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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
545 AM CST MON MAR 2 2009

...A WARM FEBRUARY FOR NASHVILLE...

FEBRUARY AVERAGED 43.8 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT...WHICH IS 2.5 DEGREES
ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 73 DEGREES
ON THE 8TH AND 18TH...AND THE COLDEST WAS 10 DEGREES ON THE
5TH. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 2.85 INCHES...WHICH IS
0.84 INCH BELOW NORMAL. THERE WAS A TRACE OF SNOW...WHICH IS 3 AND A
HALF INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

THERE WERE TWO SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS. THE FIRST OCCURRED
ON THE 11TH WHEN A STRONG SQUALL LINE MOVED ACROSS THE MID STATE
CAUSING MANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE. BEHIND THE SQUALL LINE...WINDS
WERE QUITE STRONG IN THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS WITH CLARKSVILLE
RECORDING A WIND GUST OF 60 MPH. THERE WAS ALSO AN EF1 TORNADO IN
FAR SOUTHWEST FENTRESS COUNTY. ON THE 18TH...QUITE A FEW HAIL
REPORTS WERE RECEIVED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

CROSSVILLE AVERAGED 39.8 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...WHICH IS 0.7
DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL.  THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 65 DEGREES ON 9TH
AND 18TH...WHILE THE COLDEST WAS 5 ON THE 5TH. TOTAL PRECIPITATION
WAS 3.52 INCHES...WHICH IS 0.81 INCH BELOW NORMAL.

CLARKSVILLE AVERAGED 42.0 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH AND TABULATED 2.89
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 72 DEGREES ON
THE 8TH AND 9TH...AND THE COLDEST WAS 8 ON THE 5TH.

THE WINTER MONTHS OF DECEMBER...JANUARY AND FEBRUARY TURNED OUT TO BE
PRETTY NORMAL...EXCEPT FOR SNOWFALL...THAT IS. AT NASHVILLE...THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 39.9 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.6 DEGREE ABOVE
NORMAL. THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 14.16 INCHES...WHICH IS 1.96
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. SNOWFALL WAS 1.4 INCHES...WHICH IS 6.4 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL.

AT CROSSVILLE...THE 3 MONTHS AVERAGED 38.1 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.4
DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 17.08 INCHES...WHICH IS
2.44 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

CLARKSVILLE SHOWED AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 37.1 DEGREES AND TOTAL
PRECIPITATION OF 16.51 INCHES.

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