[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-282300-
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-
955 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY
NIGHT TO TUESDAY EVENING...

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

AS OF 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING...HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED IN THE
CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...ABOUT 225 MILES TO THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF
THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. SHE IS MOVING TO THE WEST
NORTHWEST AT AROUND 12 MPH...BUT IS EXPECTED TO TURN MORE TO THE
NORTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY THE NORTH NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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 3 TO 5 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 49 MPH...AND GUSTS TO IN EXCESS OF 60 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.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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BOYD

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