Alert archive / Tennessee / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Morristown, TN
NWS Morristown, TN issued this winter storm warning at Jan 21, 2016, 5:21 AM EST for 28 counties in Tennessee; Cherokee County, Clay County, North Carolina; 7 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 46 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2016, 5:21 AM EST (10:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2016, 9:55 PM EST
- In force
- 46 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Morristown, TN
All 37 counties
Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington 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), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 5:53 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 3 S Bluff City, TN | REPORT FROM PINEY FLATS |
| Jan 22, 5:55 AM EST | SNOW 7 | 3 S Wise, VA | REPORT FROM HIGH KNOB SINCE 2 AM |
| Jan 22, 6:33 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Bristol Va, VA | MEASURED AT WCYB TV STATION |
| Jan 22, 6:45 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 3 Nw Church Hill, TN | REPORTED NEAR CARTERS VALLEY ELEMENTARY |
| Jan 22, 7:12 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 3 N La Follette, TN | |
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 0.5 | Jonesville, VA | WITH SLEET PREDOMINATE PRECIP TYPE |
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Erwin, TN | |
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Hampton, TN | |
| Jan 22, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Nickelsville, VA | |
| Jan 22, 9:15 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Oneida, TN | |
| Jan 22, 11:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Colonial Heights, TN | |
| Jan 22, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Rogersville, TN | |
| Jan 22, 1:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Oneida, TN | |
| Jan 22, 2:00 PM EST | SNOW 8 | 2 E Norton, VA | |
| Jan 22, 3:15 PM EST | SNOW 3.6 | Johnson City, TN | |
| Jan 22, 3:50 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | Gate City, VA | |
| Jan 22, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Rugby, TN | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 22, 6:00 PM EST | SNOW 5 | La Follette, TN | 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TODAY. 2 INCHES IN THE PAST 1.5 HOURS. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Jan 22, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Kingston, TN | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 22, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Blountville, TN | DAILY TOTAL SO FAR AT THE TRI-CITIES REGIONAL AIRPORT. |
| Jan 22, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Jasper, TN | |
| Jan 22, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Pikeville, TN | |
| Jan 22, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Wartburg, TN | |
| Jan 22, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | 7 Nw Dunlap, TN | |
| Jan 22, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 N Pikeville, TN | WHEELER MOUNTAIN AREA |
| Jan 22, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 4 | Tazewell, TN | |
| Jan 22, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 5 | Huntsville, TN | |
| Jan 22, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 5.5 | 6 Sw Huntsville, TN | REPORTED IN THE ROBBINS COMMUNITY |
| Jan 22, 7:30 PM EST | SNOW 7 | Oneida, TN | |
| Jan 22, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 1.4 | Morristown, TN | |
| Jan 22, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 13.4 | 1 N Newfound Gap, TN | 13.4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW SINCE MIDNIGHT. CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 18 INCHES. |
| Jan 22, 8:30 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Newport, TN | VIA SOCIAL MEDIA |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 1 | Johnson City, TN | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Elizabethton, TN | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 6 N Dryden, VA | REPORTED IN THE KEOKEE COMMUNITY |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Abingdon, VA | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 2 | Sneedville, TN | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Gate City, VA | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Greeneville, TN | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 3 | Lebanon, VA | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Erwin, TN | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Bristol Tn, TN | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | Rogersville, TN | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Mountain City, TN | |
| Jan 22, 10:30 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Wise, VA | |
| Jan 22, 11:55 PM EST | SNOW 0.6 | 3 Nnw Kodak, TN | ACCUMULATION SINCE 5 PM |
| Jan 23, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Brasstown, NC | REPORT OF LESS THAN ONE INCH IN THE PAST 10 HOURS |
| Jan 23, 6:39 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 5 Sw Morristown, TN | 3 INCHES MEASURED ON THE GROUND...0.5 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT AT NWS MORRISTOWN OFFICE |
| Jan 23, 6:39 AM EST | SNOW 9 | 3 W Gate City, VA | 9 INCHES CURRENTLY ON THE GROUND |
| Jan 23, 6:40 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Coker Creek, TN | |
| Jan 23, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Coker Creek, TN | |
| Jan 23, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 1.5 | Seymour, TN | |
| Jan 23, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | Morristown, TN | |
| Jan 23, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Cosby, TN | |
| Jan 23, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 7 | La Follette, TN | |
| Jan 23, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 10 | Sneedville, TN | |
| Jan 23, 10:00 AM EST | SLEET 8 | Bean Station, TN | |
| Jan 23, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 5 Nw Culberson, NC | |
| Jan 23, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Brasstown, NC | |
| Jan 23, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Lenoir City, TN |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 501 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
101 WWUS44 KMRX 211021 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 521 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... .ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ADDITIONAL WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION FROM LATE TONIGHT NIGHT INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. IN THE VALLEY...PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN ON FRIDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX AND EVENTUALLY SNOW BY FRIDAY NIGHT. VAZ001-002-005-006-008-211830- /O.UPG.KMRX.WS.A.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 521 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... SOME OF THE HIGHEST PEAKS COULD SEE ALMOST A FOOT OF SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY. MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...WITH WINDS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-211830- /O.UPG.KMRX.WS.A.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 521 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...WITH WINDS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-211830- /O.UPG.KMRX.WS.A.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 521 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH WINDS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ012>015-035-211830- /O.UPG.KMRX.WS.A.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG 521 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ016-017-042-044-046-211830- /O.UPG.KMRX.WS.A.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 521 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ037>040-070-211830- /O.NEW.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...DANDRIDGE 521 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY. * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION...SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ036-067>069-071-073-211830- /O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.160122T1200Z-160124T0600Z/ ANDERSON-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE 521 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. * EVENT...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON AND TRANSITION TO SNOW SOMETIME ON FRIDAY. DURING THIS TRANSITION PLACES COULD EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. BY FRIDAY EVENING SNOW WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AND OTHER WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS BEGINNING AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT.. ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ081>087-098>102-211830- /O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN- NORTHWEST MONROE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY- WEST POLK-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...DUNLAP... PIKEVILLE...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS...MADISONVILLE... COKER CREEK...JASPER...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON... DUCKTOWN 521 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 /421 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY. * EVENT...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND TRANSITION TO SNOW SOMETIME ON FRIDAY. DURING THIS TRANSITION PLACES COULD EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. BY FRIDAY NIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING...FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AND OTHER WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS BEGINNING AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT.. ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST. && $$
11 follow-up statements
256 WWUS44 KMRX 211822 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 122 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... .A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ADDITIONAL WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA....FAR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...AND THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION STARTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. IN ADDITION... ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE AREAS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS. IN THE VALLEY...PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN ON FRIDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX AND EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. TNZ036-067>069-071-073-220500- /O.UPG.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.160122T1200Z-160124T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ ANDERSON-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...OAK RIDGE...KINGSTON... LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE...SEVIERVILLE 122 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON AND TRANSITION TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DURING THIS TRANSITION PLACES COULD EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. BY FRIDAY EVENING SNOW WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ081-082-087-098-102-220500- /O.UPG.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION- EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...DUNLAP... PIKEVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER...DUCKTOWN 122 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 /1222 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * EVENT...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND TRANSITION TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DURING THIS TRANSITION PLACES COULD EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. BY FRIDAY EVENING SNOW WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ VAZ001-002-005-006-008-220500- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 122 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... SOME OF THE HIGHEST PEAKS COULD SEE ALMOST A FOOT OF SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY. MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY... WITH WINDS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-220500- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 122 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...WITH WINDS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-220500- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 122 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH WINDS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ012>015-035-220500- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG 122 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ016-017-042-044-046-220500- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 122 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ037>040-070-220500- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...DANDRIDGE 122 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ083>086-099>101-220500- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 122 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND TRANSITION TO SNOW BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DURING THIS TRANSITION PLACES COULD EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. BY FRIDAY NIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING...FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AND OTHER WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS BEGINNING AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT...ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST. && $$
897 WWUS44 KMRX 211840 AAA WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 140 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... .A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING ADDITIONAL WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION STARTING LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA....FAR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...AND THE MOUNTAINS...AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION STARTING FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. IN ADDITION... ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE AREAS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS. IN THE VALLEY... PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN ON FRIDAY BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX AND EVENTUALLY ALL SNOW BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. VAZ001-002-005-006-008-220245- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 140 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS... SOME OF THE HIGHEST PEAKS COULD SEE ALMOST A FOOT OF SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY. MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY... WITH WINDS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-220245- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 140 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...WITH WINDS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-220245- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 140 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY WITH WINDS UP TO 35 MILES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ012>015-035-220245- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG 140 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ016-017-042-044-046-220245- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 140 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ037>040-070-220245- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...DANDRIDGE 140 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TRECHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ036-067>069-071-073-081-082-087-098-102-220245- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-ANDERSON-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...CLINTON... OAK RIDGE...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE... SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER... DUCKTOWN 140 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 /1240 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON AND TRANSITION TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DURING THIS TRANSITION PLACES COULD EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN... AND SNOW. BY FRIDAY EVENING SNOW WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ083>086-099>101-220245- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 140 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND TRANSITION TO SNOW BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DURING THIS TRANSITION PLACES COULD EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. BY FRIDAY NIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING...FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AND OTHER WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS BEGINNING AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT...ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST. && $$
007 WWUS44 KMRX 220310 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1010 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... .A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS...AND THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. VAZ001-002-005-006-008-221030- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 1010 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...SOME OF THE HIGHEST PEAKS COULD SEE OVER A FOOT OF SNOW BY EARLY SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-221030- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 1010 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-221030- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 1010 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE WITH EVEN MORE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ012>015-035-221030- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG 1010 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ016-017-042-044-046-221030- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 1010 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ037>040-070-221030- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T0500Z-160124T0900Z/ UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...DANDRIDGE 1010 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION...BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ036-067>069-071-073-081-082-087-098-102-221030- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-ANDERSON-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...CLINTON... OAK RIDGE...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE... SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER... DUCKTOWN 1010 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 /910 PM CST THU JAN 21 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON AND TRANSITION TO SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DURING THIS TRANSITION PLACES COULD EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN... AND SNOW. BY FRIDAY EVENING SNOW WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING...FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ083>086-099>101-221030- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 1010 PM EST THU JAN 21 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA AND TRANSITION TO SNOW BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. DURING THIS TRANSITION PLACES COULD EXPERIENCE A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW. BY FRIDAY NIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE. BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING...FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AND OTHER WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS BEGINNING AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT...ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST. && $$
542 WWUS44 KMRX 220933 AAA WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 433 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA THIS MORNING. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR ALONG SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OCCURRING ALONG THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. VAZ001-002-005-006-008-222100- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 433 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH MORE THAN A FOOT OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THIS MORNING...THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-222100- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 433 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO 18 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THIS MORNING...THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-222100- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 433 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE...WITH EVEN MORE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ012>015-035-222100- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG 433 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION... BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 8 INCHES TO THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THIS MORNING... THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ016-017-042-044-046-222100- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 433 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION... BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TO THE AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THIS MORNING... THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ037>040-070-222100- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...DANDRIDGE 433 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION... BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TO THE AREA WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THIS MORNING... THERE MAY BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WITH LITTLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ036-067>069-071-073-081-082-087-098-102-222100- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-ANDERSON-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...CLINTON... OAK RIDGE...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE... SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER... DUCKTOWN 433 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 /333 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ083>086-099>101-222100- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 433 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. BY SATURDAY NIGHT...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AND OTHER WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS BEGINNING AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT...ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST. && $$
900 WWUS44 KMRX 221608 AAA WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1108 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BRING PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET TO THE SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND FAR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND HIGHER TERRAIN DURING THE DAY. AS THE STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS INTO THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY FILTER INTO THE REST OF THE VALLEY...CHANGING RAIN OVER TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW STARTING EARLY FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF FAR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...NORTHERN PLATEAU AND THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY...AND SOUTHERN PLATEAU WILL SEE LIGHTER AMOUNTS...BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL STILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VAZ001-002-005-006-008-230015- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 1108 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...HEAVY SNOW...BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-230015- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 1108 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...HEAVY SNOW...BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-230015- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 1108 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...HEAVY SNOW...WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE PEAKS OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ012>015-035-230015- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG 1108 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...HEAVY SNOW...BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE TENNESSEE-KENTUCKY BORDER. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ016-017-042-044-046-230015- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 1108 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...HEAVY SNOW...BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 10 TO 12 INCHES CLOSE TO THE TENNESSEE- VIRGINIA BORDER. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ037>040-070-230015- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...DANDRIDGE 1108 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...HEAVY SNOW...BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ036-067>069-071-073-081-082-087-098-102-230015- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-ANDERSON-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...CLINTON... OAK RIDGE...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE... SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER... DUCKTOWN 1108 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 /1008 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGES AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ083>086-099>101-230015- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.160122T1800Z-160124T0000Z/ RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 1108 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGES AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AND OTHER WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS BEGINNING AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT...ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST. && $$
003 WWUS44 KMRX 221950 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 250 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE REGION. AS THIS STORM SYSTEM SHIFTS INTO THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS THIS EVENING...COLDER AIR WILL QUICKLY FILTER INTO THE REST OF THE VALLEY...CHANGING RAIN OVER TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW STARTING LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF FAR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN PLATEAU AND THE SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA AND EAST TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VALLEY...AND SOUTHERN PLATEAU WILL SEE LIGHTER AMOUNTS...BUT ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL STILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VAZ001-002-005-006-008-230400- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 250 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...SEVERAL HOURS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 18 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-230400- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 250 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...SEVERAL HOURS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-230400- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 250 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...SEVERAL HOURS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE PEAKS OF THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE SNOWFALL THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE. GUSTY WINDS MAY IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. AREA HIKERS AND OUTDOORSMEN SHOULD BE ADVISED OF THE POTENTIAL FOR TREES COMING DOWN DURING THE HIGHER GUSTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ012>015-035-230400- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG 250 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...SEVERAL HOURS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE TENNESSEE-KENTUCKY BORDER. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY OF THESE ROADS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ016-017-042-044-046-230400- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 250 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...SEVERAL HOURS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 10 TO 12 INCHES CLOSE TO THE TENNESSEE-VIRGINIA BORDER. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY OF THESE ROADS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ037>040-070-230400- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...DANDRIDGE 250 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...SEVERAL HOURS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE ALONG THE HIGHER RIDGES. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY OF THESE ROADS WILL BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ036-067>069-071-073-081-082-087-098-102-230400- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-ANDERSON-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...CLINTON... OAK RIDGE...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE... SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER... DUCKTOWN 250 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 /150 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGES AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. DURING THE PEAK OF THE STORM...MANY THESE ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ083>086-099>101-230400- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 250 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE COMMON OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH A FEW LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE RIDGES AND FOOTHILLS. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL AND OTHER WINTRY PRECIPITATION COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS BEGINNING AS EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT...ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST. && $$
276 WWUS44 KMRX 230400 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 1100 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...BRINGING WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE REGION. THE THREAT FOR ANY HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS MOSTLY PASSED. LOCALLY MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. MOST OTHER AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE LIGHT SNOWFALL THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. LOCAL AREAS THAT RECEIVE MODERATE SNOW BANDS COULD PICK UP AN ADDITIONAL 3 INCHES. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL STILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND TRAVEL IS STILL DISCOURAGED. VAZ001-002-005-006-008-231400- /O.EXT.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 1100 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...SEVERAL MORE HOURS OF LOCALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS. ONCE THE MODERATE SNOW HAS ENDED...LIGHTER SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...ALLOWING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ012>015-035-231400- /O.EXT.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1800Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG 1100 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ016-017-042-044-046-231400- /O.EXT.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 1100 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOWFALL...WITH SOME LOCALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL...WILL CONTINUE AND PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AFTER THIS TIME...LIGHT SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ALLOWING FOR UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF ACCUMULATION. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ037>040-070-231400- /O.EXT.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1800Z/ UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...DANDRIDGE 1100 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ036-067>069-071-073-081-082-087-098-102-231400- /O.EXT.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1800Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-ANDERSON-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...CLINTON... OAK RIDGE...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE... SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER... DUCKTOWN 1100 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 /1000 PM CST FRI JAN 22 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ SATURDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-231400- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 1100 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THEN...LIGHTER SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-231400- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 1100 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. THEN...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHEST PEAKS...ALLOWING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ083>086-099>101-231400- /O.EXT.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160123T1800Z/ RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 1100 PM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST. && $$
732 WWUS44 KMRX 230834 AAA WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 334 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL BRING OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS TO PARTS OF THE AREA TODAY. THE THREAT FOR ANY HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS MOSTLY PASSED. HOWEVER...LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND THE TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS. MOST OTHER AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO SEE NUMEROUS TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. DESPITE LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS...ROAD CONDITIONS WILL STILL BE POOR...AND TRAVEL IS STILL DISCOURAGED. VAZ001-002-005-006-008-231800- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 334 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-231800- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 334 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-231800- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 334 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES...WITH AMOUNTS UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN PEAKS. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ012>015-035-231800- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1800Z/ SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-MORGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL... SNEEDVILLE...WARTBURG 334 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH THROUGH THIS MORNING. ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S. * TIMING...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED BY THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ016-017-042-044-046-231800- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 334 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH THE DAY. ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ037>040-070-231800- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1800Z/ UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST COCKE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYNARDVILLE...RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN... NEWPORT...DANDRIDGE 334 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH THROUGH THIS MORNING. ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S. * TIMING...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED BY THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NCZ060-061-TNZ036-067>069-071-073-081-082-087-098-102-231800- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160123T1800Z/ CHEROKEE-CLAY-ANDERSON-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-EAST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...CLINTON... OAK RIDGE...KINGSTON...LENOIR CITY...KNOXVILLE...MARYVILLE... SEVIERVILLE...DUNLAP...PIKEVILLE...COKER CREEK...JASPER... DUCKTOWN 334 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 /234 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AND PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH THROUGH THIS MORNING. ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S. * TIMING...NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING MORE SCATTERED BY THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ083>086-099>101-231800- /O.CON.KMRX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160123T1800Z/ RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAYTON...DECATUR...ATHENS... MADISONVILLE...CHATTANOOGA...CLEVELAND...BENTON 334 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * EVENT...SCATTERED TO ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...BUT LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 20S THIS MORNING. * TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...BECOMING MORE ISOLATED BY THE AFTERNOON. ROAD CONDITIONS MAY BEGIN TO IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE LOWER 30S. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME WHEN DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BECOME HAZARDOUS ONCE THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION BEGINS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WHERE SLIPPERY SPOTS OFTEN DEVELOP FIRST. && $$
489 WWUS44 KMRX 232011 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 311 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN THIS EVENING ALONG THE MOUNTAINS...BUT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS REMAIN IN SEVERAL AREAS... .SNOW SHOWERS HAVE QUICKLY COME TO AN END OVER MUCH OF THE VALLEY AS THE WINTER STORM PULLS AWAY FROM THE REGION. HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE GREAT SMOKY AND BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE THIS EVENING...BEFORE WINDING DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT. DUE TO THE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IN PLACE...ANY UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE MORNING ON SUNDAY. VAZ001-002-005-006-008-240000- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON... GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 311 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF BY SUNSET...WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...EARLIER HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-240415- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 311 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...EARLIER HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-240415- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 311 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...EARLIER HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ016-017-042-044-046-240000- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON 311 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF BY SUNSET...WITH LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...EARLIER HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
658 WWUS44 KMRX 240016 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 716 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN THIS EVENING ALONG THE MOUNTAINS... BUT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS REMAIN IN SEVERAL AREAS... .ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS HAVE QUICKLY COME TO AN END OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AS THE WINTER STORM PULLS AWAY FROM THE REGION. HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST TENNESSEE AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE GREAT SMOKY AND BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE THIS EVENING...BEFORE WINDING DOWN AFTER MIDNIGHT. DUE TO THE SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES IN PLACE...ANY UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. TNZ016-017-042-044-046-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-240130- /O.EXP.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER- LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL... GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON...JONESVILLE...WISE... NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON 716 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE UP THROUGH MIDNIGHT BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW FALL IS NOT EXPECTED. ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE TRACE AMOUNTS. $$ TNZ018-043-045-047-240830- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 716 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE THIS EVENING BUT WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. * IMPACTS...EARLIER HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ TNZ041-072-074-240830- /O.CON.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 716 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... * EVENT...LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING AND WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST PEAKS. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. * IMPACTS...EARLIER HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION... SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. TRAVEL IS DISCOURAGED. IF TRAVEL IS UNAVOIDABLE...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$
268 WWUS44 KMRX 240255 WSWMRX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 955 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING CANCELLED... .THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND REPLACED WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST TOMORROW MORNING. THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION HAS ENDED. NORTHWEST FLOW HAS NOW KICKED IN AND WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY UP TO ONE INCH THROUGH EARLY MORNING ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. TNZ018-043-045-047-240900- /O.CAN.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0004.160124T0255Z-160124T0900Z/ JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN... ROAN MOUNTAIN 955 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EVENT...LIGHT AND SCATTERED NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE THIS EVENING BUT WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. * IMPACTS...EARLIER HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED...UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && $$ TNZ041-072-074-240900- /O.CAN.KMRX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160124T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KMRX.WW.Y.0004.160124T0255Z-160124T0900Z/ COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COSBY...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG 955 PM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE INCH. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EVENT...LIGHT AND SCATTERED NORTHWEST FLOW SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE THIS EVENING BUT WILL TAPER OFF LATE TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. * IMPACTS...EARLIER HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED... UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && $$
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 Jan 21, 4:29 AM EST, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 4:29 AM EST, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
429 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)...TODAY SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUIET IN
COMPARISON TO THE LONG TERM FORECAST BUT WE STILL HAVE A FEW THINGS
GOING ON. AREA OF DEEP LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE SW THROUGH
THE DAY AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL YIELD SLIGHT CHANCE PATCHY FREEZING
DRIZZLE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY FOR THIS MORNING BUT NOT
EXPECTING ACCUMULATION WITH SUCH LIGHT QPF AMOUNTS. ANY FROZEN
PRECIP SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY MID MORNING AS TEMPS
RISE DUE TO WARMER AIR NOSING ITS WAY NORTHWARD. WILL ALSO INCLUDE
PATCHY FREEZING FOG AREA-WIDE FOR THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTE. HIGHS
TODAY SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 30S NORTH LOW 40S SOUTH. THIS WILL
HELP TO MELT MOST OF YESTERDAYS SNOWFALL.
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON TIMING OF INCOMING SYSTEM DURING THE SHORT
TERM. HAVE PRECIP CHANCES SLOWLY BUILDING...AND
INCREASING...NORTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. HAVE CHANCE ACROSS
SOUTHERN VALLEY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND LIKELY/CATEGORICAL BY THIS
EVENING. NETN AND SWVA SHOULD STAY DRY MOST OF THE DAY. BY MIDNIGHT
OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER...PRECIP WILL HAVE WORKED ITS WAY INTO OUR
ENTIRE AREA. OUR NORTHERN AREAS AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY
SEE WINTRY PRECIP STARTING AROUND MIDNIGHT. HAVE A MIXED BAG OF
PRECIP ACROSS NETN AND SWVA FROM MIDNIGHT ONWARD FOR THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS...WITH MAINLY SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN ONCE YOU
GET ABOVE 3500/4000 FEET. INCLUDED A HUNDREDTH OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACROSS THESE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS DURING THE MIXED PRECIP. FOR
SNOW...ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NETN AND SWVA...COULD SEE UP
TO AN INCH OR SO OVERNIGHT WITH THE HIGHEST PEAKS POSSIBLY PICKING
UP 2 TO 3 INCHES JUST BEFORE DAWN ON FRIDAY.
.LONG TERM...(TOMORROW THROUGH THURSDAY)...LET'S CUT TO THE
CHASE...THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS WITH THE SYSTEM AS IT MOVES THROUGH
ON FRIDAY WILL BE:
1) HOW MUCH SNOW IS PRODUCED IN THE MOUNTAINS/SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA/CUMBERLAND PLATEAU?
2) HOW QUICKLY WILL RAIN IN THE VALLEY TRANSITION TO A WINTRY
MIX/SNOW (AND HOW MUCH SNOW WILL FALL)?
3) WILL WE BE DRY SLOTTED BY THE WRAP AROUND DRY AIR AS THIS SYSTEM
MOVES THROUGH. IF WE ARE DRY SLOTTED WHEN WILL IT OCCUR?
4) HOW STRONG WILL THE WINDS BE IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WINDS SHIFT OUT
OF THE SOUTHEAST AND BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR A MOUNTAIN WAVE
EVENT?
WITH ALL THOSE QUESTIONS UP IN THE AIR, COMBINED WITH MODEL
DISCREPANCIES AND RUN-TO-RUN INCONSISTENCIES EVEN THIS CLOSE TO THE
EVENT...IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS PRETTY
LOW AT THIS TIME.
1) COUNTIES ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU/SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA/SOUTHERN
APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY BE HIT THE HARDEST BY SNOW.
TEMPERATURES IN THESE AREAS WILL BE MUCH COLDER COMPARED TO THE
VALLEY AND AS THE SYSTEM FIRST STARTS TO IMPACT OUR AREA,
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY START AS SNOW, OR VERY QUICKLY TRANSITION
TO SNOW. SNOW WILL LIKELY START AROUND MIDNIGHT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES
SOUTH OF TENNESSEE. SOME OF THE HIGHEST QPF AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
EAST OF THIS SYSTEM AND THEREFORE SOME OF THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL
TOTALS IN THESE PLACES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT THURSDAY AND
INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT
SOME OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST
TENNESSEE COULD SEE DOUBLE DIGIT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. ALTHOUGH THERE
ARE SOME OTHER FACTORS THAT COULD INHIBIT THIS, WHICH I WILL DISCUSS
IN A BIT.
2) LOOKING DOWN IN THE VALLEY, THIS EVENT WILL START OFF AS RAIN AND
THEN TRANSITION TO SNOW SOMETIME FRIDAY EVENING.
THIS TRANSITION IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF IT COMES SOONER, SNOW
AMOUNTS COULD BE MUCH HIGHER, AND IF WE STAY WARMER LONGER, THEN
SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE DIMINISHED. REGARDLESS OF THE EXACTS WITH THIS
TRANSITION, EVERYWHERE SHOULD HAVE SWITCHED OVER TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY.
3) AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH, OUR AREA IS IN A VERY GOOD LOCATION
TO BE DRY SLOTTED AT SOME POINT DURING THE EVENT. DEPENDING ON
WHEN/IF THIS OCCURS IT COULD HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS ON SNOWFALL TOTALS.
IF IT COMES IN SOONER DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY IT WILL HALT MOSTLY
THE RAIN, BUT IF IT COMES IN LATER IN THE EVENING, IT WILL DAMPER
THE SNOWFALL TOTALS (ESPECIALLY IN THE VALLEY) RIGHT NOW THE MODELS
ARE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH THE STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM AND THEREFORE
WHERE THE DRY SLOTTING WILL OCCUR. NAM IS MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH IT
WHILE THE ECMWF/GFS ARE LESS SO, ALTHOUGH THEY ALL SHOW IT TO SOME
DEGREE NEAR OUR AREA. I THINK THAT WE WILL STILL SEE PRECIPITATION
WHEN THE DRY SLOTTING OCCURS, HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT QPF AMOUNTS
WILL BE REDUCED. I HAVE SHOWN THIS IN THE FORECAST BY CONTINUING THE
HIGH PRECIPITATION CHANCES, BUT DECREASING QPF AMOUNTS FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
4) LOW LEVEL WINDS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY STRONG ESPECIALLY
ON THE EAST SIDE. LOW LEVEL JET LOOKS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND LINE
UP FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THIS WILL LEAD TO A FAVORABLE SET UP TO SEE
MOUNTAIN WAVE WINDS IN THE TYPICAL LOCATIONS THAT EXPERIENCE IT
UNDER SIMILAR LOW LEVEL JET ORIENTATION. MODEL DISCREPANCIES ARE
PRESENT HERE AS WELL. NAM IS MORE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET
(LIKELY LEADING TO THE STRONGER DRY SLOT MENTIONED EARLIER) WHILE
THE GFS/ECMWF HAVE LOWER JET MAX SPEEDS.
WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, FORECASTING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WITH THIS
SYSTEM IS DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME. I COULD SEE THERE BEING A SHARP
SNOWFALL GRADIENT SOMEWHERE IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE INTO SOUTHWEST
VIRGINIA. DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE DRY SLOT AND THE
TEMPERATURES IN THIS AREA, SOME PLACES COULD RECEIVE QUITE A BIT OF
SNOW WHILE ONLY A FEW COUNTIES AWAY MUCH LESS SNOW FALL.
AFTER THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH, A MUCH WEAKER SYSTEM IS FORECASTED
TO MOVE THROUGH NORTH OF THE AREA. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF
RAIN POSSIBLY TRANSITIONING INTO SNOW DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
CHATTANOOGA AIRPORT, TN 44 39 39 29 / 50 100 100 80
KNOXVILLE MCGHEE TYSON AIRPORT, TN 42 34 40 29 / 30 100 90 80
OAK RIDGE, TN 42 34 38 30 / 30 100 100 80
TRI CITIES AIRPORT, TN 41 29 33 27 / 10 90 90 90
&&
.MRX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY
FOR CHEROKEE-CLAY.
TN...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY
FOR BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-COCKE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-JEFFERSON-
JOHNSON-MORGAN-NORTHWEST CARTER-NORTHWEST COCKE-NORTHWEST
GREENE-SCOTT TN-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-SULLIVAN-UNICOI-UNION-WASHINGTON TN.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY FOR
ANDERSON-KNOX-LOUDON-NW BLOUNT-NORTH SEVIER-ROANE.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY TO 7 PM
EST /6 PM CST/ SATURDAY FOR BLEDSOE-BRADLEY-EAST POLK-
HAMILTON-MARION-MCMINN-MEIGS-NORTHWEST MONROE-RHEA-
SEQUATCHIE-SOUTHEAST MONROE-WEST POLK.
VA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY
FOR LEE-RUSSELL-SCOTT-WASHINGTON-WISE.
&&
SR/ABMHazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 4:52 AM EST, 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN 452 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 NCZ060-061-TNZ012>018-035>047-067>074-081>087-098>102-VAZ001-002- 005-006-008-221000- CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS- SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-ANDERSON-UNION-GRAINGER-HAMBLEN- NORTHWEST COCKE-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE- SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER- SOUTHEAST CARTER-ROANE-LOUDON-KNOX-JEFFERSON-NW BLOUNT- BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTH SEVIER-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS- SEQUATCHIE-BLEDSOE-RHEA-MEIGS-MCMINN-NORTHWEST MONROE- SOUTHEAST MONROE-MARION-HAMILTON-BRADLEY-WEST POLK-EAST POLK-LEE- WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON- 452 AM EST THU JAN 21 2016 /352 AM CST THU JAN 21 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST...SPREADING RAINFALL INTO THE SOUTHERN AREAS OF THE TN VALLEY AND MIXED PRECIP ACROSS NETN...SWVA...AND THE HIGH TERRAIN OF OUR EASTERN MOUNTAINS. A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NETN...AND SWVA...AS WELL AS LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 3500/4000 FEET WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A STRONGER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GULF COAST STATES INTO THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS LATE THIS WEEK. THIS SYSTEM WITH ITS SOUTHERN TRACK BRINGS WARMER AIR INTO THE REGION INITIALLY. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES EAST TOWARDS THE ATLANTIC, MOISTURE LINGERING IN THE COLD AIR ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. THERE IS STILL A CERTAIN LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS SYSTEM IN TERMS OF EXACT TRACK OF THE UPPER AND LOWER LEVEL CENTERS AND WELL AS JUST HOW MUCH WARMING OCCURS IN THE SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL LOOKS MORE LIKELY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS COLDER AIR FILLS IN BEHIND THE EASTWARD MOVING STORM SYSTEM. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FOOT OF SNOWFALL MAY ACCUMULATE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND ALONG THE TENNESSEE AND NORTH CAROLINA BORDER. ADDITIONALLY...THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG WINDS DUE TO MOUNTAIN WAVES LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND FOOTHILLS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND FOR SNOWFALL REPORTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Morristown, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 5:21 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MRX | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Hamilton, Knox and 10 more | 56 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:47 PM EST | Wind Advisory | MRX | Blount, Carter, Cocke, Greene, Johnson, Monroe and 3 more | 27 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.