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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
937 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-240800-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
937 PM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BENTON...HOUSTON...HUMPHREYS...
MONTGOMERY...PERRY...AND STEWART COUNTIES UNTIL 3 AM CDT SATURDAY...
...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON
SATURDAY...

A MODERATE RISK MEANS THAT THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF A SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT (DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR TORNADOES) OCCURRING
WITHIN 25 MILES OF ANY GIVEN LOCATION IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

THIS EVENING...A WARM FRONT HAS MOVED NORTH INTO CENTRAL KENTUCKY
WITH OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE MID STATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED AND ARE
MOVING ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND GENERALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 24. THIS WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
LIFT NORTH OVERNIGHT...PROVIDING FOR INCREASING MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE MID STATE. THIS..ALONG WITH STRENGTHENING
LOWER LEVEL AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS...COULD BRING A ROUND OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE OVERNIGHT...
ESPECIALLY JUST ALONG AND EAST OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY. A
TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR BENTON...HOUSTON...
HUMPREYS...MONTGOMERY...PERRY...AND STEWART COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP IN THESE COUNTIES COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...THUNDERSTORM
WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH OR GREATER...NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
STRIKES...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS...THAT WILL LIKELY CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AROUND 8 AM AND MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE NASHVILLE
AREA BY 10 AM. FROM 10 AM ON THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WITH TORNADOES
POSSIBLE.

THIS IS THE STRONGEST STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MIDDLE TENNESSEE SO
FAR THIS SPRING...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS TO BE
INCREASINGLY LIKELY...INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS.

NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL GO
SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY.
HERE ARE A FEW TORNADO SAFETY RULES FOR YOUR REVIEW.

                         TORNADO SAFETY RULES

1.   IN HOMES OR SMALL BUILDINGS, GO TO THE BASEMENT OR TO AN
     INTERIOR ROOM, SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM, ON THE LOWEST
     LEVEL. GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY SUCH AS A HEAVY TABLE OR A
     BED.

2.   IN MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES, ABANDON THEM AND GO TO A
     STURDY STRUCTURE. IF THERE IS NO SUCH STRUCTURE NEARBY, LIE
     FLAT IN A DITCH, RAVINE, GULLY, CULVERT OR LOW SPOT WITH
     YOUR ARMS AND HANDS SHIELDING YOUR HEAD.

3.   IN LARGE BUILDINGS, SUCH AS SCHOOLS, FACTORIES, HOSPITALS,
     NURSING HOMES AND SHOPPING CENTERS, GO TO THE PREDESIGNATED
     SHELTER AREA. INTERIOR HALLWAYS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR ARE
     USUALLY BEST. STAY AWAY FROM ROOMS THAT ARE LARGE IN AREA
     BECAUSE THEY HAVE WEAKLY SUPPORTED ROOFS.

4.   IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS, GO TO AN INTERIOR SMALL ROOM OR
     HALLWAY.

5.   STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DON'T BOTHER OPENING OR CLOSING
     THEM. IT WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO THE STRUCTURE AND
     YOU'LL JUST WASTE TIME OR PUT YOURSELF AT RISK SHOULD
     GLASS BREAK AS YOU ARE NEAR.

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