Here It Is

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
943 AM CST TUE JAN 5 2010

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EVENT POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY...

.A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE BEGINNING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...4 AM CST THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY

* MAIN IMPACT...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...FOLLOWED BY
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOWFALL WILL STICK TO ROAD
SURFACES WITH NO MELTING...AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE
A PERIOD OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
PROBLEMS OR DELAYS ACROSS THE MID STATE.

* OTHER IMPACTS...ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE
MID STATE IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM AND WILL DRIVE TEMPERATURES
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS
BELOW ZERO.

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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