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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
100 PM CDT THU MAY 02 2002
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.
A COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHWARD INTO ALABAMA WILL CAUSE SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FORM ACROSS THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AS CONDITIONS WARM UP THIS AFTERNOON...
AND THE AIR MASS ACROSS ALABAMA BECOMES INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE...SOME
OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY GROW STRONG ENOUGH TO BECOME SEVERE.
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED A LARGE PART OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL ALABAMA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN SHIFT INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT.
ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...
AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD
MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.