snow is on the way....

[beamer_ball]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
330 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN
REGION THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA.
DEEP MOISTURE IN COMBINATION WITH THIS COLDER AIR...WILL CAUSE RAIN
TO CHANGE TO SNOW MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL
LIKELY HAVE A TOUGH TIME ACCUMULATING IN THE VALLEYS BELOW 2500
FEET DUE TO THE RECENT UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER. HOWEVER...
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS (ABOVE 2500 FEET) OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHEAST TENNESSEE...THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...THE MOUNTAINS OF FAR
EAST TENNESSEE...AND SOUTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA.


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006-008-131630-
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CHEROKEE-CLAY-SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HANCOCK-HAWKINS-
SULLIVAN-JOHNSON-MORGAN-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST GREENE-
SOUTHEAST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-UNICOI-NORTHWEST CARTER-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-EAST POLK-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MURPHY...HAYESVILLE...ONEIDA...
LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...K INGSPORT...
BRISTOL...MOUNTAIN CITY...WARTBURG...COSBY...GREENEVILLE...
CEDAR CREEK...JOHNSON CITY...ERWIN...ELIZABETHTON...
ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...
DUCKTOWN...JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON
330 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

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

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

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET OF THE WATCH AREA. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF
THE MOUNTAINS. SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY HAVE A TOUGH TIME ACCUMULATING
IN THE VALLEYS DUE TO THE RECENT UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER. RIGHT
NOW...IT APPEARS THAT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT IN THE
VALLEYS BELOW 2500 FEET. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT (POSSIBLY SOONER ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS)...AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY.

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

[beamer_ball]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
1107 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN
REGION THIS AFTERNOON...BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR INTO THE AREA.
DEEP MOISTURE IN COMBINATION WITH THIS COLDER AIR...WILL CAUSE
RAIN TO CHANGE TO SNOW...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. AS A
STRONG TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SWINGS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION
OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY...SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP WITH SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY HAVE A TOUGHER TIME ACCUMULATING IN THE VALLEYS
BELOW 2000 FEET DUE TO THE RECENT UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER.

BESIDES THE SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE A GOOD
DEAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN
MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS.

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/O.UPG.KMRX.WS.A.0001.060114T0300Z-060114T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMRX.HS.W.0001.060114T0500Z-060115T0300Z/
JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-
SOUTHEAST CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHEAST MONROE-LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNTAIN CITY...COSBY...CEDAR CREEK...
ERWIN...ROAN MOUNTAIN...CADES COVE...GATLINBURG...COKER CREEK...
JONESVILLE...WISE...GATE CITY...LEBANON...ABINGDON
1107 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM
EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN HAS ISSUED A HEAVY
SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 PM
EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
THE SNOW MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS
BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH PRODUCING A GOOD DEAL OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED WITH UP
TO A FOOT OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
SMOKY MOUNTAINS.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING 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.

[mm38nut]

Did you see the moon last night? It had a huge ring around it...Which the old folktale is that there is a bad storm on its way...Its caused by cold ice crystals in the clouds...So we may be in for a good amount of snow....But we'll see...

[beamer_ball]

Yeah, I always heard it meant snow was on the way..or something like that.



URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
306 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2006

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 PM EST SATURDAY...

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 PM EST SATURDAY.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN TENNESSEE MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 AND 30 MPH PRODUCING A GOOD DEAL OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE LOWER TERRAIN AND MAINLY GRASSY SURFACES. ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...SNOWFALL BETWEEN 6 AND 12 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED
WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING 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.

[LPDBlueDevils]

anybody getting any snow yet?

booo... like always all these warnings and nothing to show for it ! BOO!!!

[Diets17]

I hope its BS. Though the snow is covering KY right now, so were gonna get some eventually. Id say around 5am it starts.

[beamer_ball]

It's snowing here in parts of Lee already..the heaviest part is "forecasted' to be here after 2 a.m. or so, I think...

unless its heavy through tomorrow evening I don't see it sticking because it is wet outside and has been warm today.

[knight_67]

Up here on sandey ridge we've got between 3 and 4 probably, when i left for work this morning, no one had been out on the roads yet, and they were covered, with ice on the bottom of course, got about 5 minutes out from my house and had to help somebody out of the ditch, got tot eh gas station and talked to my g/f's dad, he had just hit a guardrail coming up the mountain and had seen another vehicle do the same and he said the roads in wise were pretty slick, so with the snow coming down like it was i came on home, hows it lookin everywhere else? im thinkin about trying to go ahead and make it to work..