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Hazardous Weather Outlook

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

ALZ011>015-017>050-200030-
MARION-LAMAR-FAYETTE-WINSTON-WALKER-BLOUNT-ETOWAH-CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-
CLEBURNE-PICKENS-TUSCALOOSA-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST. CLAIR-TALLADEGA-
CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-COOSA-TALLAPOOSA-
CHAMBERS-MARENGO-DALLAS-AUTAUGA-LOWNDES-ELMORE-MONTGOMERY-MACON-
BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
727 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...TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE
OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS COULD
LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY SATURDAY.

ADDITIONALLY...RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS FORECAST TO OCCUR
ALONG THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER BASIN...UPPER CAHABA RIVER
BASIN...AND COOSA RIVER BASIN. 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 IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ALONG THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER
BASIN...UPPER CAHABA RIVER BASIN...AND COOSA RIVER BASIN THROUGH
SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY. 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 TONIGHT TO MONITOR FOR FLOODING.

$$








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