Arab, AL Hazardous Weather Outlook

Arab, Alabama

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 502 AM CDT THU AUG 21 2008
Expiration: 130 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008

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

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING NORTHWARD INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY WILL HELP TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN PORTIONS
OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY. THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS
ARE IN NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA...WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN
CENTRAL PARTS OF THE AREA. A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WIND
GUSTS...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

TROPICAL STORM FAY WILL MOVE WESTWARD THROUGH THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE AND PERHAPS INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA THIS WEEKEND.
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AROUND THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL
BRING AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE TO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AS A
RESULT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS THIS WEEKEND. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL
BE CAPABLE OF STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

RAIN CHANCES MAY INCREASE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK DEPENDING UPON THE
MOVEMENT OF TROPICAL STORM FAY. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE REMNANTS
OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CROSS THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS SCENARIO WOULD
BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. HOWEVER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS
SYSTEM REMAINS UNKNOWN...AND FURTHER OUTLOOKS WILL CONTINUE TO
BETTER REFINE THE OVERALL THREAT.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.