Huntsville, AL Hazardous Weather Outlook

Huntsville, Alabama

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 722 AM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008
Expiration: 130 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 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.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A
WARM FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN
NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY AND
STALL TO OUR NORTHWEST...AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG
THE FRONT IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. A COMPLEX OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA
WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES AS THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING COULD
RESULT.

THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE PARTICULARLY
THURSDAY EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES AS THE PRIMARY WEATHER THREATS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

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