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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1007 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-231000-
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
1007 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2007

...HEAT WAVE CONTINUES...

HEAT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. A
PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE PATTERN CONTINUES TO BRING POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS HEAT...WITH MANY LOCATIONS CONTINUING TO BAKE WITH
TRIPLE DIGIT HIGH TEMPERATURES. NASHVILLE BROKE ANOTHER RECORD ON
WEDNESDAY WHEN THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 102 DEGREES...BREAKING THE
PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE DATE OF 100 SET BACK IN 1983. CROSSVILLE ALSO
BROKE A RECORD WITH 96 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE DATE
WAS 95 SET IN 1983.

SO FAR THIS MONTH...WE HAVE HAD 13 DAYS OF 100 DEGREE PLUS HEAT AT
NASHVILLE. IF FORECASTS HOLD TRUE...WE WILL ADD 2 MORE DAYS TO
THIS TOTAL. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE MOST 100 DEGREE PLUS DAYS
WAS 11 SET IN JUNE OF 1952.

CURRENTLY...AUGUST 2007 IN NASHVILLE IS AVERAGING MORE THAN 9 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE REALLY IMPRESSIVE THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THIS
IS MORE THAN 4 DEGREES HIGHER THAN THE HOTTEST AUGUST ON RECORD
WHICH WAS AUGUST 1995.

OF COURSE...ALONG WITH THE UNPRECEDENTED HEAT IS THE LACK OF RAINFALL.
NASHVILLE IS CURRENTLY MORE THAN 14 INCHES BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL.
SOME AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF NASHVILLE ARE NEARLY 20 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL RAINFALL. MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS NOW CLASSIFIED AS BEING
UNDER EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS. WITH ONLY A SLIM
POSSIBILITY OF RAIN THIS WEEKEND...THIS SITUATION IS NOT LIKELY TO
IMPROVE ANY TIME SOON.

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