ROADWAYS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD
  OF TIME.

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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