[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
156 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-192100-
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
156 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

AT EARLY AFTERNOON...A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AREA WAS CENTERED OVER
CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI...WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EAST ACROSS
CENTRAL KENTUCKY...AND A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH FROM THE LOW
DOWN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STARTED BREAKING
OUT ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION...SOUTH OF MEMPHIS IN RESPONSE
TO DESTABILIZATION OF THE AIR MASS IN THIS AREA. THE LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PLACE MIDDLE TENNESSEE IN THE WARM SECTOR
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS THE COLD FRONT ENTERS
WESTERN TENNESSEE AND MOVES EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...THERE COULD BE A FEW STORMS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE THAT
WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...WITH ISOLATED
TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THE WEST HALF OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL BE THE
MOST UNSTABLE...AND HAVE THE GREATER SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...BUT
EASTERN AREAS COULD ALSO SEE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS.

APRIL AND MAY ARE PEAK SEVERE WEATHER MONTHS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW SAFETY RULES...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS.


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BOYD




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