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Special Weather Statement - 20100423

Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 12:04 pm
by wb5rmg
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1102 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-240300-
LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS...RUSSELLVILLE...
MOULTON...ATHENS...HUNTSVILLE...DECATUR...GUNTERSVILLE...
SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE...CULLMAN...LYNCHBURG...FAYETTEVILLE...
WINCHESTER
1102 AM CDT FRI APR 23 2010

...TORNADO OUTBREAK POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY...
...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS LATE TONIGHT...

A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION MAY DEVELOP ON SATURDAY AS
A POWERFUL WEATHER SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI AND
TENNESSEE VALLEYS.

AN INITIAL ROUND OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING AS A WARM FRONT
MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND LOCALLY
DAMAGING WINDS.

THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING
TORNADOES...IS EXPECTED FROM EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS
. STORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
SQUALL LINE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST
THREAT OF PRODUCING STRONG AND PERHAPS LONG-LIVED TORNADOES
.

A FINAL ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITH A SQUALL LINE
SATURDAY NIGHT...WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

RESIDENTS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY ARE URGED TO REVIEW THEIR TORNADO
SAFETY PLAN NOW...AND HAVE A WAY TO RECEIVE SEVERE WEATHER
INFORMATION. IT IS ALSO A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE YOUR NOAA ALL
HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO HAS FRESH BATTERY POWER.

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KULA