[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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WWUS84 KOHX 281949
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
116 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-282245-
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-
116 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007

...PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY...

A DEVELOPING STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT
WILL BRING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE MIDSTATE LATE TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY. THE ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE MIXED WITH STRONG
VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL LIKELY
FORM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE FAR WESTERN COUNTIES NEAR THE TENNESSEE
RIVER JUST BEFORE DAWN WITH POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. WE
EXPECT THESE STORMS MAY THEN DROP BELOW SEVERE LIMITS DURING THE
MORNING HOURS.

AS DAYTIME HEATING INCREASES...STORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE
AGAIN. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
35 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH THE ATMOSPHERIC INSTABILITY
WILL GENERATE A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING
WINDS AND HAIL. THE STRONG WIND SHEAR IN THE LOWER LAYERS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL ALSO MAKE TORNADOES A POSSIBILITY.

IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS...STRONG WINDS ON
THURSDAY MAY MAKE TRAVEL ON AREA ROADWAYS SOMEWHAT HAZARDOUS.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THOSE OPERATING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES
SINCE THEY ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO STRONG WINDS.

RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED
TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INDOORS.  DO NOT STAND BY
WINDOWS.  UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY...AVOID USING TELEPHONES AND
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.  DAMAGING WIND...
LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
$$

JLM

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