Winter Storm Warning in effect from 9 PM this evening to noon CST Thursday
...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTY OF RAIN TO THE MID STATE TODAY...WITH PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE NORTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AS COLDER AIR SPREADS SOUTHWARD...YOU CAN EXPECT THE RAIN TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER THE REST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND THEN TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET OVER MOST AREAS BY LATE NIGHT. THE MAIN EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER SOME SOUTHERN AREAS...WHERE PRECIPITATION MAY NOT MIX WITH SNOW UNTIL EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CROSSVILLE TO LAWRENCEBURG WILL PROBABLY SEE WINTRY PRECIPITATION STAY MAINLY IN THE FORM OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. FOLKS IN THIS AREA...WHERE POTENTIAL IS GREATEST FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO ANY CHANGE IN THE FORECAST REGARDING ICE ACCUMULATION AS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS POSSIBLE. MOST OF THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO SEE SNOWFALL AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH MOST FREEZING RAIN CAUSING ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...ESPECIALLY AREAS NEAR THE ALABAMA BORDER...MAY SEE ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO START DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHWEST AND HIGHLAND RIM BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON TODAY...WITH TRAVEL CONDITIONS DETERIORATING OVER OTHER AREAS TONIGHT...AS THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION SPREADS FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. IN FACT...MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL LIKELY LAST ALL THE WAY INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK THURSDAY AND MUCH OF FRIDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS INTO THE TEENS. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AS WELL AS UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...FROM 9 PM CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH NOON CST THURSDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 40 AND LOWEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE ALABAMA BORDER. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OF ICE TO BE FARTHER TO THE SOUTH.
* MAIN IMPACT...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE RAIN DURING THE DAY TODAY...THEN MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SNOW SHOULD MIX IN WITH THE PRECIPITATION IN MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO STAY BELOW FREEZING FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY KEEP MANY ROADWAYS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BEDFORD ... CANNON ... COFFEE ... GILES ... GRUNDY ... HICKMAN ... LAWRENCE ... LEWIS ... MARSHALL ... MAURY ... PERRY ... RUTHERFORD ... VAN BUREN ... WARREN ... WAYNE ... WILLIAMSON
Instructions:
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Address/Location
Hickman Emergency Communication
102 E Swan St
Centerville, TN 37033
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 931-729-5146
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Expected - Responsive action SHOULD be taken soon (within next hour)
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Winter Storm Warning