[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
545 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-070900-
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-
545 PM CDT MON AUG 6 2007

...HEAT WAVE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS WEEK...

MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF A HEAT WAVE THAT
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES ARE
FORECAST TO BE IN THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES THROUGH FRIDAY.
NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RELIEF AT NIGHT CAN BE EXPECTED...AS
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE MIDDLE 70S. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED
THROUGH FRIDAY.

THE HEAT WAVE IS COMING ON THE HEELS OF SEVERAL MONTHS OF DRY
WEATHER...MAKING THE HEAT WAVE PARTICULARLY BRUTAL.

THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 99 DEGREES IN NASHVILLE AT 530 PM CDT.
THIS IS JUST 2 DEGREES OFF THE RECORD FOR THIS DATE SET BACK IN
1947. TODAY MAKES THE 12TH CONSECUTIVE DAY...WITH TEMPERATURES
REACHING 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE. THE LAST TIME NASHVILLE HIT
100 DEGREES WAS BACK ON JULY 19TH OF LAST YEAR.

IT COULD BE WORSE. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1988...NASHVILLE HAD
6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES...AND IN
1952 NASHVILLE WENT 8 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH TRIPLE DIGIT
TEMPERATURES WHICH IS THE ALL-TIME RECORD.

THE HEAT CAN BE DEADLY. NEVER...EVER...LEAVE CHILDREN OR
PETS ALONE IN A CAR...NOT EVEN FOR A MINUTE. TEMPERATURES INSIDE A
CLOSED VEHICLE CAN QUICKLY RISE TO DEADLY LEVELS. CHECK ON THE
ELDERLY...FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS...AND PETS...TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
COPING WELL WITH THE HEAT.

HERE ARE A FEW HOT WEATHER SAFETY RULES TO KEEP IN MIND...

...LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON HEAT.

...IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE...DRINK PLENTY OF NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS.

$$
BOBBY BOYD



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