[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
813 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

TNZ005>011-023>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-141100-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-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...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
813 PM CDT MON JUL 13 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE 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 TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS AT LEAST THE
EASTERN HALF OF THE MID STATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE
GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE UPPER
CUMBERLAND REGION. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
CONCERN...WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF A TORNADO. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...
RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

ALONG WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL...AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX
VALUES TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM 100 TO
105 DEGREES FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU REGION...
DUE TO WARM AND HUMID AIR BEING USHERED IN FROM THE GULF OF
MEXICO.

TAKE THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS IN DEALING WITH THIS HEAT...ESPECIALLY
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.

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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