Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Hazardous Weather Outlook - Update

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM..

DAY ONE...AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON FROM 4 PM THROUGH1 AM CST...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM JASPER TO TUSCALOOSA TOALICEVILLE. THESE STORMS COULD POTENTIALLY DEVELOP OUT AHEAD OFTHE MAIN SQUALL LINE AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANTTORNADOES DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLEGENERALLY AFTER 1 AM TONIGHT...LASTING UNTIL AROUND NOON ON WEDNESDAY.

A SQUALL LINE WILL ENTER FAR NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE GENERALLY WEST OF A HAMILTON TO VERNON LINE BY 1AM CST. BY 4 AM...THE SQUALL LINE WILL BE NEAR A LINE FROM JASPER...TO TUSCALOOSA...TOLIVINGSTON. BY 7 AM...THE LINE WILL BE NEAR AN ONEONTA...TOCLANTON...TO MOSSES LINE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...CAN BE EXPECTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SQUALL LINE AND TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

SOUTHERLY WINDS OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AND SQUALL LINE WILLMAKE CONDITION QUITE BREEZY TONIGHT AND THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINDSWILL BE SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH..

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THE SQUALL LINE OVERNIGHT TUESDAY...WILL BE ORIENTED NORTH TOSOUTH ON WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND WILL BE LOCATED GENERALLY ALONG ALINE NEAR ONEONTA...TO CLANTON...TO SELMA AT 7 AM CST. BY 10 AM...THELINE WILL BE NEAR ANNISTON...TO MONTGOMERY. AND BY NOON...THESQUALL LINE WILL BE NEAR ROANOKE TO TROY...BEFORE MOVING INTOGEORGIA BY 3 PM. ALTHOUGH THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WEAKENAFTER 4 AM...DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...CAN BE EXPECTED ANDTORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG OUT AHEAD AND ALONG THE COLD FRONTAND SQUALL LINE THROUGH NOON ON WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BESHIFTING TO THE WEST AS THE FRONT CLEARS AN AREA AND WILLDISSIPATE WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.

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