[BNAWX] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
551 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

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551 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MID
STATE TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SOME
STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE...WITH THE MAIN THREAT
BEING DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST LIKELIHOOD FOR ANY STRONG OR
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-40
CORRIDOR.

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

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR NORTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON FRIDAY...AND ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON
SATURDAY.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL
PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ON FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY/SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE
HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR SEVERE STORMS ON FRIDAY WILL BE NORTH OF
THE I-40 CORRIDOR...THEN ACROSS ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON
SATURDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY
FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG EACH
DAY...BUT NO WIDESPREAD STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.

$$

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


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