Hazardous Weather Outlook - 20090419
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:42 pm
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1255 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009
ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-200500-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1255 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
AN INITIAL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE
CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE TOO
STABLE WITH THIS FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS.
A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEHIND THE LINE...AND THE SUN
MAY COME OUT FOR A TIME. HOWEVER...THIS WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO
DESTABILIZE...CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP ALONG OR AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING
WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
ESTIMATED TIMING FOR THE FRONT IS AROUND 5 PM FOR NORTHWEST
ALABAMA...AROUND 7 PM FOR THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR...THEN EXITING
INTO GEORGIA BY 10 PM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY
NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER AS REMNANT MOISTURE FROM THE MAIN
SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE COLD FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY
BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1255 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009
ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-200500-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1255 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
AN INITIAL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE
CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE TOO
STABLE WITH THIS FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS.
A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEHIND THE LINE...AND THE SUN
MAY COME OUT FOR A TIME. HOWEVER...THIS WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO
DESTABILIZE...CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP ALONG OR AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING
WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
ESTIMATED TIMING FOR THE FRONT IS AROUND 5 PM FOR NORTHWEST
ALABAMA...AROUND 7 PM FOR THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR...THEN EXITING
INTO GEORGIA BY 10 PM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY
NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER AS REMNANT MOISTURE FROM THE MAIN
SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE COLD FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY
BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
$$
BCC