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

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-241445-
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
933 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

...MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR ALL OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE ON SATURDAY...

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
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 ISOLATED 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.

A MODERATE RISK MEANS THAT THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF A SEVERE
WEATHER EVENT (DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL OR TORNADOES) OCCURRING
WITHIN 25 MILES OF ANY GIVEN LOCATION.

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.

$$
BOYD

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