[BNAWX] Public Information Statement

Tue Feb 18 05:55:59 CST 2014

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
555 AM CST TUE FEB 18 2014

...SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES...
...TODAY IS LIGHTNING AWARENESS DAY...

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK 2014 CONTINUES TODAY WITH A LOOK AT
LIGHTNING AND LIGHTNING SAFETY.

WHEN THUNDER ROARS...GO INDOORS!

NATIONWIDE IN 2013 23 PEOPLE WERE KILLED BY LIGHTNING. FORTUNATELY...
NONE OF THOSE KILLED WERE IN THE VOLUNTEER STATE. SINCE 1959...4025
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 7 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.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE'S LIGHTNING
SAFETY WEBSITE AT W W W . L I G H T N I N G S A F E T Y . C O M

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

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