The National Weather Service just issued a Winter Storm Watch for all of Middle Tennessee, as expected.
Source: Here
“URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE…HEADER CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
126 PM CST WED JAN 27 2010
…WINTER STORM WATCH FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT…
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSING TO OUR SOUTH WILL BEGIN SPREADING
PRECIPITATION ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. BY
FRIDAY, SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. IN
PLACES CLOSER TO THE ALABAMA STATE LINE, TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SLIGHTLY WARMER, PRODUCING A MIXTURE OF RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, AND
FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY
NIGHT ACROSS THE MID STATE, WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING INTO
SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE LIKELY.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DOVER…CLARKSVILLE…SPRINGFIELD…
GALLATIN…LAFAYETTE…CELINA…BYRDSTOWN…CAMDEN…ERIN…
WAVERLY…DICKSON…ASHLAND CITY…KINGSTON SPRINGS…NASHVILLE…
LEBANON…MOUNT JULIET…HARTSVILLE…CARTHAGE…GAINESBORO…
COOKEVILLE…LIVINGSTON…JAMESTOWN…ALLARDT…LINDEN…
LOBELVILLE…CENTERVILLE…HOHENWALD…FRANKLIN…BRENTWOOD…
COLUMBIA…LEWISBURG…MURFREESBORO…WOODBURY…SMITHVILLE…
SPARTA…CROSSVILLE…FAIRFIELD GLADE…SHELBYVILLE…TULLAHOMA…
MANCHESTER…MCMINNVILLE…TRACY CITY…ALTAMONT…COALMONT…
SPENCER…WAYNESBORO…LAWRENCEBURG…PULASKI
126 PM CST WED JAN 27 2010
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE LATE THIS WEEK, AND WILL SPREAD WINTRY PRECIPITATION
ACROSS THE MID STATE BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY
PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH LIGHT
SNOW LASTING INTO SATURDAY.
* MAIN IMPACT: ON FRIDAY, LOOK FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE, AND RAIN, SNOW, AND ICE
ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. FRIDAY NIGHT, PRECIPITATION
WILL SWITCH TO ALL SNOW.
* OTHER IMPACTS: ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND
DANGEROUS FOR DRIVING. GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE DRIFTING SNOW, AND
WIND CHILLS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS AND SINGLE
DIGITS.
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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ROSE”
