[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
526 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

TNZ005>009-023>032-056>065-075-077>079-093>095-132100-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-
PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-
DE KALB-WHITE-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...ERIN...WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...
NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...
GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...
PULASKI
526 AM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON
ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...
...FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION...
AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE 100 TO 105
DEGREES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT ACROSS
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE MID STATE IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN
ESTABLISHED NORTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN ALOFT. THE
STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK HAS PLACED LOCATIONS
GENERALLY AROUND AND NORTHEAST OF A ERIN...TO FRANKLIN...TO
MCMINNVILLE LINE IN AN ENHANCED RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF
THE MID STATE. AS A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE AS THE
EVENING HOURS PROGRESS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE UPPER CUMBERLAND
REGION...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE THRESHOLDS WITH
DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN CONCERN...ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY
AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO CAN NOT BE TOTALLY RULED OUT EITHER.
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY
RAINFALL...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

AS THIS COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS AND
SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATER TONIGHT...IT WILL
LEAVE OUTLFOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE AREA...AND ALONG WITH EXPECTED
UPPER LEVEL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW USHERING IN ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES
TO THE REGION. THIS COULD RESULT IN A REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS AT LEAST THE EASTERN HALF OF THE MID STATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH AGAIN THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE UPPER CUMBERLAND REGION. THUS...THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OK HAS PLACED LOCATIONS GENERALLY
AROUND AND EAST OF THE I-65 CORRIDOR IN AN ENHANCED RISK FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH OTHER LOCATIONS ACROSS THE MID STATE
IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO OCCUR...DAMAGING WINDS WILL ONCE
AGAIN BE A MAIN CONCERN...BUT THERE WILL BE A GREATER CHANCE OF
TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL OCCURRENCES THAN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY EXPECTED ACROSS THE MID STATE TONIGHT. AGAIN...SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...
RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

ALONG WITH THE ABOVE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...AFTERNOON HEAT
INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY WILL GENERALLY RANGE
FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND
PLATEAU REGION. THIS IS THE RESULT OF BUILDING UPPER LEVEL
RIDGING INFLUENCES FROM THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS BECOMING
MORE PRONOUNCED ACROSS THE MID STATE...ALONG WITH WARM...MOIST...
AND THUS HUMID AIR BEING USHERED IN FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTION AND
PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS IN DEALING WITH THIS HEAT. TAKE EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...
RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW
THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR
LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK
PLENTY OF WATER. STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF
THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY
THE ELDERLY...HOMELESS...OTHERS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS...ALONG WITH
PETS. REMEMBER WHEN EXITING YOUR VEHICLE...TO CHECK THE BACK
SEAT FOR CHILDREN.

TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT
SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA...NOAA WEATHER RADIO...AND THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TENNESSEE WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE FOR THE LATEST ON THESE DEVELOPING SEVERE
WEATHER AND AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUE SITUATIONS.

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