[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
500 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

TNZ007-008-026>028-059-062-100500-
CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SUMNER-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
500 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2007

...TEMPERATURE CLIMBS TO 100 DEGREES IN NASHVILLE FOR THE FOURTH DAY...

...IT HAS NOT BEEN THIS HOT FOR THIS LONG IN NASHVILLE SINCE 1988...

FOR THE FORTH CONSECUTIVE DAY...THE TEMPERATURE IN NASHVILLE
HAS HIT THE CENTURY MARK. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 100 DEGREES THIS
AFTERNOON AT THE NASHVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...AT 323 PM CDT.

THE LAST TIME WE HAD FOUR CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH TRIPLE DIGITS IN
NASHVILLE...WAS BACK IN JUNE OF 1988...WHICH BEGAN ON JUNE 21ST
WITH 100 DEGREES...CONTINUED WITH 100 DEGREES ON JUNE 22ND AND 101
ON JUNE 23RD AND CONTINUED WITH 102 ON THE 24TH. THE STRECTH IN
1988 EXTENDED FOR SIX DAYS WITH 101 ON THE 25TH AND 103 ON THE
26TH OF JUNE.

THE RECORD HIGH FOR THIS DATE IS 102 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1874.

THE ALL TIME RECORD...FOR MOST CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH 100 DEGREES OR
ABOVE...WAS SET BACK IN 1952...WHEN NASHVILLE HAD A STRING OF EIGHT
THAT STARTED ON JUNE 23RD AND ENDED ON JUNE 30TH.

THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN NASHVILLE OCCURRED
ON JULY 27TH...AND AGAIN ON JULY 28TH 1952...WHEN THE TEMPERATURE
CLIMBED TO 107 DEGREES.

THE WARM UPPER LEVEL ANTICYCLONE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS HOT
WEATHER...IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS...AS A RESULT...THE HOT AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
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