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

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818 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...

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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