URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
234 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015
...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS 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 PRECIP
CONSISTING OF FREEZING RAIN SLEET AND SNOW...AND FINALLY TO ALL
SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY. SNOWFALL AND
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH FREEZING
RAIN CAUSING ICE ACCUMULATION TO A TENTH OF AN INCH AS WELL. MAJOR
TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH AT LEAST
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
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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
234 PM CST MON MAR 2 2015
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
* TIMING...FROM NOON CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH NOON CST THURSDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET...WITH UP TO A
TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN.
* MAIN IMPACT...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
CREATE MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
DAY ON FRIDAY.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO STAY BELOW FREEZING
FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY WHICH MAY EXTEND
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK
WEEK.
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.
