[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
455 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

TNZ007-008-026>028-059-062-100500-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SUMNER-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
455 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

...TEMPERATURE CLIMBS TO 104 DEGREES IN NASHVILLE...

...IT HAS NOT BEEN THIS HOT IN NASHVILLE SINCE 1988...

FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY...THE TEMPERATURE IN NASHVILLE
HAS HIT THE CENTURY MARK. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 104 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON AT THE NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AT 355 PM CDT.
THIS IS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE IN NASHVILLE SINCE 105 DEGREES
BACK ON JULY 8TH, 1988.

THE LAST TIME WE HAD THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH TRIPLE DIGITS IN
NASHVILLE...WAS BACK IN AUGUST OF 1990...WHICH BEGAN ON AUGUST 26TH
WITH 100 DEGREES...CONTINUED WITH 102 DEGREES ON AUGUST 27TH AND
ENDED WITH 103 DEGREES ON AUGUST 28TH.

THE RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE IS 105 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1930.

IN 1988 NASHVILLE HAD 6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT
TEMPERATURES.

THE ALL TIME RECORD...FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH 100 DEGREES
OR ABOVE...WAS SET BACK IN 1952...WHEN NASHVILLE HAD A STRING
OF EIGHT THAT STARTED ON JUNE 23RD AND ENDED ON JUNE 30TH.

THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN NASHVILLE OCCURRED
ON JULY 27TH...AND AGAIN ON JULY 28TH 1952...WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
CLIMBED TO 107 DEGREES.

CLARKSVILLE REACHED 105 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE CROSSVILLE
HAD 93 DEGREES.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT...
AS A WEAK FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY ARE FORECAST
TO BACK OFF A LITTLE...INTO THE UPPER 90S...BECAUSE OF THE FRONTAL
PASSAGE...BUT REBOUND BY MONDAY TO AROUND 100 DEGREES.

THE WARM UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE THATS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOT
WEATHER...IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS...AS A RESULT...THE HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
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BOBBY BOYD

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