Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Huntsville, AL

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
104 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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104 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FOR ALL AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW
STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THE PRIMARY IMPACTS ARE WIND GUSTS
UP TO 60 MPH...HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS...AND PERHAPS A BRIEF
TORNADO. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. ALTHOUGH
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT...THE
INTENSITY AND COVERAGE WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE
REGION ON SATURDAY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL AREAS.
STORM COVERAGE WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ON SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY. GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BRING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES BACK TO THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY ON TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...WITH A LOW CHANCE
OF STORMS LINGERING THROUGH THURSDAY AS THE FRONT STALLS IN THE
REGION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

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

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