Winter Storm Watch for Friday

**LCAS_712** · January 27th, 2010, 04:04 PM

As I called it yesterday, here your latest Winter Storm Watch.

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
259 PM EST WED JAN 27 2010

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN REGION ON
THURSDAY...BRINGING COLD AIR TO THE AREA. MEANWHILE A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL TAKE SHAPE OVER TEXAS ON THURSDAY...THEN TRACK EAST
ALONG THE GULF COAST. LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD
THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL AS
SNOW THROUGH THE ENTIRE EVENT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS. THERE REMAINS MUCH UNCERTAINTY REGARDING
THE EXACT TIMING AND THE EXACT LOCATION OF THE TRANSITION ZONE
BETWEEN RAIN AND SNOW. A CHANGE OF ONLY A FEW DEGREES CAN MEAN A
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN SNOW AMOUNTS.

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/O.NEW.KMRX.WS.A.0001.100129T1800Z-100130T2100Z/
SCOTT TN-CAMPBELL-CLAIBORNE-HAN****-HAWKINS-SULLIVAN-MORGAN-UNION-
GRAINGER-HAMBLEN-NORTHWEST GREENE-WASHINGTON TN-NORTHWEST CARTER-
LEE-WISE-SCOTT-RUSSELL-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEIDA...LA FOLLETTE...TAZEWELL...
SNEEDVILLE...ROGERSVILLE...KINGSPORT...WARTBURG... MAYNARDVILLE...
RUTLEDGE...MORRISTOWN...GREENEVILLE...JOHNSON CITY...
ELIZABETHTON...JONESVILLE...WISE...NORTON...GATE CITY...LEBANON...
ABINGDON
259 PM EST WED JAN 27 2010

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

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

* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING ON FRIDAY...AND
INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN TO DECREASE THROUGH SATURDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE NORTHERN CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...NORTHEAST TENNESSEE
INCLUDING THE TRI-CITIES AREA...AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.

* IMPACTS: ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY HAZARDOUS FROM
FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

**burton2019** · January 27th, 2010, 04:19 PM

I hope it snows a ****ing foot.

**ms pemberley** · January 27th, 2010, 05:02 PM

Really? Again? I'm not ready for another one. I'm not completely over the last one. Still have tree limbs and stuff everywhere.

**cosmo99** · January 27th, 2010, 05:15 PM

I can't remember but I was thinking that the last snow storm we had they called for 4-8 inches too but we ended up getting a lot more. Please correct me if I am wrong.

**collegetrumpet2010** · January 27th, 2010, 05:43 PM

Madison Co. is in on this forecast too.

Local Weather Alert for Berea, KY - weather.com

Issued by The National Weather Service
Louisville, KY
4:10 pm EST, Wed., Jan. 27, 2010

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS FAR SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND SPREAD NORTHWARD TO THE BLUEGRASS BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS. SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THIS TIME PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO BE 5 TO 7 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM TOMPKINSVILLE TO JAMESTOWN. FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORGANTOWN TO STANFORD WITH 3 TO 5 INCH ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF THIS LINE.

* PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULD CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. SNOW ON THE ROADS AS WELL AS REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

**beamer_ball** · January 27th, 2010, 08:56 PM

Originally Posted by cosmo99

I can't remember but I was thinking that the last snow storm we had they called for 4-8 inches too but we ended up getting a lot more. Please correct me if I am wrong.

One of the forecasters in the afternoon discussion from the NWS had 6-10 inches with more possible in the higher elevations. The NWS out of Jackson had Harlan's and surrounding counties totals at 6-8 and elevations above 2000 ft. up to 12 inches. This morning the local stations had the tri-cities area and lower elevations with 4-6 and elsewhere 6-10...at this time. As the storm gets closer and they see how things look tomorrow with new data, those totals could probably change again as they did with the last one. I think the first call for the last one was 6-8. Still a couple of days to go and plenty of things could change with a storm like this.