[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
245 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

TNZ027-121945-
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INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NASHVILLE
245 AM CDT TUE MAY 12 2009

...SOGGY START TO MAY...

FIRST 11 DAYS OF MAY 2009 HAVE BEEN THE 3RD WETTEST START TO ANY
MAY ON RECORD IN NASHVILLE...WITH 6.66 INCHES OF RAIN...SURPASSED
ONLY BY 2003 WITH 9.17 INCHES AND 1984 WITH 8.85 INCHES.

RAINFALL FOR MAY IN NASHVILLE HAS ALREADY SURPASSED THE NORMAL
MONTHLY MAY RAINFALL OF 5.07 INCHES...BY MORE THAN ONE AND HALF
INCHES.

RAINFALL FOR THE YEAR HAS TOTALED 21.15 INCHES WHICH IS NEARLY 3
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.

THE WETTEST MAY ON RECORD WAS BACK IN 1983 WHEN 11.04 INCHES FELL...
FOLLOWED BY 2003 WITH 10.73 INCHES. 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.

DRY TODAY...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON THURSDAY AS A COLD
FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.


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