[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
423 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-282030-
BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-
DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY-
PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-
VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
423 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

HURRICANE KATRINA TAKING AIM ON THE GULF COAST AND POINTS
NORTHWARD...

AS OF 4 AM CDT THIS MORNING...HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED IN THE
CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...ABOUT 300 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE LA
COAST. SHE IS MOVING TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AT AROUND 8 MPH BUT IS
EXPECTED TO TURN MORE TO THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY.

SHE IS CURRENTLY PACKING WINDS OF 145 MPH WHICH MAKES HER A VERY
DESTRUCTIVE CLASS 4 HURRICANE. ACCORDING TO THE HURRICANE
CENTER...KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE SOUTHEAST LA COAST EARLY
MON MORNING AROUND SUNRISE. AS KATRINA CONTINUES MOVING
NORTHWARD...SHE WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF MIDDLE TN ON
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

MOISTURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH KATRINA WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD WELL IN
ADVANCE OF THE NORTHWARD MOVING EYE. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS MIDDLE TN BEGINNING ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING
INTO TUESDAY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE DURING THE PERIOD FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT...STRONG WINDS OF AS MUCH
AS 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THE
CENTER OF KATRINA APPROACHES AND THEN MOVES ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS
OF THE MID STATE.

THE RAINFALL AND HIGH WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH A
RETURN TO PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY.

THERE IS STILL A FAIR DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY IN REGARD TO THE TRACK
AND EXACT TIMING OF KATRINA RELATIVE TO THE MID STATE. THEREFORE...
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

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