Poplar Springs School, AL Hazardous Weather Outlook

Poplar Springs School, Alabama

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 733 PM CDT THU AUG 21 2008
Expiration: 1200 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

TROPICAL STORM FAY IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO MOVE WESTWARD ACROSS THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EVENTUALLY INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA BY
THE END OF THE WEEKEND. ONCE THE STORM REACHES CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THE OFFICIAL FORECAST CALLS FOR THE STORM TO BE A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION.

ON THIS PATH...A GOOD PORTION OF CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL BE IMPACTED
WITH HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...AND EVEN A SMALL CHANCE FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES. IN REGARDS TO THE RAINFALL THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...LOCATIONS THAT WILL SEE GREATER THAN 1 INCH WILL BE SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM HAMILTON...TO TUSCALOOSA...TO TALLADEGA. RAINFALL
MAY BE GREATER THAN 3 INCHES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LIVINGSTON TO
UNION SPRINGS.

GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...FRIDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY. FRIDAY WILL SEE WINDS GENERALLY 15 TO 25
MPH AS THE AREA WILL SEE STRONG GRADIENT WINDS AHEAD OF FAY.
BEGINNING SATURDAY...SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS WILL SEE WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH...AS FAY BEGINS TO DRAW CLOSER. AS FAY MOVES WEST THROUGH
THE WEEKEND...THE WIND THREAT WILL MOVE WEST AS WELL.

FOR MORE INFORMATION...CONSULT THE LATEST GUIDANCE AND INFORMATION
FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS
FROM FAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.