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WWUS44 KMRX 191956
WSWMRX
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MORRISTOWN TN
256 PM EST THU DEC 19 2024
TNZ018-041-043-045-047-072-074-VAZ001-002-006-008-201000-
/O.NEW.KMRX.WS.A.0002.241220T1800Z-241221T1800Z/
JOHNSON-COCKE SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SOUTHEAST GREENE-UNICOI-SOUTHEAST
CARTER-BLOUNT SMOKY MOUNTAINS-SEVIER SMOKY MOUNTAINS-LEE-WISE-
RUSSELL-WASHINGTON VA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ROSE HILL, ELKMONT, CASTLEWOOD, LAUREL
BLOOMERY, TRADE, HAMPTON, HANSONVILLE, HONAKER, SHADY VALLEY,
COEBURN, UNICOI, ERWIN, LIMESTONE COVE, HARTFORD, GATLINBURG,
LEBANON, DYE, BIG STONE GAP, PARDEE, ROSEDALE, DOEVILLE, MOUNTAIN
CITY, WISE, APPALACHIA, NEVA, BENHAMS, CEDAR CREEK, NORTON,
BRISTOL VA, CADES COVE, AND ABINGDON
256 PM EST THU DEC 19 2024
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ABOVE 2500 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO 7 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 45
MPH.
* WHERE...MOUNTAINS OF EAST TENNESSEE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE. BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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