POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER IN THE DAY - 20090402

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POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER IN THE DAY - 20090402

Post by wb5rmg » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:44 am

Subject: [ARES] Severe Weather Outlook
From: "Rolf Goedhart"
Date: Thu, April 2, 2009 08:40

The risk for a severe weather outbreak still exist today for Alabama. You are urged to keep up with weather forecast today. The current time frame for Alabama for the potential of severe weather is from about 2:00pm to 10:00pm. Below is a Public Severe Weather Outlook issued by the Storm Prediction Center. These outlooks are issued when a moderate to high probability of severe weather exist.

NWS will hold a briefing at 10:30AM, simulcast at 155.415 about today's chance of severe WX.

PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER IN THE DAY - K4RGG, EC Madison County

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
400 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009

ALZ001>010-016-TNZ076-096-097-021800-
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
400 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AS A
WARM FRONT LIFTS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
THE PRIMARY THREATS. BY THE AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT
ARRIVING FROM THE WEST.

GIVEN THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM...SOME STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING ARE
POSSIBLE WHERE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. AT THIS TIME...THE
MOST ACTIVE PERIOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 8
PM FOR NORTHWEST ALABAMA...BETWEEN 4 PM TO 10 PM ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR...AND BETWEEN 7 PM AND MIDNIGHT ACROSS
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST ALABAMA.

IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...STRONG
WINDS WILL DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE DAY OUTSIDE OF ANY THUNDERSTORM
ACTIVITY. SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
40 MPH...CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. EVEN HIGHER WIND GUSTS
APPROACHING 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
HUNTSVILLE.

$$

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

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Re: POSSIBLE ACTIVATION LATER IN THE DAY - 20090402

Post by wb5rmg » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:40 am

The NWS has a new radar display that uses the Google Map API for a background.
They are soliciting comments, so please check it out and add your feedback ...
Go to http://radar.srh.noaa.gov/ to try it.
Here is a sample
/;^)
20090402-1_Wx.jpg
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###### WB5RMG is Alan Sieg ## http://wb5rmg.wordpress.com ######
ARRL/ARES Assistant Emergency Coordinator, Madison County Alabama

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