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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
859 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2007

SINCE THE WINTER OF 1884 AND 1885...WHEN SNOWFALL RECORDS BEGAN
IN NASHVILLE...SNOW HAS FALLEN 23 TIMES ON CHRISTMAS DAY. ONLY 9
HAVE BEEN A MEASURABLE AMOUNT. A MEASURABLE AMOUNT IS ONE TENTH
OF AN INCH OR MORE.

FROM A STATISTICAL STANDPOINT...THERE IS A 19 PERCENT CHANCE OF A
TRACE OR MORE OF SNOW ON CHRISTMAS DAY...AND ONLY A 7 PERCENT
CHANCE OF MEASURABLE SNOW.

THE LAST TIME SNOW FELL ON CHRISTMAS WAS IN 2002 WHEN A TRACE OCCURRED.

THE LAST TIME MEASURABLE SNOW FELL ON CHRISTMAS WAS IN 1993 WHEN
0.3 INCHES OCCURRED. 0.3 INCHES ALSO FELL ON CHRISTMAS IN 1992 IN
DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE...BUT 1 TO 2 INCHES FELL IN THE JOELTON...AND
RIDGTOP AREAS. 1992 AND 1993 IS THE ONLY TIME THAT TWO CONSECUTIVE
CHRISTMASES HAVE HAD MEASURABLE SNOWFALL.

THE LAST WHITE CHRISTMAS IN NASHVILLE WAS IN 1969 WHEN 2.7 INCHES
OF SNOW FELL. A WHITE CHRISTMAS IS ONE OR MORE INCHES OF SNOWFALL.

THE WARMEST CHRISTMAS ON RECORD OCCURRED IN 1982...AND THE COLDEST
IN 1983.

THE WETTEST CHRISTMAS ON RECORD WAS IN 1987 WHEN 2.37 INCHES OF RAIN
FELL.

CHRISTMAS 1964...AT 1150 PM...A TORNADO CUT A MILLION DOLLAR DAMAGE
PATH FROM THE WHISPERING HILLS SECTION OF NASHVILLE...TO NEAR UNA.



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BOBBY BOYD



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