[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1135 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-150500-
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-
1135 AM CDT TUE AUG 14 2007

...HOT AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUES...

TODAY WILL BE THE 13TH DAY IN A ROW WHICH THE TEMPERATURE HAS
REACHED 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN NASHVILLE. WE'VE NOT HAD A STRETCH
OF 95 PLUS HEAT LIKE THIS SINCE JULY 1980...WHEN WE HAD 15
CONSECUTIVE DAYS. SIX OUT OF THE LAST SEVEN DAYS HAVE BEEN 100
DEGREES AND ABOVE. THE MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100 DEGREES AND
ABOVE...IS 8 BACK IN 1952. WE HAD 6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF TRIPLE
DIGITS IN 1988.

THE MOST 100 DEGREE DAYS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST IS 7 SET BACK
IN 1954. WE'VE HAD 6 DAYS THIS MONTH AND IT'S NOT OVER.

TODAY WILL BE THE 20TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE
IN NASHVILLE. THIS IS THE LONGEST STRETCH SINCE 1999...WHEN WE HAD
21 DAYS. NASHVILLE HAD A STRETCH OF 25 DAYS IN 1987...AND AGAIN IN
1988...BUT BACK IN 1952 AND 1954 NASHVILLE WENT 31 CONSECUTIVE DAYS
WITH 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE. THIS IS THE LONGEST STRETCH ON RECORD.

RAINFALL SO FAR THIS MONTH HAS TOTALED 0.03 INCHES AND THERE'S
NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN SIGHT...AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THE
DRIEST AUGUST EVER...WAS IN 1929 WHEN ONLY 0.51 INCHES FELL.

SINCE THE FIRST OF JUNE...NASHVILLE HAS RECORDED 3.87 INCHES
OF RAIN. THE DRIEST JUNE THROUGH AUGUST ON RECORD...WAS BACK
IN 1954...WHEN 4.74 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.

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BOBBY BOYD



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