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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

740 PM CDT SUN AUG 16 2009

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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE…TONIGHT.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA

TONIGHT AHEAD OF TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE. SLOW MOVING…TRAINING

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR

FLOODING. ONE TO THREE INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS…ARE

POSSIBLE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT AFTER 4 AM FOR LOCATIONS

SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORGAN SPRINGS TO JEMISON TO TUSKEGEE TO SPRING

HILL.

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED AFTER MIDNIGHT FOR

THE SELMA… MONTGOMERY AND TROY AREAS AS THE CENTER OF CLAUDETTE

MAKES ITS WAY INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE IS

POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER GUSTS…ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES IN

OUTER RAIN BANDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ACROSS THE WARNED

AREA AS THE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWEST AND WEAKENS. STRONG

THUNDERSTORMS…WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST

OF CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON MONDAY. ISOLATED

TORNADOES MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS DUE TO THE TROPICAL

NATURE OF THE SYSTEM. SLOW MOVING AND TRAINING SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WITH LOCALIZED

MINOR FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT…

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED

THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.

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