[BNAWX] Winter Weather Message

Wed Mar 4 04:59:00 CST 2015

WWUS44 KOHX 041058
WSWOHX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
458 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS AROUND AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40...

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTY OF
RAIN TO THE MID STATE TODAY...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO A
MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE NORTHWEST DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AS COLDER AIR
SPREADS SOUTHWARD...YOU CAN EXPECT THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE REST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND
THEN TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET OVER MOST AREAS BY LATE NIGHT. THE
MAIN EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER SOME SOUTHERN AREAS, WHERE
PRECIPITATION MAY NOT MIX WITH SNOW UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CROSSVILLE TO LAWRENCEBURG
WILL PROBABLY SEE WINTRY PRECIPITATION STAY MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. FOLKS IN THIS AREA...WHERE
POTENTIAL IS GREATEST FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO ANY CHANGE IN THE FORECAST REGARDING
ICE ACCUMULATION.

SNOWFALL AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 TO
5 INCHES...WITH MOST FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICE ACCUMULATION
AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. AGAIN...ICE ACCUMULATION MAY BE GREATER
OVER SOME EXTREME SOUTHERN AREAS WHERE THE COLD AIR IS SLOWER TO
MOVE IN.

MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO START DEVELOPING OVER THE
NORTHWEST AND HIGHLAND RIM BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON TODAY...WITH
TRAVEL CONDITIONS DETERIORATING OVER OTHER AREAS TONIGHT...AS THE
WINTRY PRECIPITATION SPREADS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. 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
FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS INTO
THE TEENS.

TNZ005>007-023>026-041900-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0004.150304T2100Z-150305T1500Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY
458 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...FROM 3 PM CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH 9 AM CST THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED...
  WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE KENTUCKY STATE LINE AND
  LOWEST AMOUNTS NEAR INTERSTATE 40. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
  MAY BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* MAIN IMPACT...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE RAIN IN THE
  MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY MID
  AFTERNOON. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE MAJOR TRAVEL
  IMPACTS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 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 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.

&&

$$

TNZ008>011-027>034-064>066-041900-
/O.CON.KOHX.WS.W.0004.150305T0000Z-150305T1800Z/
SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-
PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...
BYRDSTOWN...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...
CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...
SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE
458 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...FROM 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH NOON CST THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED...
  WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE KENTUCKY STATE LINE AND
  INTERSTATE 65... AND LOWEST AROUND INTERSTATE 40. FREEZING RAIN
  ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.

* MAIN IMPACT...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE RAIN IN THE MORNING
  AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
  DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP DURING
  THE LATE AFTERNOON FOR AREAS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 65 AND IN
  THE EVENING FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THIS MIXED
  PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON 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 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.

&&

$$

TNZ056>063-075-077>080-093>095-041900-
/O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0004.150305T0300Z-150305T1800Z/
PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-
BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...
ALTAMONT...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
458 AM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY...

* TIMING...FROM 9 PM CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH NOON CST THURSDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED...
  WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 40 AND LOWEST
  AMOUNTS NEAR THE ALABAMA BORDER. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE
  EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH...ALTHOUGH IT IS
  POSSIBLE THAT GREATER ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER SOME EXTREME
  SOUTHERN AREAS.

* MAIN IMPACT...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE RAIN DURING THE DAY
  WEDNESDAY...THEN MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING THE
  LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SNOW SHOULD MIX IN WITH THE
  PRECIPITATION IN MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION
  WILL CREATE MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  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 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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