[BNAWX] Public Information Statement

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
924 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2016

...2015 HAD THE FEWEST TORNADOES IN TENNESSEE SINCE 2007...

TENNESSEE TORNADOES TOTALED 19 IN 2015 WHICH IS THE FEWEST SINCE
2007 WHEN 10 TWISTERS HIT THE STATE.

ONE TORNADO OCCURRED IN APRIL WITH 2 IN MAY BUT AN UNPRECEDENTED
9 TORNADOES STRUCK TENNESSEE IN JULY. SINCE OFFICIAL RECORD
KEEPING OF TORNADO STATISTICS BEGAN BY THE WEATHER BUREAU IN
1916...THE MOST TORNADOES TO OCCUR IN THE MONTH OF JULY HAD BEEN
4 IN 1980. THE OUTBREAK IN DECEMBER PRODUCED 7 TORNADOES...THE
MOST EVER IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. FIVE OF THOSE IN DECEMBER WERE
IN THE NASHVILLE COUNTY WARNING AREA WITH 2 IN THE MEMPHIS COUNTY
WARNING AREA. THERE WERE 2 FATALITIES FROM TORNADOES IN 2015...BOTH
IN PERRY COUNTY IN DECEMBER.

ON AVERAGE 19 TORNADOES WILL STRIKE TENNESSEE ANNUALLY...WITH 5
FATALITIES.


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