Breezy conditions expected to extend into evening

Published 1:44 pm Saturday, August 23, 2008

WIND GUSTS MAY POTENTIALLY REACH 30 TO 35 MPH FOR AREAS GENERALLY

ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 59 THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AREA MARINE

INTERESTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING OUT INTO THE

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OPEN WATERWAYS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES…ESPECIALLY TRAVELING NORTH TO

SOUTH…SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT TO THESE CROSS WINDS. DUE TO THE

STRESS ON TREES FROM THE RECENT DROUGHT…TREE LIMBS MAY BE MORE

SUSCEPTIBLE TO BREAKING UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. BREEZY CONDITIONS

ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH

OF A LINE FROM EUTAW…TO CENTREVILLE…TO LAFAYETTE. CONVECTIVE

BANDS FROM TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL CONTINUE ROTATING ACROSS THE

AREA.

ISOLATED TORNADOES MAY BE POSSIBLE ACROSS A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL

ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…AS TROPICAL STORM FAY IS

FORECAST TO MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EVENTUALLY

INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

DURING THIS PERIOD AS WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY.