HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 450 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 1230 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY...
ESPECIALLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DURING THE EVENING. THE STRONGER
STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE...WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH. AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO
CANNOT BE RULED OUT MAINLY AFTER DUSK...AS A LINE OF STORMS MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA.
ALSO...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY THE LATE
MORNING. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
WIDESPREAD RAINS...WHICH COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
TONIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER AND
MINOR FLOODING OF PRONE AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA DURING WEDNESDAY. AREA
WIDE...EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATED TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN
MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA. WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH BY THE
LATE AFTERNOON.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY
BE REQUESTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING.
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