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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
919 AM CDT TUE OCT 17 2006

...WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, IS FALL SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS DAY...

ALTHOUGH PEAK SEVERE WEATHER SEASON IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE OCCURS
DURING THE SPRING MONTHS OF MARCH, APRIL AND MAY, WHEN THE MID
STATE GETS TWO THIRDS OF ITS TORNADOES, THE AUTUMN SEASON IS
CERTAINLY NOT IMMUNE TO ACTIVE WEATHER.

CLIMATOLOGICALLY, THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER PROVIDES A SECONDARY
PEAK IN TORNADO ACTIVITY OUTSIDE THE SPRING MONTHS. THIS FACT HITS
HOME NOVEMBER 10, 2002, WHEN ELEVEN TWISTERS STRUCK THE
MID STATE, RESULTING IN 8 FATALITIES. THIS WAS THE FIFTH LARGEST
TORNADO OUTBREAK IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE'S HISTORY. THIS WAS THE WORST
TORNADO DISASTER FOR THE WHOLE STATE OF TENNESSEE SINCE THE APRIL
THIRD AND FOURTH OUTBREAK IN 1974.

THEN...ON NOVEMBER 15, 2005, THERE WERE 19 TORNADOES IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE. THIS WAS THE SECOND LARGEST TORNADO OUTBREAK IN MIDDLE
TENNESSEE HISTORY. FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO FATALITIES.

OF COURSE, TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT THE ONLY
TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO OCCUR IN OUR AREA DURING THE FALL.
WITH NOVEMBER TRADITIONALLY MARKING THE BEGINNING OF THE
RAINY SEASON, FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING CAN ALSO OCCUR.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE USUALLY PROMOTES SEVERE WEATHER
AWARENESS WEEK IN FEBRUARY, JUST PRIOR TO PEAK TORNADO SEASON.
BUT WE ALSO WISH TO SET ASIDE OCTOBER 18 AS SEVERE WEATHER DAY
TO REMIND CITIZENS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THAT WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT
WITHOUT RISK DURING THE FALL, AS WELL.

NOW IS THE TIME TO REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY TIPS. KNOW THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A "WATCH" AND A "WARNING". LISTEN TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS DURING IMPENDING SEVERE
WEATHER.

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