[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
922 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-201000-
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
922 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008


...AN ARCTIC AIR MASS IS BLANKETING MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

AN ARCTIC AIR MASS WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES HAS SETTLED OVER THE
MID STATE. IN THE NORMALLY COLDER AREAS ACROSS THE MID STATE
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BEFORE DAYBREAK.
COLD TEMPERATURES COUPLE WITH THE WINDS WILL CAUSE WIND CHILL
READINGS TO REACH NEAR ZERO.

TEMPERATURES THIS COLD MAY BE DANGEROUS TO OUTDOOR PETS...AND PET
OWNERS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER BRINGING ANIMALS INDOORS FOR THE
NIGHT. TEMPERATURES THIS COLD CAN ALSO FREEZE EXPOSED WATER
PIPES...AND HOME OWNERS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER INSULATING OUTDOOR
WATER FAUCETS...AND CLOSING CRAWL SPACE VENTS TO PREVENT PIPES
FROM FREEZING.

TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY PROBABLY WILL NOT RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING
MARK...WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID TEENS AGAIN SUNDAY
NIGHT.

THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS WINTER IN NASHVILLE HAS BEEN
11 DEGREES ON JANUARY 3RD. LAST WINTER...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE
WAS ALSO 11 DEGREES ON JANUARY 29TH.

THE LAST TIME THE TEMPERATURE WAS BELOW ZERO IN NASHVILLE WAS BACK
ON FEBRUARY 4TH AND 5TH IN 1996...WHEN IT FELL TO 3 DEGREES BELOW
ZERO.

THE ALL TIME RECORD LOW IN NASHVILLE WAS BACK ON JANUARY 21ST 1985
WHEN THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO A MINUS 17 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

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