[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
744 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-170015-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...KINGSTON SPRINGS...NASHVILLE...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT...LINDEN...
LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...
SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY...ALTAMONT...COALMONT...
SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
744 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2007

...ANOTHER HOT DAY IN STORE FOR THE MIDSTATE...

TEMPERATURES AROUND THE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO OVER 100
DEGREES IN MANY AREAS WITH MID 90S IN THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
THE RECORD TEMPERATURE AT NASHVILLE AIRPORT FOR THIS DATE IS
104 DEGREES SET IN 1954. THE RECORD TEMPERATURE FOR CROSSVILLE
AIRPORT IS 96 DEGREES...ALSO SET IN 1954.

WE HAVE BROKEN THE RECORD FOR THE MOST DAYS AT OR ABOVE 100
DEGREES IN AUGUST. THE OLD RECORD WAS 7 DAYS IN AUGUST 1954.
IF PREDICTIONS FOR TODAY COME TRUE...THEN WE WILL HAVE HAD
9 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 100 DEGREES.

COMBINED WITH THE HEAT IS THE LACK OF RAINFALL. THE NASHVILLE
AIRPORT IS CURRENTLY 13.60 INCHES BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. WE ARE
CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS HAVING AN EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT
CONDITIONS. THE LATEST 6-10 DAY PROGNOSIS FROM CLIMATE PREDICTION
CENTER CONTINUE TO INDICATE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH BELOW
NORMAL PRECIPITATION.

DURING THE HEAT WAVE...SOME PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE KEPT IN MIND. STAY
INSIDE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE...PREFERABLY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED
SPACE. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...DRINK FLUIDS FREQUENTLY... WEAR
LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING WITH A HAT...AND STAY IN THE SHADE AS MUCH
AS POSSIBLE.


$$

JLM





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