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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

341 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

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341 PM CDT THU JUL 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE…THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE

FROM SELMA…TO PRATTVILLE…TO OPELIKA. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE

CITIES OF TROY…EUFAULA…TUSKEGEE…AUBURN…PHENIX CITY

AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. THE MAIN STORM THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING

WINDS TO 60 MPH…ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN SHORT PERIOD OF

TIME…AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW TREES MAY BE

KNOCKED DOWN BY THESE WINDS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. ANY

PARTICULAR LOCATION MAY RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS

THROUGH 7 PM.

ELSEWHERE…A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORM RE-

DEVELOPMENT…MAINLY AFTER 8 PM. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE WIND GUSTS

TO 40 MPH AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON FRIDAY

WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THE LIKELY TIMING OF STORM

DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FROM THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS…POSSIBLY LASTING

INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH AND HEAVY

RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THE LINE OF STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT EXPECTED

AT THIS TIME.

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