HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK - Update

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
516 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008

516 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2008
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE THIS MORNING AND
TRAVERSE THE STATE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE BIGGEST CONCERN
FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES AROUND 7AM
CDT. HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT THE
CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THIS THREAT
WILL BE ALONG A PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE. THE TORNADO THREAT WILL
DIMINISH AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH THE STATE...BUT WIND GUSTS OF 35
TO 45 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE WILL BE FELT NONETHELESS.

THE ACTUAL FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA A COUPLE OF HOURS
BEHIND THIS SQUALL LINE...AND SOME THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT IS
POSSIBLE. AGAIN...THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE MORE RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.
THE ENTIRE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA AROUND 4 OR 5 PM.

THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED...AS WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
WILL BE LIKELY THROUGHOUT TODAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...SO THIS ADVISORY WILL END AT 7PM CDT.