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Stormlover
03-23-2006, 04:16 PM
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
345 PM CST THU MAR 23 2006

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-240600-
BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-
DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY-
PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-
VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
345 PM CST THU MAR 23 2006

...SNOW EXPECTED IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SWING EASTWARD...OUT OF ARKANSAS...INTO
MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS EAST OF NASHVILLE...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND LAFAYETTE...
CARTHAGE...SMITHVILLE...LIVINGSTON...COOKEVILLE... CROSSVILLE AND
JAMESTOWN. UP TO AN INCH ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW ALONG THE HIGHLAND RIM...NORTH
OF NASHVILLE...AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...AROUND
MCMINNVILLE AND MONTEAGLE...WHERE A DUSTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
OTHER PARTS OF THE MID STATE...GENERALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF I 24...
WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW.

IF YOU ARE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU TONIGHT...
YOU SHOULD EXPECT A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW...MOSTLY AFTER 900 PM
...WHICH COULD PRODUCE SLIPPERY SPOTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.