[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
924 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041630-
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
924 AM CDT MON APR 4 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...

THE SEVERE STORMS PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED A LARGE PART OF
MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNDER A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

APRIL IS ONE OF THE PEAK MONTHS FOR TORNADOES IN TENNESSEE. THERE
WERE 9 TORNADOES IN TENNESSEE DURING APRIL OF 2010...15 TORNADOES
WITH 2 FATALITIES IN APRIL OF 2009...8 TORNADOES IN 2008..5
TORNADOES IN 2007...AND 29 TORNADOES IN APRIL 2006 WITH 34
FATALITIES. DO NOT TAKE TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS LIGHTLY.
BELOW ARE SOME SAFETY RULES.

		 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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BOYD




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