Special Weather Statement

**SEVERE WEATHER MODE**

 

From the NWS-Nashville...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
741 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-110145-
COVERING MOST ZONES AND COUNTIES IN MIDDLE TN

741 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2008

...TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE UNTIL 2 AM CDT...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO FORM IN THE VICINITY OF A WARM
FRONT DRAPED ACROSS NORTHWEST ALABAMA. THE WARM FRONT WILL
BEGIN LIFTING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSSEE DURING
THE EARLY EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS
ARE UPSTREAM...NOW CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WESTERN
TENNESSEE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST...AND INTO
WESTERN AREAS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE LATER THIS EVENING.

THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS MIDDLE TENNESSEE WILL DESTABILIZE THROUGH
THE EVENING...AND WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH...ALONG
WITH AN INTENSIFYING LOW LEVEL JET...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED
IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE TONIGHT.

MIDDLE TENNESSEANS SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE TO GO SHOULD A TORNADO WARNING BE ISSUED FOR
YOUR AREA. PLAN AHEAD AND KEEP A BATTERY POWERED FLASHLIGHT HANDY...
JUST IN CASE THE POWER GOES OUT. AVOID BEING CAUGHT OUTSIDE DURING
SEVERE WEATHER...AND...REMEMBER...NEVER TRY AND OUT RUN A TORNADO
IN YOUR CAR. ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE...PREFERABLY UNDER
GROUND.

BE SURE TO HAVE A NOAA WEATHER RADIO WITH THE ALARM FEATURE ON WHILE
YOU SLEEP TONIGHT. IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE.

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BOYD

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