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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1004 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

...COOL AND WET JULY ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...

A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH KEPT TEMPERATURES COOLER THAN NORMAL
AND RAINFALL ABOVE NORMAL DURING THE MONTH OF JULY ACROSS MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

JULY AVERAGED 75.7 DEGREES AT THE NASHVILLE AIRPORT...WHICH IS
3.4 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH
WAS 92 DEGREES ON THE 15TH...AND THE COOLEST TEMPERATURE WAS 57
DEGREES ON THE 19TH. THE COOLEST JULY TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN
NASHVILLE IS 51 DEGREES SET IN 1947. TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH
WAS 6.03 INCHES... WHICH IS 2.26 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

IT WAS THE 4TH COOLEST JULY IN NASHVILLE AND THE COOLEST SINCE
1967. THERE WERE 6 LOWEST DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS...EITHER
TIED...OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.

THERE WERE ONLY 4 DAYS DURING THE MONTH OF JULY IN WHICH THE
TEMPERATURE REACHED OR EXCEEDED THE 90 DEGREE MARK. THIS TIES
THE ALL TIME RECORD ALSO SET IN 1967 FOR THE FEWEST DAYS WITH 90
DEGREES AND ABOVE DURING THE MONTH OF JULY. THE WARMEST
TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 92 DEGREES ON THE 15TH...AND THE
COOLEST WAS 57 DEGREES ON THE 19TH.

THIS WAS THE WETTEST JULY IN NASHVILLE SINCE 1984...AND THE 22ND
WETTEST OUT OF THE LAST 138 YEARS THAT RECORDS HAVE BEEN KEPT.

CLARKSVILLE AVERAGED 73.7 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...AND TOTALED
9.63 INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 90 DEGREES
ON THE 9TH AND 10TH...AND THE COOLEST WAS 53 DEGREES ON THE 19TH
AND 20TH.

CROSSVILLE AVERAGED 70.7 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...WHICH IS 3.7
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 85 DEGREES
ON THE 25TH...AND THE COOLEST WAS 52 DEGREES ON THE 20TH...WHICH
BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW FOR THE DATE OF 57 DEGREES SET IN
1970. A RECORD LOW...PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1971...WAS TIED WHEN THE
TEMPERATURE FELL TO 54 DEGREES ON THE 21ST. RAINFALL TOTALED 6.40
INCHES...WHICH WAS 1.27 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

A ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY
DURING THE EARLY EVENING OF JULY 4TH...DOWNING TREES IN THE WOODLAWN
AREA. FLASH FLOODING INUNDATED CAMPERS DURING THE EARLY MORNING OF
JULY 5TH NEAR LORETTO IN LAWRENCE COUNTY...AND STRANDING CANOOERS
ALONG THE BUFFALO RIVER.

A TORNADO (EF-0) DESTROYED A BARN AND DAMAGED A GRAIN SILO IN
EASTERN WARREN COUNTY...7 MILES EAST OF MCMINNVILLE AROUND 530 PM
CDT. PRIOR TO THIS ONE...THERE'S NEVER BEEN A TORNADO DOCUMENTED
IN WARREN COUNTY IN THE MONTH OF JULY.

A TORNADO (EF-1) PRODUCED A DAMAGE PATH THAT WAS 3 MILES LONG AND
100 YARDS WIDE IN NORTHEASTERN SUMNER COUNTY...ABOUT 3 MILES WEST
OF WESTMORELAND AROUND 1100 PM CDT JULY 31ST. AT LEAST A FEW
HUNDRED TREES WERE EITHER SNAPPED OFF OR UPROOTED. A FEW HOMES
SUSTAINED VERY LIGHT DAMAGE WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT. SOME HOMES HAD
SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. ONE LARGE BARN WAS FLATTENED. SEVERAL
OUTBUILDINGS AND CARPORTS WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE LAST TIME A
TORNADO STRUCK SUMNER COUNTY IN THE MONTH OF JULY WAS BACK IN
1980.

THE MID STATE IN GENERAL RECEIVED ABUNDANT RAINFALL DURING THE
MONTH OF JULY...WHICH RANGED FROM 6 INCHES AROUND NASHVILLE...TO
OVER 14 INCHES AT LIVINGSTON TO NEARLY 18 INCHES AT WAYNESBORO.


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BOBBY BOYD
METEOROLOGIST
NWS NASHVILLE TN




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