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First Alert Weather Days are in effect as snow, sleet, and freezing rain begin to hit Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky.

Schools and colleges are announcing closures around Middle Tennessee as a multi-day winter storm unfolds. As a winter storm brings frigid temperatures, snow and ice to Middle Tennessee, schools across the area are calling off classes and events.

Nashville Fire and Metro Nashville Police have opened all fire stations and police precinct community rooms, excluding the Central Precinct and the East Precinct, as warming locations.

It took a while longer than some expected, but by early afternoon on Jan. 24 Nashville was in the thick of what could become a major winter storm.

The significant winter storm continues across Middle Tennessee and Southern Kentucky Sunday.

Approximately 160 linemen are out working on downed poles, and another 150 linemen will mobilize in Nashville soon.

Frozen trees snapped overnight, taking out seven power lnes, leaving approximately 200,000 people without electricity in Nashville, Tennessee.