Cannon County Schools are closed Wednesday.Adams Memorial Library and the Auburntown Branch will be closed Wednesday.
Library materials due on December 13th, 14th and the 15th have automatically been
reset to be due on December 16th without fines for these days of bad weather.
The Woodbury Lions Club Christmas Party has been rescheduled for next Tuesday, December 21st.
This update of the Icy Cold Crow is a service of Middle Tennessee Electric, power to the people and Smith’s Automotive on the McMinnville Highway.
The National Weather Service has issued the following advisory:
…MORE WINTRY WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WEDNESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT…A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM IS EXPECTED IN A
FEW OF THE FAR NORTHEAST COUNTIES.
.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL
DELIVER ANOTHER SHOT OF FROZEN AND FREEZING PRECIPITATION TO THE
MID STATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN
AS A MIXTURE OF LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING…
AND WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE DURING THE DAY…WITH SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON WEDNESDAY
TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY…
* GEOGRAPHIC AREA: NASHVILLE… CLARKSVILLE… AND MURFREESBORO
METROPOLITAN AREAS… AND EXTENDING NORTHWARD AND EASTWARD TO
INCLUDE MOST OF THE HIGHLAND RIM AND CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET WILL BEGIN LATER WEDNESDAY MORNING
…PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SWITCH OVER TO SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE
NIGHT…CHANGING TO ALL RAIN OVERNIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS: ONLY LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE TENTH INCH UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LARGEST ICE ACCUMULATIONS
SHOULD OCCUR IN THE MOST NORTHERN COUNTIES.
* IMPACTS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF THESE AMOUNTS WILL CREATE HAVOC
ON ROADWAYS AND ADD TREMENDOUS WEIGHT TO TREES AND POWER
LINES… WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF POWER AND TELEPHONE OUTAGES.
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.
