Big Lake, AL Hazardous Weather Outlook

Big Lake, Alabama

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 542 PM CDT FRI JUL 25 2008
Expiration: 500 AM CDT SAT JUL 26 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...
ESPECIALLY AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF I-65. ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
REMAINS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE DROPS
SOUTH AND INTERACTS WITH A NEARLY STATIONARY LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY.
THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND
BRIEF GUSTY WINDS.

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

EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION AND INTERACTS WITH A NORTHWARD
MOVING WARM FRONT. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO
NEXT WEEK AS A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA AND INTERACT WITH AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS.

IN ADDITION...FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S
COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY...WILL POTENTIALLY LEAD TO AFTERNOON
HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 100 AND 105 SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

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