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Event: Ice Storm Warning
Alert:
...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED...

.A MAJOR WINTER WEATHER STORM WILL BRING HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO
THE REGION TODAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST
OVERNIGHT. COLDER AIR AIR IN PLACE ALONG THE FAR NORTHERN PLATEAU
AND ALONG THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN REGION OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
AND THE KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE BORDER WILL RESULT IN A HEAVY SNOWFALL
EVENT. LOCATIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE VALLEY AND MOUNTAIN FOOTHILLS
WILL RECEIVE MAINLY A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE
DAY...BEFORE MIXING WITH LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT AS PRECIPITATION
TAPERS OFF. SOME SIGNIFICANT ICING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE VALLEY...FROM THE KNOXVILLE METRO AREA
SOUTHWEST THROUGH MOST OF THE SOUTHERN PLATEAU AND VALLEY.
HOWEVER...MEANINGFUL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL EXPECTED IN THE
WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...ALONG WITH A MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW AS
WELL. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME TREACHEROUS VERY
QUICKLY OVER MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY...AND TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED!

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
TUESDAY...

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

* EVENT...A MIX OF MOSTLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL PICK UP IN
INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATION ACROSS THE CENTRAL VALLEY...THE CENTRAL SMOKY
MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN VALLEY...BEFORE TAPERING
OFF LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF
INCH POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. 1
TO 3 INCHES OF SLEET AND SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
LATE TONIGHT.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
EVENING... AND WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION MAY BRING WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS POWER
OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF ONE THIRD OF AN INCH
TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 1
TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREA...ALONG WITH LIGHT
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BRING
WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS
RESULT IN SOME POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE.

Instructions:

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES...AS WELL AS MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.