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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
342 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2007

TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-062030-
BEDFORD-BENTON-CANNON-CHEATHAM-CLAY-COFFEE-CUMBERLAND-DAVIDSON-
DEKALB-DICKSON-FENTRESS-GILES-GRUNDY-HICKMAN-HOUSTON-HUMPHREYS-
JACKSON-LAWRENCE-LEWIS-MACON-MARSHALL-MAURY-MONTGOMERY-OVERTON-PERRY-
PICKETT-PUTNAM-ROBERTSON-RUTHERFORD-SMITH-STEWART-SUMNER-TROUSDALE-
VAN BUREN-WARREN-WAYNE-WHITE-WILLIAMSON-WILSON-
342 AM CDT MON AUG 6 2007

...DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS WEEK IN MIDDLE
   TENNESSEE...

A HEAT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO SEND HIGH TEMPERATURES TO NEAR 100 DEGREES
OVER MUCH OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE THIS WEEK. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX
READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 100 AND 105 DEGREES OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS...AND MAY VERY WELL GO HIGHER THAN THAT BY MID AND LATE
WEEK.

COMING ON THE HEELS OF MONTHS OF DRY WEATHER...MAKES THIS HEAT WAVE
PARTICULARLY BRUTAL. IN THE ABSENCE OF IRRIGATION, MOST YARDS WILL
BROWN AND CRISP BY THE END OF THE WEEK. A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
COULD POP UP THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...MOST AREAS
WILL REMAIN DRY.

THIS TYPE OF HEAT CAN BE DEADLY...NOT ONLY TO GRASS...BUT PEOPLE AS
WELL. NEVER...EVER...LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS ALONE IN A CAR...NOT
EVEN FOR A MINUTE. TEMPERATURES INSIDE A CLOSED VEHICLE CAN QUICKLY
RISE TO DEADLY LEVELS. CHECK ON ELDERLY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS...AND
MAKE SURE THEY ARE COPING WELL WITH THE HEAT.

AS WE ALL SWEAT IT OUT THIS WEEK...HERE ARE A FEW
OTHER HOT WEATHER SAFETY RULES TO KEEP IN MIND...

...LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTSIDE DURING THE AFTERNOON HEAT.

...IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE...DRINK PLENTY OF
   NON ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS.

...BE AWARE OF THE WARNING SIGNS OF HEAT STROKE AND HEAT EXHAUSTION.
   THESE INCLUDE...PALE AND MOIST SKIN...OR...UNUSUALLY HOT
   AND DRY SKIN...PROFUSE SWEATING...FEELING FAINT...HEADACHE...
   NAUSEA...DIZZINESS...AND CONFUSION. BE SMART...SLOW DOWN...AND
   STAY OUT OF THE HEAT TO PREVENT THESE PROBLEMS.

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