000 NOUS44 KOHX 012317 PNSOHX TNZ005>011-022>034-056>066-075-077>080-093>095-021400- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN 515 PM CST SAT APR 1 2006 ...MARCH 2006 A LITTLE WARM AND A LITTLE DRY... THE MONTH AVERAGED 51.1 DEGREES AT THE AIRPORT...WHICH IS 1 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. IT WAS A STREAKY MONTH TEMPERATURE-WISE. THE FIRST TWO WEEKS AVERAGED 8.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...WHILE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AVERAGED 6.9 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 83 DEGREES ON THE 12TH...WHILE THE COLDEST WAS 28 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 2.90 INCHES...WHICH IS 1.97 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WAS NO SNOWFALL...WHICH IS 1.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. FOR THE WINTER SEASON...NASHVILLE ONCE AGAIN SHOWED BELOW NORMAL SNOWFALL...WITH ONLY 1.7 INCHES. THIS IS 7.4 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE SEVERAL WEATHER EVENTS OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE MONTH AROUND THE MID STATE REGION. ON THE 9TH...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE. THE WORST DAMAGE WAS REPORTED FROM NORTHERN HICKMAN COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN DICKSON COUNTY. 10 MOBILE HOMES WERE PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY DESTROYED IN NORTHERN HICKMAN COUNTY AROUND THE TOWN OF BON AQUA. ON THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING OF THE 13TH...THERE WERE A FEW SCATTERED REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS AND HAIL. ON THE NIGHT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD...ISOLATED 1/2 TO 1 INCH AMOUNTS OF SNOW DUSTED FAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN PLATEAU. AND FINALLY...ON THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING DEPOSITED LARGE HAIL...FROM QUARTER TO GOLD BALL SIZE...FROM NORTHERN HICKMAN TO NORTHERN MAURY TO BEDFORD COUNTIES. CROSSVILLE AVERAGED 46.8 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...WHICH IS 0.3 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 4.37 INCHES ...WHICH IS 1.70 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 77 DEGREES ON THE 12TH...WHILE THE COLDEST WAS 24 DEGREES ON THE 26TH. CLARKSVILLE AVERAGED 48.7 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH AND TABULATED 2.92 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION. THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS 84 DEGREES ON THE 12TH...WHILE THE COLDEST WAS 24 DEGREES ON THE TWENTY-SECOND. $$ GIRODO