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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
1158 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-250400-
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
1158 AM CDT SAT APR 24 2010

...HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE
TODAY...

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR CUMBERLAND PLATEAU TODAY...

A HIGH RISK MEANS THAT THERE IS A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF A TORNADO
OCCURRING WITHIN 25 MILES OF ANY GIVEN LOCATION IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE.

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.

THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE. SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND EVEN ISOLATED
TORNADOES.

ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS...THAT WILL LIKELY CONTAIN DAMAGING
WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES...WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST MIDDLE TENNESSEE BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...INTO THE EARLY EVENING
OVER EASTERN PORTIONS...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.

$$

MDAVIS






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