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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
544 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-232030-
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-DE KALB-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...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...
MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...
LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...LOBELVILLE...CENTERVILLE...HOHENWALD...
FRANKLIN...BRENTWOOD...COLUMBIA...LEWISBURG...MURFREESBORO...
WOODBURY...SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE...SHELBYVILLE...
TULLAHOMA...MANCHESTER...MCMINNVILLE...ALTAMONT...SPENCER...
WAYNESBORO...LAWRENCEBURG...PULASKI
544 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS INCREASINGLY LIKELY IN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
ON TODAY AND BRING A CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MID
STATE AS EARLY AS LATE TONIGHT. BY EARLY SATURDAY...SOME STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE...WITH THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER CONTINUING
THROUGHOUT THE DAY SATURDAY...INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A FEW STORMS
WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS PUT
THE ENTIRE MID STATE IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS.

THIS IS THE STRONGEST STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT MIDDLE TENNESSEE SO
FAR THIS SPRING...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS TO BE
INCREASINGLY LIKELY...INCLUDING TORNADIC SUPERCELLS.

NOW IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL GO
SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER APPROACH YOUR AREA ON SATURDAY. HERE ARE A FEW
TORNADO SAFETY RULES.

                         TORNADO SAFETY RULES

1.   IN HOMES OR SMALL BUILDINGS, GO TO THE BASEMENT OR TO AN
     INTERIOR ROOM, SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM, ON THE LOWEST
     LEVEL. GET UNDER SOMETHING STURDY SUCH AS A HEAVY TABLE OR A
     BED.

2.   IN MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES, ABANDON THEM AND GO TO A
     STURDY STRUCTURE. IF THERE IS NO SUCH STRUCTURE NEARBY, LIE
     FLAT IN A DITCH, RAVINE, GULLY, CULVERT OR LOW SPOT WITH
     YOUR ARMS AND HANDS SHIELDING YOUR HEAD.

3.   IN LARGE BUILDINGS, SUCH AS SCHOOLS, FACTORIES, HOSPITALS,
     NURSING HOMES AND SHOPPING CENTERS, GO TO THE PREDESIGNATED
     SHELTER AREA. INTERIOR HALLWAYS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR ARE
     USUALLY BEST. STAY AWAY FROM ROOMS THAT ARE LARGE IN AREA
     BECAUSE THEY HAVE WEAKLY SUPPORTED ROOFS.

4.   IN HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS, GO TO AN INTERIOR SMALL ROOM OR
     HALLWAY.

5.   STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DON'T BOTHER OPENING OR CLOSING
     THEM. IT WON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO THE STRUCTURE AND
     YOU'LL JUST WASTE TIME OR PUT YOURSELF AT RISK SHOULD
     GLASS BREAK AS YOU ARE NEAR.

$$

GIRODO



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