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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
917 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-051030-
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
917 PM CDT WED AUG 4 2010

.....EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...

...HEAT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE
FROM SUMNER COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO BEDFORD COUNTY. THE ADVISORY AREA
INCLUDES MOST AREAS EAST OF THE AFOREMENTIONED LINE.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL KEEP HOT TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH VERY
HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THROUGH THURSDAY.
EARLIER TODAY...MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES EARLIER TODAY REACHED
109 DEGREES AT NASHVILLE...110 DEGREES AT CLARKSVILLE AND 114
DEGREES AT LEWISBURG. THIS IS THE MOST INTENSE HEAT WAVE IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE SINCE AUGUST OF 2007 AND SOME OF THE HIGHEST HEAT
INDICIES THAT WE'VE EVER EXPERIENCED.

ACTUAL HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHED TODAY INCLUDE 101 DEGREES AT
NASHVILLE...AND 101 AT CLARKSVILLE.

THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE IN NASHVILLE FOR BOTH AUGUST 4TH AND
5TH IS 102 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1947. TEMPERATURES TODAY IN
NASHVILLE WILL BE NEAR THE RECORD.

THIS SUMMER HAS BEEN HOT IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE. JUNE WAS THE 6TH HOTTEST
ON RECORD IN NASHVILLE WHILE JULY ENDED AS THE 10TH HOTTEST ON RECORD.
THE HOTTEST AUGUST ON RECORD WAS BACK IN 2007. THE LAST TIME NASHVILLE
REACHED 100 DEGREES WAS ON AUGUST 24TH 2007 WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
REACHED 102 DEGREES.

...HEAT WAVE SAFETY TIPS...

IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTDOORS...

* SLOW DOWN.

* REDUCE OR ELIMINATE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES.

* IF POSSIBLE...CONFINE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO THE COOLEST PART OF
  THE DAY.

* DRESS FOR SUMMER.

* DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

* DO NOT GET TOO MUCH SUN.

* IF POSSIBLE STAY INDOORS IN AN AIR CONDITIONED PLACE...ESPECIALLY
  DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY.

* NEVER...EVER LEAVE A CHILD IN A CAR...NOT EVEN FOR A MINUTE.
  TEMPERATURES CAN SOAR TO DEADLY LEVELS QUICKLY.

* MAKE SURE PETS HAVE PLENTY OF FRESH WATER AND ARE IN A COOL
  PLACE.

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