Alert archive / Virginia / Winter Storm Warnings in 2006
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this winter storm warning at Feb 17, 2006, 3:30 PM EST for 7 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Tennessee. It took effect at Feb 18, 2006, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2006, 3:30 PM EST (20:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2006, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2006, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
Counties Carter County, TN, Greene County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Russell County, VA, Scott County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wise County, VA
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS44 KMRX 172030 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 330 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. WARMER MOIST AIR WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY...RIDING UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL CREATE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY BRIEF PERIODS OF RAIN OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE WARNING AREAS...WHERE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE...IN THE ADVISORY AREAS...WARM GROUND AND A BRIEF MIX WITH WARM AIR ALOFT...WILL INHIBIT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORIES COULD STILL SEE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH THE BULK OF THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION NOT BEGINNING UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN LAST WELL INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TNZ018-043-045-047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-180430- /O.UPG.KMRX.WS.A.0004.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WS.W.0002.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-LEE-WISE-SCOTT- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON... ABINGDON 330 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ TNZ012>017-035-042-044-046-180430- /O.UPG.KMRX.WS.A.0004.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.SN.Y.0008.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-MORGAN- NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...WARTBURG... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 330 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ041-072-074-180430- /O.UPG.KMRX.WS.A.0004.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 330 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT INITIALLY COULD PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF RAIN OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...INHIBITING THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL THERE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD ALSO OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ036>040-067>071-073-180430- /O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE... RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY... KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE 330 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD ALSO OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ087-102-180430- /O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...COKER CREEK... DUCKTOWN 330 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT INITIALLY COULD PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ...WHEN TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS MIGHT BE JUST BELOW FREEZING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD ALSO OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ081>086-098>101-180430- /O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION- HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR... ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 230 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 /330 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES COULD CAUSE SOME OF THE SNOWFALL TO MELT. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD ALSO OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET...MAINLY ON EXPOSED AND ELEVATED SURFACES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TG
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS44 KMRX 180410 AAA WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1110 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY... .COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WARMER MOIST AIR WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...RIDING UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL CREATE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY BRIEF PERIODS OF RAIN OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE WARNING AREAS...WHERE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. ELSEWHERE...IN THE ADVISORY AREAS... WARM GROUND AND A BRIEF MIX WITH WARM AIR ALOFT...WILL INHIBIT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER...LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORIES COULD STILL SEE SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE PRE DAWN HOURS EARLY SATURDAY...AND LAST WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TNZ018-043-045-047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-181000- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0002.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-LEE-WISE-SCOTT- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON... ABINGDON 1110 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE NORTHEAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ TNZ012>017-035-042-044-046-181000- /O.CON.KMRX.SN.Y.0008.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-MORGAN- NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...WARTBURG... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 1110 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY FOR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ041-072-074-181000- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 1110 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY FOR THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT INITIALLY COULD PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF RAIN OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...INHIBITING THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL THERE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD ALSO OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ036>040-067>071-073-181000- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE... RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY... KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE 1110 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY FOR CENTRAL EAST TENNESSEE. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD ALSO OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ087-102-181000- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...COKER CREEK... DUCKTOWN 1110 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT INITIALLY COULD PRODUCE SOME AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ...WHEN TEMPERATURES IN A FEW SPOTS MIGHT BE JUST BELOW FREEZING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD ALSO OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ081>086-098>101-181000- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/ SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION- HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR... ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 1010 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006 /1110 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU AND THE SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE VALLEY. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES COULD CAUSE SOME OF THE SNOWFALL TO MELT. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD ALSO OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET...MAINLY ON EXPOSED AND ELEVATED SURFACES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TD
000 WWUS44 KMRX 180905 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 405 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TODAY... .COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY...AS PRECIPITATION SPREADS OVER THE AREA. THIS SCENARIO WILL CREATE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND POSSIBLY BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TODAY WILL BE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WARNING AREAS... WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREAS...WARM GROUND TEMPERATURES AND SOME WARM AIR INITIALLY THIS MORNING SHOULD INHIBIT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS. HOWEVER... LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY AREAS COULD STILL SEE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. TNZ018-043-045-047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-181715- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-LEE-WISE-SCOTT- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON... ABINGDON 405 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES THIS MORNING...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ TNZ012>017-035-042-044-046-181715- /O.CON.KMRX.SN.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-MORGAN- NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...WARTBURG... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 405 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES THIS MORNING...WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ041-072-074-181715- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 405 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ036>040-067>071-073-181715- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE... RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY... KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE 405 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ087-102-181715- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...COKER CREEK... DUCKTOWN 405 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ081>086-098>101-181715- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION- HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR... ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 305 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2006 /405 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND THEN CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON EXPOSED AND ELEVATED SURFACES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ DMG
000 WWUS44 KMRX 181605 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1105 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTRY PRECIPITATION CONTINUES INTO THE AFTERNOON... .COLDER AIR HAD PUSHED SOUTH THROUGH ALL BUT EXTREME SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE INTO CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA. ELSEWHERE...MOSTLY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH INTENSITY AND ACCUMULATIONS MAY TAPER OFF BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON IN MOST AREAS. CLOUDS MAY BE SLOW TO DECREASE THIS EVENING...AND SOME FLURRIES COULD LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS. OTHERWISE...ACCUMULATING SNOWS SHOULD END BY AROUND 4PM EST TODAY. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TNZ018-043-045-047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-182100- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-LEE-WISE-SCOTT- RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON... ABINGDON 1105 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT INTENSITY AND ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD TAPER OFF. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VALLEYS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED...CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ TNZ012>017-035-042-044-046-182100- /O.CON.KMRX.SN.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-MORGAN- NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...WARTBURG... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 1105 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...BUT INTENSITY AND ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD TAPER OFF. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ041-072-074-182100- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 1105 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA ...AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ036>040-067>071-073-182100- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX- JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...MAYNARDVILLE... RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...NEWPORT...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY... KNOXVILLE...DANDRIDGE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE 1105 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET EARLY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ087-102-182100- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...COKER CREEK... DUCKTOWN 1105 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO MOSTLY SNOW BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TNZ081>086-098>101-182100- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-060218T2100Z/ SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-MARION- HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR... ATHENS...MADISONVILLE...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 1005 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2006 /1105 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2006/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA...AND GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO MOSTLY SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON EXPOSED AND ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET... AND/OR FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. DRIVING AND WALKING MAY BE DIFFICULT ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ TG
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Morristown, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 17, 12:26 PM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 12:26 PM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1226 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006
.DISCUSSION...QUICK AND SHORT AFD AFTER EARLY LOOK AT 12Z MODEL
DATA AND COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES. NAM AND GFS VARY A
BIT FROM RUN TO RUN...BUT SEEM IN AGREEMENT ON DEPTH OF COLD ARCTIC
AIR OVER THE FOFRECAST AREA. WARM AIR TO OVERRIDE THIS COLD AIR
WITH PRECIPITATION (PCPN) ONSET TO BE GENERALLY AROUND OR AFTER 3AM
EST SATURDAY. MODELS ALSO CARRY THIS PCPN INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS
NOW...WHICH IS LONGER THAN EARLIER THOUGHT.
THINKING THAT AT LEAST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED
WITH THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE...POSSIBLY WARNINGS IN SOME NRN AREAS.
THUS...ISSUED WINTER STORM WATCH AND WILL UPDATE OUR SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT IN AREAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WATCH.
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
TN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS...CAMPBELL...
CLAIBORNE...COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS...HANCOCK...HAWKINS...
JOHNSON...MORGAN...NORTHWEST CARTER...NORTHWEST GREENE...
SCOTT TN...SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS...SOUTHEAST CARTER...
SOUTHEAST GREENE...SULLIVAN...UNICOI...AND WASHINGTON TN.
VA...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 4 AM SATURDAY TO 4 PM SATURDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: LEE...RUSSELL...SCOTT...WASHINGTON...AND
WISE.
&&
TGHazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 5:10 AM EST, 10 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 510 AM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002-005- 006-008-181100- ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BLOUNT SMOKY MTN-BRADLEY-CAMPBELL-CHEROKEE- CLAIBORNE-CLAY-COCKE SMOKY MTN-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HAMILTON- HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KNOX-LEE-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN- MEIGS-MORGAN-NORTH SEVIER-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE- NORTHWEST GREENE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-RUSSELL- SCOTT TN-SCOTT VA-SEQUATCHIE-SEVIER SMOKY MTN-SOUTHEAST CARTER- SOUTHEAST GREENE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION- WASHINGTON TN-WASHINGTON VA-WEST POLK-WISE- 510 AM EST (410 AM CST) FRI FEB 17 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A LIGHT MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY...WITH ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOW SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED FOR ACCUMULATION REPORTS ON SATURDAY... MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. DMG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 17, 12:50 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1250 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006 NCZ060-061-TNZ036>040-067>071-073-081>087-098>102-172300- ANDERSON-BLEDSOE-BRADLEY-CHEROKEE-CLAY-EAST POLK-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- HAMILTON-JEFFERSON-KNOX-LOUDON-MARION-MCMINN-MEIGS-NORTH SEVIER- NORTHWEST COCKE-NORTHWEST MONROE-NW BLOUNT-RHEA-ROANE-SEQUATCHIE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-UNION-WEST POLK- 1250 PM EST (1150 AM CST) FRI FEB 17 2006 ...A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO AFFECT THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON... COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION TODAY... BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. BY TONIGHT...INCREASING MOISTURE WILL MOVE OVER THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE...SPREADING LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER MOST OF THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL LAST WELL INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MUCH OF EAST TENNESSEE... AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. THESE AREAS HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...AND LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. ELSEWHERE...ACROSS THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF EAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE AND INTO CHEROKEE AND CLAY COUNTIES OF NORTH CAROLINA... A LIGHTER WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED. A SNOW OR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON FOR THOSE AREAS ...WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH UP TO 3 INCHES AND SOME LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH MIGHT OCCUR. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR FAVORITE TELEVISION OR RADIO STATION...FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. TG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 12:00 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | MRX | Lee, Russell, Scott, Washington, Wise, City of Bristol and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:30 PM EST | Snow Advisory | MRX | Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins and 4 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Cocke, Grainger and 15 more | 25 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.