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FEB 23 2010

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
800 AM CST TUE FEB 23 2010

...LIGHTNING AWARENESS DAY...

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES TODAY WITH A LOOK AT
LIGHTNING AND LIGHTNING SAFETY.

NATIONWIDE IN 2009 34 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
FORTUNATELY...NONE OF THOSE KILLED WERE IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE.
SINCE 1959 3919 PEOPLE HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE U.S. AS A RESULT
OF BEING STRUCK.  140 OF THOSE KILLED WERE IN TENNESSEE PLACING THE
VOLUNTEER STATE IN THE TOP 5 FOR LIGHTNING FATALITIES.

LIGHTNING IS A YEAR ROUND THREAT IN THE MID-STATE...BUT THE MOST
FREQUENT OCCURRENCE WILL BE DURING THE LATE SPRING AND SUMMER
MONTHS.  IN AN AVERAGE YEAR 4 TENNESSEANS WILL LOSE THEIR LIVES TO
LIGHTNING AND AN ADDITIONAL 10 WILL BE INJURED.

IF YOU CAN SEE LIGHTNING AND HEAR THUNDER WHILE OUTDOORS...YOU ARE
IN IMMEDIATE DANGER OF BEING STRUCK.  MOVE INSIDE A WELL CONSTRUCTED
HOUSE...A LARGE BUILDING OR A  VEHICLE. STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES AND DO NOT USE A CORDED TELEPHONE.

SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTNING SAFETY TIPS INCLUDE...

IF YOU ARE IN A BOAT...GET OFF THE WATER AND INTO A SUBSTANTIAL
BUILDING...OR AT LEAST INTO AN ENCLOSED AND ALL-METAL VEHICLE WITH
THE WINDOWS UP. IF YOU'RE CAUGHT IN AN OPEN METAL BOAT...LIE DOWN IN
THE BOAT WITH CUSHIONS BETWEEN YOU AND THE METAL SIDES AND BOTTOM.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS...RUN INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.

MOVE AWAY FROM MOTORCYCLES...SCOOTERS...GOLF CARTS...BICYCLES...
TRACTORS...AND OTHER METAL FARM EQUIPMENT. AVOID WIRE FENCES...
CLOTHES LINES...METAL PIPES...DRAINS...RAILROAD TRACKS...AND
OTHER METALLIC OBJECTS.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE CONDUCTING A TORNADO DRILL
AROUND 930 WEDNESDAY MORNING IN LIEU OF OUR ROUTINE WEEKLY WEATHER
RADIO TEST.

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TJ





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