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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
151 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2012

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-281200-
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
151 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2012

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

A RAPID WARM UP IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. 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 CONTINUE TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 90S ON
THURSDAY TO BETWEEN 102 AND 104 DEGREES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
MEANWHILE...HIGH TEMPERATURES ALONG THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU WILL
CLIMB FROM THE LOWER 90S THURSDAY...TO THE UPPER 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 101 DEGREES
WHICH IS JUST 3 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...A HIGH OF 103 DEGREES IS FORECAST WHICH
WOULD TIE THE RECORD HIGH OF 103 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1952. 106
DEGREES ON JUNE 30TH 1952 IS THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED
IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT
MAY 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 98 DEGREES...WHICH...IF IT OCCURS...WOULD SHATTER 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
GARDENERS 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. THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN IN
SIGHT THROUGH JULY 4TH.

$$

TB12




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