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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1210 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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1210 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS COULD LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY SATURDAY.

ADDITIONALLY...RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE TALLAPOOSA
RIVER BASIN AND WILL CONTINUE. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS
AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON COULD POSE A
RISK OF CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING GENERALLY NEAR AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65.

RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER BASIN
THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY MONDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO
RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO MONITOR FOR FLOODING.

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