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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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.