HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1258 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 102 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
ELEVATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.
THESE STORMS WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THERE IS A SMALL
CHANCE THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME HAIL.
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE
MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH...HAIL...AND
POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS APPEARS TO BE FROM 6 PM TONIGHT UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY REGION BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED
WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL PULL WARM AND MOIST AIR INTO CENTRAL
ALABAMA TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA
WEDNESDAY MORNING...BRINGING AN END TO THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT.
BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM...PRODUCING SOUTHERLY
WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS
WILL BE WESTERLY AND BECOME GUSTY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE
BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 25 MPH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY TONIGHT.
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