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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
445 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-200500-
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
445 PM CDT TUE AUG 19 2008

...VERY DRY AUGUST IN NASHVILLE THUS FAR...

DURING THE FIRST 19 DAYS OF AUGUST NASHVILLE HAS ONLY MEASURED A
TRACE OF RAINFALL...MAKING THIS THE DRIEST START TO ANY AUGUST IN
AT LEAST 60 YEARS. THE PREVIOUS DRIEST START FOR AUGUST...WAS IN
2002 WHEN NASHVILLE WENT 13 DAYS WITHOUT MEASURABLE RAINFALL.

THIS IS ALSO THE LONGEST STRETCH OF NON-MEASURABLE RAINFALL IN
AUGUST IN AT LEAST 60 YEARS. THE PREVIOUS LONGEST WAS IN 1968
WHEN NO MEASURABLE RAIN FELL FOR 18 CONSECUTIVE DAYS.

THE DRIEST AUGUST ON RECORD WAS BACK IN 1929 WHEN ONLY 0.51
INCHES OF RAIN FELL. IN CONTRAST THE WETTEST AUGUST...WAS IN 1923
WHEN 9.60 INCHES OF RAIN FELL.

LAST YEAR NASHVILLE MEASURED 1.38 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE MONTH OF
AUGUST...MUCH OF WHICH FELL LATE IN THE MONTH.


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GIRODO








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