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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
314 AM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-251700-
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-
314 AM CDT SAT AUG 25 2007

...YESTERDAY WAS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY OF RECORD BREAKING HEAT
IN NASHVILLE...

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS BRING SOME OVERNIGHT HEAT RELIEF...RAIN...
WIND...AND HAIL TO PARTS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE LAST EVENING...AND CONTINUED IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
THIS ACTIVITY WAS FOCUSED ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT EXTENDED THROUGH
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE. ALSO A TONGUE
OF INCREASED ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS OF MIDDLE
TENNESSEE...RANGED FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS...TO OVER AN INCH IN SPOTTY
LOCATIONS. STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS CAUSED DOWNED TREES AT A FEW
LOCATIONS. THERE WERE A FEW REPORTS OF HAIL. SOME ROOF DAMAGE WAS
REPORTED AT MANCHESTER IN COFFEE COUNTY JUST BEFORE 10 PM.

YESTERDAYS HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 DEGREES SET ANOTHER DAILY
HIGH RECORD IN NASHVILLE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 100 DEGREES BACK
IN 1943. IT WAS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY OF RECORD BREAKING HEAT
IN NASHVILLE.

CROSSVILLE BROKE THE RECORD HIGH FOR AUGUST 24TH WITH 97 DEGREES.
THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 95 SET IN 1968. CLARKSVILLE HIT 102 DEGREES
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

RECORD TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON ARE UNLIKELY AT NASHVILLE AND
CLARKSVILLE...WITH HIGHS EXPECTED IN THE MID 90S AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
THE AFTERNOON HIGH AT CROSSVILLE IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR 90...WHICH IS
THE RECORD FOR THIS DATE AT CROSSVILLE SET BACK IN 1995.

NASHVILLE HAS BROKEN FIVE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS THIS
MONTH...AND EITHER BROKEN OR TIED...SEVEN...HIGHEST DAILY MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE RECORDS.

YESTERDAY MARKED THE 15TH DAY OF 100 DEGREES OR ABOVE IN NASHVILLE
THIS MONTH...THIS SUMMER AND THIS YEAR SO FAR. THIS IS MORE THAN
TWICE AS MANY DAYS AS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 7 DAYS SET BACK IN 1954. IT IS ALSO THE MOST EVER
RECORDED IN ANY MONTH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 11 DAYS BACK IN JUNE
1952. AS FOR THE SUMMER...BACK IN 1954...NASHVILLE HAD 20 DAYS OF
TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES...AND IN 1952...WE HAD 19.

THE 15 DAYS OF 100 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN NASHVILLE THIS MONTH
IS MORE THAN TWICE WHAT OCCURRED IN THE PREVIOUS 15 YEARS.
FROM 1991 TO 2006...NASHVILLE HAD 6 DAYS OF 100 DEGREES AND ABOVE.

CURRENTLY...AUGUST 2007 IN NASHVILLE IS AVERAGING 9.5 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS IS 4.6 DEGREES HOTTER THAN THE HOTTEST AUGUST
ON RECORD...WHICH WAS IN 1995. AUGUST 2007 COULD ALSO END UP BEING
THE HOTTEST...OF ANY MONTH SINCE RECORD KEEPING BEGAN IN NASHVILLE...
NEARLY 137 YEARS AGO.

THE DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE IN NASHVILLE THIS MONTH IS AVERAGING
99.9 DEGREES THROUGH AUGUST 24TH. THIS IS MORE THAN 12 DEGREES
ABOVE THE 30 YEAR AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF
AUGUST.

THERE HAVE BEEN 23 CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF 95 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN THE WEATHER RECORDS AT
NASHVILLE. THE OLD RECORD WAS 19 DAYS BACK IN JUNE 1952.

YESTERDAY WAS THE 30TH CONSECUTIVE DAY OF 90 DEGREES AND ABOVE IN
NASHVILLE. A STRING THAT BEGAN BACK ON JULY 26TH. THIS IS THE MOST
SINCE JUNE 1954...AND THE 3RD MOST ON RECORD. THE MOST EVER RECORDED
IS 31 DAYS BACK IN JUNE OF 1952 AND AGAIN IN JUNE OF 1954. THE RECORD
STRETCH OF 31 DAYS WILL LIKELY BE BROKEN.

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.

WE HAVE HAD 30 DAYS WITH ONLY 0.05 INCHES OF RAIN IN NASHVILLE.
BACK IN 1925...NASHVILLE WENT 31 DAYS WITH ONLY 0.05 INCHES OF
RAIN. THAT STRETCH STARTED ON MAY 18TH AND ENDED ON JUNE 17TH.

THE DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD...WAS BACK IN 1929 WHEN ONLY 0.51
INCHES FELL. OTHER DRY AUGUSTS INCLUDE...1936...1968 AND 1987.

SINCE THE FIRST OF JUNE...NASHVILLE HAS RECORDED ONLY 3.90 INCHES
OF RAINFALL. THE DRIEST JUNE THROUGH AUGUST ON RECORD...WAS IN
1954...WHEN 4.74 INCHES OF RAIN FELL. OTHER YEARS WITH A DRY JUNE
THROUGH AUGUST INCLUDE...1925...1948 AND 1943. RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY
1ST HAS TOTALED 17.37 INCHES...WHICH IS 14.51 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND...
AS THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS RETROGRADED...ALLOWING
A COOL FRONT TO DROP SOUTHEAST INTO OUR AREA. THE FRONT WILL ALSO
BACK TEMPERATURES OFF A FEW DEGREES OVER THE WEEKEND. BY MONDAY...THE
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE BACK OVER OUR AREA...WITH
INCREASING TEMPERATURES WITH DWINDLING RAIN CHANCES.

WE ARE CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS HAVING AN EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL
DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

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.

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BOBBY BOYD

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