Hazardous Weather Outlook - 20090419

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Hazardous Weather Outlook - 20090419

Post by wb5rmg » Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:42 pm

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1255 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-200500-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1255 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

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

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

AN INITIAL LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE
CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD GENERALLY BE TOO
STABLE WITH THIS FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS.

A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEHIND THE LINE...AND THE SUN
MAY COME OUT FOR A TIME. HOWEVER...THIS WILL ALLOW CONDITIONS TO
DESTABILIZE...CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP ALONG OR AHEAD OF
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND DAMAGING
WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.

ESTIMATED TIMING FOR THE FRONT IS AROUND 5 PM FOR NORTHWEST
ALABAMA...AROUND 7 PM FOR THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR...THEN EXITING
INTO GEORGIA BY 10 PM.

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

THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY
NORTH OF THE TENNESSEE RIVER AS REMNANT MOISTURE FROM THE MAIN
SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT THE COLD FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY
BE REQUESTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.


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###### WB5RMG is Alan Sieg ## http://wb5rmg.wordpress.com ######
ARRL/ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator, Madison County Alabama

wb5rmg
Posts: 348
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:47 pm
First Name: Alan
Last Name: Sieg
City: Madison
State: AL
Mail Zip Code: 35758
License Class: Extra
Location: Sullivan @ Browns Ferry in Madison, AL
Contact:

Re: Hazardous Weather Outlook - 20090419

Post by wb5rmg » Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:40 pm

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
331 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

ALZ005>009-016-TNZ096-097-192130-
CULLMAN-FRANKLIN-JACKSON-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON-MARSHALL-MORGAN-
331 PM CDT SUN APR 19 2009

.NOW...
AT 330 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM HAZEL GREEN TO THE BANKHEAD NATIONAL
FOREST...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND THE HUNTSVILLE METRO AREA...AS WELL AS
NORTHERN CULLMAN...EASTERN MORGAN...AND WESTERN JACKSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 430 PM CDT. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

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###### WB5RMG is Alan Sieg ## http://wb5rmg.wordpress.com ######
ARRL/ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator, Madison County Alabama

wb5rmg
Posts: 348
Joined: Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:47 pm
First Name: Alan
Last Name: Sieg
City: Madison
State: AL
Mail Zip Code: 35758
License Class: Extra
Location: Sullivan @ Browns Ferry in Madison, AL
Contact:

Re: Hazardous Weather Outlook - 20090419

Post by wb5rmg » Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:24 pm

NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Limestone & Madison Counties
until 10:00 PM

Skywarn has been asked to activate.

Storms still to the west have tops of 45.000 feet and hail associated with them

Please put net in standby mode and activate only if counties to the our near
west get warnings.

73 de Rolf K4RGG
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###### WB5RMG is Alan Sieg ## http://wb5rmg.wordpress.com ######
ARRL/ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator, Madison County Alabama

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