The weather will be all over the place today through tomorrow. The following 3 statements include a severe weather advisory, and a winter weather advisory from NWS: Tornado Watch
TORNADO WATCH 517 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS BENTON CARROLL CHEATHAM CHESTER CLAY CROCKETT DAVIDSON DECATUR DICKSON DYER FAYETTE GIBSON HARDEMAN HARDIN HAYWOOD HENDERSON HENRY HICKMAN HOUSTON HUMPHREYS LAKE LAUDERDALE LEWIS MACON MADISON MAURY MCNAIRY MONTGOMERY OBION PERRY ROBERTSON RUTHERFORD SHELBY STEWART SUMNER TIPTON TROUSDALE WAYNE WEAKLEY WILLIAMSON WILSON
1123 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING. * MAIN IMPACT...A TENTH OF AN INCH OF FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATION ON ELEVATED AND MAINLY COLD SURFACES. SOME SLEET ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE TOO. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BRIEFLY IN THE MORNING. A LIGHT DUSTING MAY BE POSSIBLE ON MAINLY ROOFTOPS AND GRASSY SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 501 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-181100- STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-HOUSTON- HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH- JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON- MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD- COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES- 501 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. MAIN CONCERNS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND THE FORMATION OF A TORNADO CAN NOT TOTALLY BE RULED OUT. LATE TONIGHT A CHANGE OVER TO A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET...EVENTUALLY TURNING OVER TO LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE REGION. ALTHOUGH NO SLEET OR SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED...ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR TONIGHT IF EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS WARRANT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTRY MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET...EVENTUALLY TURING OVER TO LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AROUND ONE TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID STATE...ESPECIALLY THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION. A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR SUNDAY MORNING IF EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS WARRANT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SPOTTER REPORTING CRITERIA... TORNADO FUNNEL CLOUD FLOODING HAIL >= 1/2 INCH WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED) STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS/SURFACES >=0.10 SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS >= 1/2 INCH 31
Special Weather Statement
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Nashville TN 445 AM CST Sat Dec 17 2016 ...Much warmer with showers today and strong to severe thunderstorms late this afternoon and into this evening... ...Turning colder after midnight with the possibility of a wintry mix through Sunday morning... A powerful cold front will be on approach today and will move across middle Tennessee tonight, In advance of this feature, much warmer temperatures are expected. Showers and thunderstorms are anticipated, with some thunderstorms reaching strong to perhaps severe thresholds this evening, with the main threat being damaging winds. Tonight, after the arctic cold front sweeps across Middle Tennessee, much colder air will return to the area. As this occurs, rain may changeover to a wintry mix of light freezing rain or light sleet after midnight tonight with the wintry precipitation potential continuing into Sunday morning. A brief changeover to light snow may occur before the precipitation ends. Only minor accumulations of sleet and snow are expected. At this time, ice accumulation amounts of a trace up to around one tenth of an inch look possible.
