HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1105 AM CST WED DEC 2 2009
Expiration: 630 AM CST THU DEC 03 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
SURFACE WINDS WILL BE GUSTY TODAY AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
TRACKS FROM MISSISSIPPI INTO TENNESSEE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 20
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AREA-WIDE...WITH A FEW GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE A BIT STRONGER IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATION AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE WINDS WILL
SUBSIDE SOUTH BY SUNSET. THE WINDS IN THE NORTH WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
THERE IS SMALL CHANCE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GENERALLY
EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 THROUGH 4 PM. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY
MOVES NORTHWARD...A COLD FRONT WILL SWING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA. JUST ENOUGH INSTABILITY MAY DEVELOP ALONG AND
AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
SOME MINOR RIVER FLOODING WILL OCCUR ON THE TALLAPOOSA AND ALABAMA
RIVER BASINS THROUGH SATURDAY. THE RIVER LEVELS WILL ONLY REACH
CAUTION STAGES AND ONLY MINOR OVERFLOW AND NUISANCE FLOODING CAN BE
EXPECTED.
THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES CENTRAL ALABAMA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM.
AT THIS TIME...NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE
SOIL TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING AND SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WILL RISE INTO THE LOWER 40S SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NO WATCHES ARE ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON...
BUT PERSONNEL IN EAST ALABAMA SHOULD MONITOR THE POTENTIAL
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
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