[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
606 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-090115-
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
606 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2007

...DROUGHT CONTINUES TO PLAGUE MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1ST AT NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS
TOTALED 18.69 INCHES. THIS IS 14.81 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. SINCE JUNE
1ST...RAINFALL HAS TOTALED ONLY 5.22 INCHES WHICH IS 6.75 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL.

DURING THE LAST 6 MONTHS...RAINFALL ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE HAS
BEEN 60 PERCENT OF NORMAL. BASED ON THE LATEST U.S. DROUGHT  MONITOR
THIS PLACES MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN THE EXTREME TO EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT
CATEGORY...WHICH MEANS MAJOR AGRICULTURAL LOSSES...EXTREME FIRE
DANGER...AND WIDESPREAD WATER SHORTAGES AND RESTRICTIONS ARE
COMMON.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT END THE DROUGHT...MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL MAY
BE ON THE HORIZON. COMPUTER MODELS BRING A RATHER VIGOROUS UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE INTO MIDDLE TENNESSEE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE COULD TOTAL BETWEEN 0.50
AND 1.50 INCHES ABOUT MID WEEK.


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BOBBY BOYD




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