[BNAWX] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
140 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

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140 PM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL BRING PERIODS OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STARTING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AS
CONDITIONS BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE THROUGH THE MORNING...A
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL DEVELOP. ANY STORMS THAT BECOME
SEVERE MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THE MID
STATE WILL BE FROM 10 AM AND 4 PM SATURDAY. ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER
COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE...THE GREATEST THREAT
AREA WILL BE SOUTHEAST OF NASHVILLE DURING THE MIDDAY AND EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS INCLUDES SHELBYVILLE...MANCHESTER AND
MCMINNVILLE.

IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR.
MANY CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ALREADY RUNNING
HIGH...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL COULD CAUSE FLOODING. HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...PARTICULARLY
WHERE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE MID STATE BY SATURDAY
EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER AND EMERGENCY MANAGER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SATURDAY.

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