HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 820 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 730 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
VERY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. THEREFORE...A HIGH FIRE DANGER EXISTS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS
HIGHLY DISCOURAGED.
RAINFALL BACK ON TUESDAY HAS PRODUCED SOME RISES ALONG AREA RIVERS. A
FEW LOCATIONS ALONG THE WARRIOR...CAHABA...TALLAPOOSA...ALABAMA...AND
TOMBIGBEE RIVERS WILL APPROACH CAUTION OR MINOR FLOOD STAGES.
THERE WILL BE A BRIEF WINDOW FOR SOME SLEET OR RAIN MIXED WITH
SLEET ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE
FOR SLEET WILL BE NEAR THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION...AFTER
MIDNIGHT SPREADING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. VERY LITTLE TO NO
ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET ARE EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20 THROUGH 9 AM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN
BECOME ALL RAIN. VERY LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS OF SLEET ARE
EXPECTED.
SOME MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY ALONG
THE WARRIOR...CAHABA...TALLAPOOSA...ALABAMA...AND TOMBIGBEE RIVERS.
A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL.
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM THREAT APPEARS TO BE CONFINED TO AREAS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20.
A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA ON TUESDAY.
BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BEHIND THIS FRONT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.
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