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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
740 PM CDT MON JUN 1 2009

...A WET MAY WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES...

MAY AVERAGED 67.6 DEGREES AT NASHVILLE AIRPORT...WHICH IS 0.5 DEGREE
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 87 DEGREES
ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH...AND THE COLDEST WAS 43 DEGREES ON THE
19TH. TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.45 INCHES...WHICH IS 3.38
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS THE 6TH WETTEST MAY ON RECORD...AND THE
WETTEST MONTH SINCE SEPTEMBER OF 2003 WHEN 8.70 INCHES FELL.

THE MONTH WAS VERY WET ACROSS THE MID STATE...WITH THE FIRST TEN
DAYS ACCUMULATING MOST OF THE MONTH'S TOTAL. MANY AREAS RECEIVED 10
TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH...WHILE SOME AREAS RECEIVED
BETWEEN 13 AND 15 INCHES. THE GREATEST AMOUNT REPORTED WAS NEAR
COLUMBIA IN MAURY COUNTY WHERE 14.85 INCHES WAS MEASURED. RIVER
FLOODING WAS MINOR TO MODERATE...WITH THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEMS
ALONG THE DUCK RIVER.

ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH...TWO EF-1 TORNADOES STRUCK SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE CAUSING SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...AND A FEW INJURIES
IN LEWIS COUNTY. ANOTHER EF-1 TORNADO OCCURRED IN THE CROSSVILLE
AREA IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY ON THE EVENING OF THE THIRD...WITH MINOR
DAMAGE REPORTED. ON THE 8TH AND 9TH...SOME SEVERE WEATHER WAS
REPORTED...BUT THE MAIN STORY WAS FLASH FLOODING IN THE CLARKSVILLE
AREA...AND FROM GOODLETTSVILLE TO GALLATIN. THESE AREAS RECEIVED 3
TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT TIME ON THE MORNING OF THE 9TH.

CROSSVILLE AVERAGED 64.1 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...WHICH IS 1.1
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.  THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 80 DEGREES ON THE
LAST DAY...WHILE THE COLDEST WAS 39 ON THE 18TH AND 19TH. TOTAL
RAINFALL WAS 10.76 INCHES...WHICH IS 5.28 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

CLARKSVILLE AVERAGED 66.2 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH AND TABULATED 8.23
INCHES OF RAINFALL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 85 DEGREES ON THE
LAST DAY...AND THE COLDEST WAS 42 ON THE 19TH.

FOR THE SPRING MONTHS OF MARCH...APRIL AND MAY...NASHVILLE AVERAGED
59.5 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.9 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL
PRECIPITATION WAS 15.50 INCHES...WHICH IS 1.63 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

CROSSVILLE FOR THE SPRING AVERAGED 56 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.9 DEGREE
ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 22.25 INCHES...A CONSIDERABLE
6.1 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

CLARKSVILLE AVERAGED 58.2 DEGREES FOR THE SPRING AND TABULATED 15.68
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION.

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