HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 110 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM AND APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY MORNING WELL AHEAD OF A COLD
FRONT...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH BY
THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS THIS STRONG MAY
TOPPLE TREES...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
IN ADDITION TO THE WIND THREAT...ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES OF
RAINFALL ARE LIKELY THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY EVENING.
GIVEN THE SHORT DURATION OF A RELATIVELY HIGH AMOUNT OF RAINFALL AND
ALREADY WET SOILS...FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE
TENNESSEE VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THUNDERSTORMS
POTENTIALLY EXACERBATING THE STRONG WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT.
AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA EARLY CHRISTMAS
MORNING...THE WIND AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL SUBSIDE...BUT THERE
MAY BE A RIVER FLOODING THREAT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING.
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