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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
428 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-151130-
STEWART-MONTGOMERY-ROBERTSON-SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-BENTON-
HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-DICKSON-CHEATHAM-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-
SMITH-JACKSON-PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-PERRY-HICKMAN-LEWIS-
WILLIAMSON-MAURY-MARSHALL-RUTHERFORD-CANNON-DEKALB-WHITE-
CUMBERLAND-BEDFORD-COFFEE-WARREN-GRUNDY-VAN BUREN-WAYNE-LAWRENCE-
GILES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DOVER...CLARKSVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...
GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...BYRDSTOWN...CAMDEN...ERIN...
WAVERLY...DICKSON...ASHLAND CITY...KINGSTON SPRINGS...NASHVILLE...
LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...
COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...ALLARDT...LINDEN...
LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...
COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...
SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...FAIRFIELD GLADE...SHELBYVILLE...TULLAHOMA...
MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...TRACY CITY...ALTAMONT...COALMONT...
SPENCER...WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
428 AM CDT WED AUG 15 2007

...HEAT WAVE CONTINUES WITH NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TODAY...

TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RISE TO THE 100 TO 103 RANGE FOR
AREA WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...WITH MID 90S EXPECTED FOR
THE PLATEAU. WE EXPECT A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 102 AT NASHVILLE AND
95 FOR CROSSVILLE. THIS MATCHES THE RECORD TEMPERATURE FOR BOTH
NASHVILLE AND CROSSVILLE SET IN 1954.

IF PREDICTIONS FOR TODAY COME TRUE...THIS HEAT WAVE WILL BREAK THE
PREVIOUS AUGUST RECORD OF 7 DAYS AT OR OVER 100 DEGREES ALSO SET
IN 1954.

THIS HAS ALSO BEEN A VERY DRY FIRST HALF OF AUGUST. NORMAL VALUES
OF RAINFALL FOR THE FIRST HALF OF AUGUST ARE AROUND 1.5 INCHES. THUS
FAR WE HAVE HAD ONLY 0.03 INCHES RAINFALL. THE ONLY POSITIVE
ASPECT OF THE HOT DRY WEATHER IS THAT HUMIDITIES ARE LOWER THAN NORMAL
WHICH KEEPS THE HEAT INDEX FROM GETTING EXTREMELY HIGH. HEAT INDEX
IS A MEASURE THAT DEPENDS ON HIGH TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH ELEVATED
HUMIDITY.

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A "DRY" HEAT...SOME PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE KEPT
IN MIND. STAY INSIDE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE...PREFERABLY IN AN
AIR CONDITIONED SPACE. IF YOU MUST BE OUTSIDE...DRINK FLUIDS
FREQUENTLY... WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING WITH A HAT...AND STAY IN
THE SHADE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.


$$

JLM





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