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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
300 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-211700-
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-
300 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007

...HEAT WAVE AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...

YESTERDAYS HIGH IN NASHVILLE WAS 97 DEGREES. THIS ENDED THE
UNPRECEDENTED STREAK...OF 15 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 99 DEGREES AND
ABOVE...BUT NOT BEFORE THE OLD RECORD OF 8 CONSECUTIVE
DAYS SET BACK IN JUNE 1952...WAS SHATTERED.

CURRENTLY...AUGUST 2007 IN NASHVILLE IS AVERAGING NEARLY 9 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS 4.2 DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE HOTTEST AUGUST
ON RECORD WHICH WAS IN 1995. THIS AUGUST COULD ALSO END UP BEING THE
HOTTEST OF ANY MONTH SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN NASHVILLE NEARLY
137 YEARS AGO.

THE SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IN NASHVILLE
ENDED ON AUGUST 19TH. THIS STREAK IS ONLY EXCEEDED BY THE EIGHT
CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGITS BACK IN JUNE 1952.

THERE HAVE BEEN 19 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. THIS EQUALS THE MOST EVER RECORDED IN NASHVILLE
SET PREVIOUSLY IN JUNE 1952. WE WILL LIKELY BREAK THIS STREAK
TODAY.

YESTERDAY WAS THE 26TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. THIS IS THE MOST SINCE JULY 1969...AND THE 4TH MOST
ON RECORD. THE MOST EVER RECORDED IS 31 DAYS BACK IN JUNE OF 1952
AND AGAIN IN JUNE OF 1954.

THE 106 DEGREES ON AUGUST 16TH NOT ONLY BROKE THE RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE...BUT ALSO BROKE THE ALL TIME 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.

NASHVILLE BROKE THE DAILY HIGH RECORD FOR AUGUST 15TH WITH 104
DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 102 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1954.

THE CALENDAR DAY LOW OF 81 DEGREES IN NASHVILLE ON AUGUST 9TH TIED
THE RECORD FOR THE DATE SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1930. THE CALENDAR DAY LOW
OF 82 DEGREES ON AUGUST 10TH BROKE THE RECORD FOR THE DATE...OF 79
DEGREES SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1918. THIS ALSO WAS THE WARMEST CALENDAR
DAY LOW EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST...BREAKING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD OF 81 DEGREES SET ON SEVERAL DAYS. THE WARMEST
CALENDAR DAY LOW ON RECORD IS 85 DEGREES SET BACK ON JULY 14TH 1954.
NASHVILLE ALSO TIED THE RECORD FOR THE CALENDAR DAY ON AUGUST 11TH
WITH 77 DEGREES...SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1934. ON AUGUST 17TH NASHVILLE
HAD A CALENDAR DAY LOW OF 81 DEGREES...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF 79 DEGREES SET IN 1995.

RAINFALL IN NASHVILLE SO FAR THIS MONTH HAS TOTALED 0.05 INCHES.
THE DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD...WAS BACK IN 1929 WHEN ONLY 0.51
INCHES FELL.

SINCE THE FIRST OF JUNE...NASHVILLE HAS RECORDED ONLY 3.89 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 17.36 INCHES...WHICH IS 14.08 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

WE ARE CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS HAVING AN EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL
DROUGHT CONDITIONS. THE LATEST 6 TO 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 HOT
DRY WEATHER PATTERN WE HAVE EXPERIENCED FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
WEEKS.

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BOBBY BOYD

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