Watches/Warnings/Advisories Thread 02/17-02/21

[Snowman]

A little early but I am sure NWS will issue some for this wintry event.

[Ron_Jarrell]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
345 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>009-
TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-171000-
/O.NEW.KMEG.WS.A.0002.060218T0400Z-060219T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE(AR)-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-
MARSHALL-BENTON(MS)-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-
HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-
HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...
IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...
PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...
JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...
MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
345 PM CST THU FEB 16 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.

FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE
FRIDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT MAY EXTEND BEYOND
SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

[Ron_Jarrell]

WSTORM WATCH S TN:


ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-172200-
/O.NEW.KHUN.WS.A.0002.060218T1200Z-060219T0600Z/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
452 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HUNTSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
HUNTSVILLE OFFICE.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
SATURDAY MORNING...WHILE A SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE.
TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING WILL START AROUND FREEZING...AND
CONTINUED NORTH WINDS WILL ACTUALLY CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO DROP
THROUGH THE DAY.

THE RESULT WILL BE A VARYING MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. AT THIS
TIME...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS MAINLY A MIX OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA...WITH A
MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW EXPECTED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE MORE OF A CONCERN IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA. THE PRECIPITATION TYPE IS
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE TO A SLEET AND SNOW MIX ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA BY SATURDAY EVENING...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AS THE
PRECIPITATION COMES TO AN END SATURDAY NIGHT.

ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS WINTRY MIX WILL VARY WIDELY. AT THIS
TIME...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE
EXPECTED...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WHILE NORTH ALABAMA
SHOULD SEE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY
TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST
ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

[Ron_Jarrell]

Winter Storm Watch Memphis continued:

ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>009-
TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-171815-
/O.CON.KMEG.WS.A.0002.060218T0400Z-060219T0000Z/
RANDOLPH-CLAY-LAWRENCE-GREENE-CRAIGHEAD-POINSETT-MISSISSIPPI-
CROSS-CRITTENDEN-ST. FRANCIS-LEE(AR)-DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT-DESOTO-
MARSHALL-BENTON(MS)-TIPPAH-ALCORN-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-TATE-PRENTISS-
LAKE-OBION-WEAKLEY-HENRY-DYER-GIBSON-CARROLL-LAUDERDALE-TIPTON-
HAYWOOD-CROCKETT-MADISON-CHESTER-HENDERSON-DECATUR-SHELBY-FAYETTE-
HARDEMAN-MCNAIRY-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALNUT RIDGE...PARAGOULD...JONESBORO...
HARRISBURG...BLYTHEVILLE...WYNNE...WEST MEMPHIS...FORREST CITY...
KENNETT...CARUTHERSVILLE...SOUTHAVEN...OLIVE BRANCH...CORINTH...
IUKA...TUNICA...BOONEVILLE...UNION CITY...MARTIN...DRESDEN...
PARIS...DYERSBURG...HUMBOLDT...MILAN...HUNTINGDON...COVINGTON...
JACKSON...LEXINGTON...BARTLETT...GERMANTOWN...COLLIERVILLE...
MEMPHIS...MILLINGTON...SOMERVILLE...BOLIVAR...SAVANNAH
403 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME UNCERTAINTY STILL
EXISTS AS TO THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THE WATCH AREA WILL
RECEIVE. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT
CERTAIN...ACROSS THE WATCH AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE LIKELY TO BE ISSUED LATER IN THE DAY
AS THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION EXPECTED BECOMES MORE APPARENT.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

[Ron_Jarrell]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1017 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS AT THE SURFACE...COMBINED WITH A WARMER MORE
MOIST PATTERN ALOFT...WILL SET THE STAGE FOR SOME WINTRY WEATHER
LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-180030-
/O.NEW.KOHX.HS.W.0002.060218T0600Z-060218T1800Z/
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
1017 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
SATURDAY.

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM THE WEST
AND SOUTH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE SNOW WILL BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER. BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...2 TO 4 INCHES ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY IN MOST LOCATIONS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF
YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

[Ben]

Heavy Snow Warningfrom the National Weather Service:  

/O.NEW.KOHX.HS.W.0002.060218T0600Z-060218T1800Z/ STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON- HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE- SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS- WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE- CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN- 1017 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY.

LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE FROM THE WEST AND SOUTH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER. BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON...2 TO 4 INCHES ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY IN MOST LOCATIONS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

[Ron_Jarrell]

TNZ093>095-180030-
/O.NEW.KOHX.WW.Y.0001.060218T0600Z-060218T1800Z/
WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
1017 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST SATURDAY.

LIGHT SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE
FROM THE WEST AND SOUTH BEFORE MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE
SLEET AND SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER. BEFORE THE
PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF SATURDAY AFTERNOON...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY IN MOST LOCATIONS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW OR SLEET WILL
CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

[Jackson County Rescue]

Jackson County Was Just but under a Heavy Snow Warning from Midnight to night to 12pm Saturday 2-4 inches in most locations

[Ron_Jarrell]

Thanks JCR and welcome to the TN Weather Forum!!!!

[Jackson County Rescue]

Thanks I have been reading on here the last few days some real good stuff on here

[servocrow]

De Ja Vu all over again?  But it's much colder this weekend....brrrrrrrrrrrrrr...Just got back from getting Canadian Bacon, Hamhocks, and guitar strings. :lol:

[Eric]

How many of them snowballs you have left servocrow?  I refuse to get milk however.

[servocrow]

Not many.....the store was running low....I had to get powdered doughnuts instead.  Hope it doesn't make a difference. :wink:   My hubby and two sons plan on watching (gulp) ALL the Star Wars movies...back-to-back-to.....Thankfully, I'll have other things to do.

Had to get milk too...not 2%, though... :wink:

[Ron_Jarrell]

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-180130-
/O.EXT.KHUN.WS.A.0002.060218T0600Z-060219T0600Z/
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DE KALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...
RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...
GUNTERSVILLE...SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...
FAYETTEVILLE...WINCHESTER
1122 AM CST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY EVENING...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WHILE A SHALLOW COLD AIR MASS REMAINS IN
PLACE. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP TO AROUND FREEZING...AND
CONTINUED NORTH WINDS WILL HOLD TEMPS STEADY OR POSSIBLY CAUSE
THEM TO DROP THROUGH THE DAY.

THE RESULT WILL BE A VARYING MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION. AT THIS
TIME...THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS MAINLY RAIN OR
FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...CHANGING TO A MIX OF SLEET AND
RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
OF GREATEST CONCERN OVER SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...AND EXTREME
NORTH ALABAMA...ESPECIALLY IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS. DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY...SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PREDOMINANT PRECIPITATION
TYPE ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA...WITH A SLEET AND SNOW MIX OVER
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE
TO ALL LIGHT SNOW...OR A SLEET AND SNOW MIX...BEFORE ENDING.

ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS WINTRY MIX WILL VARY WIDELY. AT THIS TIME...
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND IN SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO ONE AND A HALF
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WHILE
NORTH ALABAMA SHOULD SEE LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH.

REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE
FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY
TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

[Ron_Jarrell]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1200 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WINTRY PRECIPITATION LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

.COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS TONIGHT. WARMER MOIST AIR WILL
APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY...
RIDING UP AND OVER THE COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE.

THIS WILL CREATE A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND POSSIBLY
FREEZING RAIN...ALTHOUGH MOSTLY SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED IN THE
WINTER STORM WATCH AREAS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...AND
SOME LIGHT ICING FROM PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...
WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THIS WINTRY
PRECIPITATION SHOULD NOT BEGIN UNTIL WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS...SUCH AS WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
AND WARNINGS AS NEEDED.

TNZ018-043-045-047-VAZ001-002-005-006-008-180100-
/O.NEW.KMRX.WS.A.0004.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/
JOHNSON-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST CARTER-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-
RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...CEDAR CREEK...ERWIN...
ROAN MOUNTAIN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON...
ABINGDON
1200 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN
CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF
PERIODS OF LIGHT SLEET.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

TNZ012>017-035-041-042-044-046-072-074-180100-
/O.NEW.KMRX.WS.A.0004.060218T0900Z-060218T2100Z/
SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-MORGAN-
COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-
NORTHWEST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...
SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...BRISTOL...WARTBURG...
COSBY...GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...ELIZABETHTON...CADES COVE...
GATLINBURG
1200 PM EST FRI FEB 17 2006

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW WILL BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN
CHANGE TO MOSTLY SNOW SATURDAY MORNING...AND LAST INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. ENOUGH WARM AIR ALOFT INITIALLY COULD PRODUCE
SOME AREAS OF RAIN...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SMOKY
MOUNTAINS...INHIBITING THE AMOUNT OF SNOWFALL THERE. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT ICING COULD OCCUR FROM ANY BRIEF PERIODS OF
LIGHT SLEET.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING
CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.