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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
315 PM CDT TUE OCT 16 2007

...WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 IS FALL SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS DAY...

ALTHOUGH PEAK SEVERE WEATHER SEASON IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE OCCURS
DURING THE SPRING MONTHS OF MARCH, APRIL AND MAY, WHEN THE MID STATE
GETS TWO THIRDS OF ITS TORNADOES, THE AUTUMN SEASON IS CERTAINLY NOT
IMMUNE TO ACTIVE WEATHER.

CLIMATOLOGICALLY, THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER PROVIDES A SECONDARY PEAK IN
TORNADO ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE SPRINGS MONTHS. THIS FACT HITS HOME
NOVEMBER 10, 2002, WHEN ELEVEN TWISTERS STRUCK THE MID STATE,
RESULTING IN EIGHT FATALITIES. THIS WAS THE FIFTH LARGEST TORNADO
OUTBREAK IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE'S HISTORY. THIS WAS THE WORST TORNADO
DISASTER FOR THE WHOLE STATE OF TENNESSEE SINCE THE APRIL THIRD AND
FOURTH OUTBREAK IN 1974.

THEN...ON NOVEMBER 15, 2005, THERE WERE 19 TWISTERS IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE. THIS WAS THE SECOND LARGEST TORNADO OUTBREAK IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE HISTORY. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO FATALITIES.

OF COURSE, TORNADO AND SEVERE WEATHER ARE NOT THE ONLY TYPES OF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO OCCUR IN OUR AREA DURING THE FALL. WITH
NOVEMBER TRADITIONALLY MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE RAINY SEASON,
FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING CAN ALSO OCCUR.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USUALLY PROMOTES SEVERE WEATHER
AWARENESS WEEK IN FEBRUARY, JUST PRIOR TO PEAK TORNADO SEASON. BUT,
WE ALSO WISH TO SET ASIDE OCTOBER 17 AS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS DAY
TO REMIND CITIZENS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT
WITHOUT RISK DURING THE FALL, AS WELL.

NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY TIPS. KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A "WATCH" AND A "WARNING". LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS DURING IMPENDING SEVERE WEATHER.

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ORCHANIAN







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