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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
322 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005
.A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY WILL
MOVE EAST INTO THE APPALACHIANS THIS AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL
CONTINUE TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVES OFFSHORE THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM UP BRIEFLY IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT BUT DROP
DRAMATICALLY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO PLUMMET OVERNIGHT.
THE LOW WILL PULL MOISTURE NORTHEAST IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT AND
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND THE LOW AFTER THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND THE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-221500-
BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-JOHNSON TN-
SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS TN-SOUTHEAST CARTER TN-SOUTHEAST GREENE TN-
UNICOI TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ERWIN...GATLINBURG AND MOUNTAIN CITY
322 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2005
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MORRISTOWN TN HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES TONIGHT.
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
FORECAST. SNOWFALL INTENSITIES WILL BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO SUBSTANTIALLY
REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
