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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1029 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-172300-
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-
1029 AM CDT FRI AUG 17 2007

...HEAT WAVE CONTINUES ACROSS THE MID STATE...

AFTER RECORD BREAKING HEAT YESTERDAY IT LOOKS LIKE TEMPERATURES
WILL BACK OFF A FEW DEGREES FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS TODAY...BUT STILL
COULD REACH 100 DEGREES AT A FEW LOCATIONS.

NASHVILLE NOT ONLY BROKE THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST 16TH
WITH 106 DEGREES...BUT ALSO BROKE THE RECORD HIGH FOR THE MONTH OF
AUGUST WHICH HAD BEEN 105 DEGREES SET BACK IN AUGUST 1930.
THIS ALSO WAS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE IN NASHVILLE IN THE LAST 55
YEARS...ONLY SURPASSED BY THE ALL TIME RECORD HEAT OF 107 DEGREES
BACK ON JULY 27TH AND 28TH 1952.

CURRENTLY AUGUST 2007 IN NASHVILLE IS 4.2 DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE
HOTTEST AUGUST ON RECORD WHICH OCCURRED IN 1995.

THERE HAVE BEEN 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS THIS MONTH OF TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT
IN NASHVILLE...THE MOST SINCE JUNE OF 1988 WHEN NASHVILLE
HAD 6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 100 DEGREES AND ABOVE. THE MOST
CONSECUTIVE DAYS EVER OF TRIPLE DIGITS IS 8 SET BACK IN JUNE 1952.

THERE HAVE BEEN 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. THIS IS THE MOST SINCE JULY 1980. THE MOST EVER IS
19 DAYS BACK IN JUNE 1952.

THERE HAS BEEN 12 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 99 DEGREES AND ABOVE. THIS IS
UNPRECEDENTED IN THE WEATHER RECORDS AT NASHVILLE. PREVIOUSLY THE
RECORD WAS 8 SET BACK IN JUNE 1952. WEATHER RECORDS IN NASHVILLE
DATE BACK TO NOVEMBER 1ST 1870...NEARLY 137 YEARS.

YESTERDAY WAS THE 22ND CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. THIS IS THE MOST SINCE 23 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BACK IN AUGUST
1995. THE MOST EVER IS 31 DAYS BACK IN JUNE OF 1952 AND AGAIN IN JUNE
OF 1954.

RAINFALL IN NASHVILLE SO FAR THIS MONTH HAS TOTALED 0.03 INCHES.
THE DRIEST AUGUST EVER...WAS BACK IN 1929 WHEN ONLY 0.51 INCHES FELL.

SINCE THE FIRST OF JUNE...NASHVILLE HAS RECORDED ONLY 3.87 INCHES
OF RAINFALL. THE DRIEST JUNE THROUGH AUGUST ON RECORD...WAS IN
1954...WHEN 4.74 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1ST
HAS TOTALED 17.34 INCHES...WHICH IS 13.60 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

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.

IT WILL LIKELY TAKE A TROPICAL SYSTEM TO BREAK DOWN THE CURRENT
PATTERN THAT HAS CAUSED THE EXTENSIVE HEAT WAVE AND DROUGHT
CONDITIONS.

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BOBBY BOYD



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