WEATHER ALERT: Winds and Freeze Warning 4/21/21

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The forecast is panning out as predicted. Expect showers later tonight, possible flurries overnight, much colder temperatures and a Freeze warning tonight.

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From the NWS

Wednesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Light north wind becoming north northwest 10 to 15 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.
Tonight
Widespread frost, mainly after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 33. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.
Thursday
Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Freeze Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Nashville TN
213 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

TNZ008>011-028>034-062>066-075-077>080-221300-
/O.UPG.KOHX.FZ.A.0001.210422T0500Z-210422T1300Z/
/O.NEW.KOHX.FZ.W.0003.210422T0400Z-210422T1300Z/
Sumner-Macon-Clay-Pickett-Wilson-Trousdale-Smith-Jackson-Putnam-
Overton-Fentress-Rutherford-Cannon-De Kalb-White-Cumberland-
Bedford-Coffee-Warren-Grundy-Van Buren-
Including the cities of Hendersonville, Gallatin, Goodlettsville,
Lafayette, Celina, Byrdstown, Lebanon, Mount Juliet, Hartsville,
Carthage, South Carthage, Gordonsville, Gainesboro, Cookeville,
Livingston, Jamestown, Allardt, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne,
Woodbury, Smithville, Sparta, Crossville, Shelbyville, Tullahoma,
Manchester, McMinnville, Altamont, Coalmont, and Spencer
213 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures in the low 30s expected, with
  upper 20s possible on the Cumberland Plateau.

* WHERE...Eastern half of Middle Tennessee.

* WHEN...From 11 PM this evening to 8 AM CDT Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.