HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 442 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 100 PM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY AS A STORM IN THE
NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
STATES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY FOR AREAS
SOUTHEAST OF A WINCHESTER TO HUNTSVILLE TO MOULTON LINE. A FEW
HIGHER AMOUNTS NEAR 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF
CULLMAN...MARSHALL AND DEKALB COUNTIES WHICH COULD LEAD TO
PONDING OF WATER OR STREET FLOODING. THIS RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO
MODERATE RISES ON SMALLER STREAMS AND CREEKS BY TONIGHT OR EARLY
SUNDAY.
AS THE STORM PULLS AWAY ALONG THE EAST COAST TONIGHT...COLDER AIR
WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION. SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES MAY MIX
IN WITH ANY REMAINING SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT IN NORTHEAST
ALABAMA...PARTICULARLY ATOP THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...
LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP FROM MIDDLE
TENNESSEE INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA ON SATURDAY AS A SECONDARY LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM DROPS SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE
OF SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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