HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
411 AM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

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

DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY AFTER 9 PM TUESDAY NIGHT...LASTING UNTIL 9 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

THE INGREDIENTS NECESSARY FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...WILL BE COMING TOGETHER ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SCATTERED STORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
CONVECTION WILL EVENTUALLY ORGANIZE INTO A LINE...AND MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA AND IS EXPECTED TO ENTER THE WESTERN PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA AROUND MIDNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITHIN THE LINE...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

A LINE OF ORGANIZED STORMS ORIENTED NORTH TO SOUTH...WILL BE LOCATED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR BY 6 AM...AND QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS DECREASING AFTER 9 AM. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS LINE...AND ANY ISOLATED SUPERCELL DEVELOPMENT AHEAD OF THE LINE...WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.