[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
938 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-041000-
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
938 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY FOR MOST OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 7 PM THURSDAY...

MIDDLE TENNESSEE IS IN THE GRIPS OF THE WORSE HEAT WAVE SINCE
AUGUST 2007. THE DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO LAST
THROUGH THURSDAY AS A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE
AREA. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH OR REACH INTO THE
TRIPLE DIGITS ACROSS THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE MID STATE
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. HEAT INDICES DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES.

BY FRIDAY...A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE MID STATE
FROM THE NORTH BRINGING AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH
WILL BREAK THE HEAT TEMPORARILY...BUT IT WILL BE A SHORT REPRIEVE
...AS TEMPERATURES HEAT BACK UP BY THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK.

 ...HEAT WAVE SAFETY TIPS...

IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTDOORS...

...SLOW DOWN.
...REDUCE OR ELIMINATE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES.
...IF POSSIBLE...CONFINE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO THE COOLEST PART OF
THE DAY.
...DRESS FOR SUMMER.
...DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
...DONT GET TOO MUCH SUN.
...IF POSSIBLE STAY INDOORS IN AN AIR CONDITIONED PLACE...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY.

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