[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
358 AM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-122100-
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-
358 AM CDT THU OCT 12 2006

...AREAS OF FROST LIKELY FRIDAY MORNING...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING...
ALLOWING FOR THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON...TO SPILL INTO THE MID
STATE.

LIGHT WINDS...COUPLED WITH CLEAR SKIES AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE
LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH AREAS OF FROST
DEVELOPING. ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED
SATURDAY MORNING...PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE.

PLANNING SHOULD COMMENCE TO TEND TO VEGETATION THAT MAY BE
HARMED BY FROST. POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD
BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE.

THE AVERAGE DATE OF THE FIRST FREEZE IN NASHVILLE IS OCTOBER 28TH...
WHILE AT COOKEVILLE IT IS OCTOBER 20TH...AT CROSSVILLE...OCTOBER
19TH...WAVERLY...OCTOBER 17TH...SPRINGFIELD...OCTOBER 19TH...
TULLAHOMA...OCTOBER 23RD...DOVER...OCTOBER 18TH...LINDEN...OCTOBER
19TH AND CELINA...OCTOBER 18TH.

THE EARLIEST IN THE FALL THAT WE HAVE HAD A 32 DEGREE TEMPERATURE IN
NASHVILLE...WAS ON OCTOBER 2ND 1984. THE LATEST IN THE FALL THAT WE
HAVE HAD A 32 DEGREE TEMPERATURE IN NASHVILLE...OCCURRED ON
NOVEMBER 27TH 1902. LAST YEAR...NASHVILLE HAD ITS FIRST FREEZE IN
THE FALL ON OCTOBER 29TH WHEN THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 30 DEGREES.

...FIRST FALL FREEZE DATES IN NASHVILLE IN RECENT YEARS...

2005 OCTOBER  29TH 30 DEGREES
2004 NOVEMBER 15TH 30 DEGREES
2003 NOVEMBER 14TH 28 DEGREES
2002 NOVEMBER  2ND 32 DEGREES
2001 OCTOBER  28TH 29 DEGREES
2000 OCTOBER   9TH 32 DEGREES

WHEN THE DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR IS BELOW 32 DEGREES...
MOISTURE SUBLIMATES FROM THE GASEOUS STATE TO THE SOLID STATE IN THE
FORM OF ICE CRYSTALS...CALLED FROST. THE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE CAN
BE IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 30S...BUT THE DEWPOINT MUST BE BELOW 32
DEGREES FOR FROST TO FORM.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION...AND FORECASTS ON THIS WEATHER
SITUATION.

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BOYD
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