HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 100 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE THREAT OF HIGH WINDS CAPABLE OF DAMAGE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVES NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE OZARKS AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
SUSTAINED SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH BY EARLY
THIS EVENING...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OVER 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED. A FEW
GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.
IN ADDITION...A PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS
EVENING ALONG AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF
ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY CAUSE BRIEF LOCAL
FLOODING. STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING.
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