[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
911 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2009

TNZ027-072215-
DAVIDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NASHVILLE
911 AM CDT THU MAY 7 2009

...WET START TO MAY CONTINUES...

THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY RAINFALL IN NASHVILLE HAS TOTALED
4.85 INCHES...MAKING THIS ONE OF THE WETTEST STARTS TO THE MONTH
OF MAY ON RECORD. OTHER WET BEGINNINGS...INCLUDE 1984 WITH 6.15
INCHES...2003 WITH 5.41 INCHES AND 1979 WITH 4.78 INCHES.

WITH 4.85 INCHES ALREADY IN THE BUCKET...NASHVILLE IS RAPIDLY
APPROACHING ITS NORMAL MONTHLY MAY RAINFALL OF 5.07 INCHES.

RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR...THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY HAS TOTALED
19.34 INCHES WHICH IS NEARLY 2 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

THE WETTEST MAY ON RECORD WAS BACK IN 1983 WHEN 11.04 INCHES FELL.
1984 ENDED AS THE 4TH WETTEST MAY ON RECORD...WHILE 1979 ENDED AS
THE 7TH WETTEST.

IN CONTRAST...THE DRIEST MAY ON RECORD WAS BACK IN 1951 WHEN
0.83 INCHES FELL. 2005 ENDED AS THE 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD WITH
1.03 INCHES.

MORE RAIN IS IN THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AND THIS WEEKEND.


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