[BNAWX] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
501 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

TNZ005>007-022>027-056>061-093>095-231015-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-BENTON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-
WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
501 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAIN PROBABILITIES INCREASING OVER THE AREA TODAY AS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL IS NOT
EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON
FRIDAY AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT PASSES THE AREA. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.


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TNZ008>011-028>034-062>066-075-077>080-231015-
SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-
OVERTON-FENTRESS-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-
501 AM CDT THU MAR 22 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAIN PROBABILITIES INCREASING OVER THE AREA TODAY AS A FRONTAL
SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. EXPECT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE
STRONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. RAINFALL IS NOT
EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON
FRIDAY AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT PASSES THE AREA. THE
COMBINATION OF THE FRONT...EXTENSIVE MOISTURE AND FAVORABLE
INSTABILITY PARAMETERS MAY CAUSE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS TO FORM IN
THE EASTERN HALF OF THE MIDSTATE. PRIMARY THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND HAIL.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
IN NASHVILLE.

EVEN THOUGH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BRIEF AND
ISOLATED, SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO CALL IN ANYTHING REACHING REPORTING
CRITERIA.

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SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

JLM




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