[BNAWX] Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
908 AM CDT SAT AUG 21 2010

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908 AM CDT SAT AUG 21 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT
ACROSS THE MID STATE...INCLUDING THOSE AREAS THAT WERE HIT HARDEST
BY THE HEAVY RAINS LAST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A LOOK AT THE
ATMOSPHERE THIS MORNING SHOWED A VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT...AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SOME AREAS TO RECEIVE AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN
OR MORE...IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME... DURING THUNDERSTORMS TODAY
AND TONIGHT. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUN OFF AND THE LIKELIHOOD
OF PONDING OF WATER...AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLY TODAY AND TONIGHT
AS WELL. STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE THE
BIGGEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SOME THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...WILL LINGER OVER
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE MID STATE ON SUNDAY...ALONG WITH A
CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING...POORLY
DRAINED...AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS FROM TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED.

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SPOTTER THUNDERSTORM REPORTING CRITERIA...
TORNADO
FUNNEL CLOUD
FLOODING
HAIL >= 1/2 INCH
WINDS > 50 MPH (MEASURED)
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN

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