URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 349 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...SNOWY...COLD AND WINDY TODAY AND TONIGHT... .COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO MID TENNESSEE TODAY AND TONIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS. MOST OF THE MID STATE WILL HAVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH UP TO 5 INCHES FOR PARTS OF THE PLATEAU. ADDITIONALLY...FRIGID CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE COLDEST OF THE SEASON SO FAR...AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DROP WIND CHILL VALUES INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS TODAY...AND BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. THE WINDS...OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES...WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BLOW DOWN SOME SMALL LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS HOLIDAY DECORATIONS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON MONDAY...BUT THE FRIGID WEATHER WILL CONTINUE. LOWS MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS MANY AREAS. TNZ005>009-022>030-056>064-075-077>080-093>095-121900- /O.NEW.KOHX.WC.Y.0002.101212T1800Z-101213T1800Z/ /O.CON.KOHX.WW.Y.0013.101212T1000Z-101213T1200Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-BENTON-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-PERRY- HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB- BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD... GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CAMDEN...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON... ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE... CARTHAGE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN... BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY... SMITHVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE... ALTAMONT...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI 349 AM CST SUN DEC 12 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST MONDAY. * TIMING: SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * ACCUMULATIONS: 1 TO 2 INCHES FOR MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. A FEW AREAS COULD HAVE 3 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHLAND RIM AND NEAR TH PLATEAU. * IMPACTS: SLICK AND SNOW COVERED ROAD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE DRIVING MORE DIFFICULT...AND VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED BY PATCHY BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. 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. LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS HOLIDAY DECORATIONS SHOULD BE SECURED OR BROUGHT INDOORS. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ 13
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