HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1230 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 1230 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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 A RAIN SLEET MIX
ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AFTER 3 AM TONIGHT SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM CARROLLTON TO CLANTON TO AUBURN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SLEET
WILL BE NEAR THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION WITH A TRANSITION OVER TO
RAINFALL LIKELY OCCURING BEFORE SUNRISE IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN
ALABAMA. VERY LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION OF SLEET IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET GENERALLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM AUBURN TO TUSCALOOSA TO VERNON THROUGH 9 AM...
WITH A CHANGEOVER TO RAINFALL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. VERY LITTLE TO
NO ACCUMULATION OF SLEET IS 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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