Ice Storm Update

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400 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008...

ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED AN ICE STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS ADVISORY IS FOR NORTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE... INCLUDINGDOVER...CLARKSVILLE...CAMDEN AND DICKSON. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING RAIN AND MUCH COLDER AIR TODAY. BY LATE DAY...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO FREEZING IN MOST AREAS...AND RAIN MAY START TO FREEZE ON ELEVATED SURFACES. ICE MAY ACCUMULATE ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ON EXPOSED SURFACES BY LATE TONIGHT. ICY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON MOST EXPOSED SURFACES...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY TUESDAY LATE TUESDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT ADD TO THE DANGER.

SUMNER-MACON-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-

400 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008...

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST TUESDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ROLL THROUGH AROUND MIDDAY OR EARLY AFTERNOON AND BRING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL START FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH MANY AREAS DROPPING TO AROUND FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL PRODUCE ICE ACCUMULATION OF ONE TENTH INCH IN SOME AREAS. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.