Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
507 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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507 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

AREAS OF FOG WILL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST
ALABAMA EARLY THIS MORNING. PATCHY DENSE FOG MAY OCCUR IN SOME
LOCATIONS...POTENTIALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE.

OTHERWISE...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE REGION THIS MORNING...WITH THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF
STORMS EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 70 MPH...LARGE
HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING THE PRIMARY THREATS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL MAY ALSO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER AND SOME
INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING IF SEVERAL WAVES OF THUNDERSTORMS IMPACT
THE SAME LOCATION. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS WILL PERSIST
OVERNIGHT...BUT THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SHOULD DECREASE AFTER
DUSK.

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

A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION ON
SUNDAY. HOWEVER...STORM CHANCES WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST
THROUGH THE DAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES AWAY FROM THE
AREA.

ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTHWEST
AND NORTH CENTRAL ALABAMA ON TUESDAY NIGHT...AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HOWEVER...THE GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE OF
STORMS WILL OCCUR FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AS THE COLD FRONT
PUSHES VERY SLOWLY INTO THE REGION. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS WILL
LINGER ON THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.

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