[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
243 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-032200-
BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-
DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY-
PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-
VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
243 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2007

...DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE WEATHER COMING TO THE MID STATE...

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER NORTH AND WEST OF
NASHVILLE FROM 6 PM CDT TO MIDNIGHT...AND A SLIGHT RISK ELSEWHERE.
THE AIR MASS ACROSS THE MID STATE WILL MOISTEN AND DESTABILIZE
QUICKLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE LARGE HAIL...ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS WITH AN ISOLATED
TORNADO POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE NASHVILLE
AREA JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT...ENDING THE THREAT ACROSS WESTERN AREAS
OF THE MID STATE...BUT CONTINUING IN EASTERN AREAS AND PLATEAU UNTIL
ABOUT 2 AM CDT.

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MID STATE HAVE AVERAGED 15 TO 20 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL SINCE MARCH 20TH...NEARLY TWO WEEKS. THE LAST FREEZING
TEMPERATURE WAS ON MARCH 18TH. TEMPERATURES IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
THURSDAY MORNING...APRIL 5TH...WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S.
TENDER VEGETATION IN EARLY GARDENS...SUCH AS TOMATO AND PEPPER
PLANTS...AND FLOWERS WILL BE SHOCKED BY THE COLDER TEMPERATURES.
IT WOULD BE WISE TO PROTECT THESE YOUNG PLANTS...AND VEGETATION IF
POSSIBLE. LATE NIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING
FRIDAY...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. AFTER AN UNUSUALLY WARM PERIOD WITH
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES THE LAST HALF OF MARCH...AND THE FIRST FEW
DAYS OF APRIL...WE NOW GO TO THE OTHER EXTREME...WITH NEAR RECORD
COLD TEMPERATURES THROUGH EASTER WEEKEND.

THE AVERAGE DATE OF THE LAST FREEZE IN NASHVILLE IS APRIL 6TH.

NASHVILLE HAD ITS 6TH WARMEST MARCH ON RECORD THIS YEAR...AND THE
WARMEST SINCE 1946. IT WAS ALSO THE DRIEST MARCH SINCE 1988 AND THE
14TH DRIEST ON RECORD. WEATHER RECORDS DATE BACK TO 1870 IN
NASHVILLE.

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BOBBY BOYD



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