Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
310 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

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310 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 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 WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE TODAY
ACROSS EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...OR EAST OF AN ANNISTON...TO ALEXANDER
CITY...TO OPELIKA LINE. THIS COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS.

AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL EXIST THROUGH 8 PM NORTH
FOR CHEROKEE...ETOWAH...CALHOUN AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES. A CLUSTER OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION.
STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS NEAR 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF
QUARTERS ARE POSSIBLE. TORNADOES ARE NOT LIKELY.

ADDITIONALLY...RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
COOSA RIVER BASIN. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

RIVER FLOODING IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE COOSA
RIVER BASIN THROUGH MIDWEEK...OR POSSIBLY LATER. 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 TO MONITOR FOR FLOODING.

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