[BNAWX] Special Weather Statement

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
653 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-271900-
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
653 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES BEGINNING THURSDAY...AND CONTINUING
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN SIGHT...

A RAPID WARM UP IS FORECAST FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. A
LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD EASTWARD OUT OF
THE PLAINS...ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...AND PUT MIDDLE
TENNESSEE INTO THE PRESSURE COOKER.

HIGH TEMPERATURES WEST OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU...INCLUDING THE
NASHVILLE AREA...WILL WARM FROM THE MID 90S ON WEDNESDAY TO BETWEEN
101 AND 103 DEGREES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE...HIGH TEMPERATURES
ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WILL CLIMB FROM THE UPPER 80S
WEDNESDAY...TO THE MIDDLE 90S BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED LATE THIS WEEK WILL BE NEAR THE
RECORD. THE HIGH AT NASHVILLE ON THURSDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE 100
DEGREES WHICH IS JUST 4 DEGREES SHORT OF THE RECORD OF 104 DEGREES
SET BACK IN 1952. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT IN
NASHVILLE SINCE AUGUST 3RD OF LAST YEAR WHEN THE TEMPERATURE HIT
102 DEGREES. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY A HIGH OF 102 DEGREES IS FORECAST
WHICH WILL BE NEAR THE RECORD HIGH OF 103 DEGREES ON FRIDAY SET
BACK IN 1952...HOWEVER THE RECORD HIGH FOR SATURDAY JUNE 30TH IS
106 DEGREES SET ALSO IN 1952. THE 106 DEGREES ON JUNE 30TH 1952
IS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.
TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY JULY 1ST BUT BACK OFF A
LITTLE FROM TRIPLE DIGITS MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

EVEN FOLKS ALONG THE NORMALLY COOLER CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WILL NOT
ESCAPE THE HEAT THIS WEEK. THE HIGH AT CROSSVILLE ON FRIDAY IS
EXPECTED TO HIT 95 DEGREES...WHICH...IF IT OCCURS...WOULD BREAK
THE OLD RECORD FOR THAT DATE...OF 92 DEGREES...SET BACK IN 1988.

HOT WEATHER SAFETY WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT THIS WEEK. AVOID LONG
TERM EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT...BY REMAINING INDOORS DURING THE
HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY. IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT...SLOW
DOWN...DRINK PLENTY OF NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS...AND WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT...
LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES.

RAINFALL ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE CONTINUES WELL BELOW NORMAL WITH
MANY AREAS NOW IN A MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT. FARMERS AND
GARDNERS ARE IN MUCH NEED OF RAIN. AREA LAKES ARE BELOW NORMAL
LEVELS. THE DRIEST AREAS HAVE BEEN ACROSS NORTHWEST MIDDLE
TENNESSEE AND IN THE SOUTHEAST. THERES NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN
SIGHT THROUGH JULY 4TH.


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BOYD




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