Please Be Prepared as the colder weather for this week will be bitterly cold on Tuesday. Also many parts of the State will receive snow and or ice during this systems. Here is current special weather statement for the Nashville & Cumberland Plateau area. ~JJ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 419 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2014 TNZ008>011-027>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-162230- SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON- PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY- MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD- COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA... BYRDSTOWN...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE... CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN... LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD... COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE... SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER... MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG... PULASKI 419 AM CST SUN NOV 16 2014 ...A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE MID STATE TONIGHT AND LINGER INTO MONDAY... ...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES FROM 10 PM CST TONIGHT UNTIL 10 AM CST MONDAY... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GULF COAST AND TENNESSEE VALLEY TONIGHT...PRODUCING A WINTRY MIX OVER MUCH OF THE MID STATE. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER MAINLY NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE MID STATE...RANGING FROM AROUND AN INCH IN THE NORTHWEST...INCLUDING THE CLARKSVILLE AREA...TO A HALF INCH OR LESS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR. A DUSTING IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS FURTHER SOUTH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET HAS BEEN HOISTED FOR THE NORTHWEST FROM 10 PM CST TONIGHT TO 10 AM CST MONDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CLARKSVILLE...DOVER...DICKSON ...ASHLAND CITY...AND SPRINGFIELD. RAIN MAY BEGIN TO CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET AS EARLY AS THIS EVENING IN THOSE AREAS...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE LOWER 30S. TRAVEL PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON AND TEMPERATURES BOTTOM OUT IN THE UPPER 20S TOWARD SUNRISE. THE TIME OF GREATEST LIKELIHOOD FOR SNOW AND SLEET ALONG THE INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE NASHVILLE METRO AREA...WILL BE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY...INCLUDING RUSH HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE BULK OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL NOT LAST THAT LONG...TEMPERATURES WILL BE HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK...AND SOME SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ALONG BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. FOLKS SHOULD PLAN ON POSSIBLE TRAVEL DELAYS DURING RUSH HOUR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ALL TRAVEL PROBLEMS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE QUICKLY BEFORE LUNCHTIME MONDAY AS THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVES AWAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING QUICKLY...AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP DRY THE ROADS. HOWEVER...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY LINGER ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU MONDAY EVENING...AS TEMPERATURES FALL OUT OF THE MIDDLE 30S AND INTO THE 20S. SOME ROADS ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU COULD BECOME SLIPPERY BEFORE THE SNOW SHOWERS TAPER OFF LATER IN THE NIGHT. PLEASE STAY WEATHER AWARE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS THIS SNOWFALL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE SOME TRAVEL HEADACHES. $$ 19
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