Severe Thunderstorm Warning 382, NWS Birmingham, AL

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
959 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT ACROSS TENNESSEE ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO NORTH ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON.  A FEW OVER THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY COULD HAVE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL.  ACTIVATION
OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY IS A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

NO SEVERE WEATER IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE OVER ALABAMA OR WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE
WEB AT HTTP://WWW.ACESAG.AUBURN.EDU/DEPARTMENT/NWS/

ALZ001>050-GAZ089-090-102-120-260205-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
FOR NORTH/CENTRAL AL AND WEST CENTRAL GA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
959 AM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT ACROSS TENNESSEE ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO NORTH ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON.  A FEW OVER THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY COULD HAVE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL.  ACTIVATION
OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY IS A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

NO SEVERE WEATER IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE OVER ALABAMA OR WEST CENTRAL
GEORGIA.

FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION VISIT OUR INTERNET SITE ON THE WORLD WIDE
WEB AT HTTP://WWW.ACESAG.AUBURN.EDU/DEPARTMENT/NWS/

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
100 PM CDT TUE MAY 26 1998

...FIRST SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF RAIN FOR NORTH ALABAMA IN THREE WEEKS...

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX OVER WESTERN TENNESSEE HAS SPAWNED AN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST TOWARD ALABAMA...AND BRING THE FIRST
CHANCE OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN TO THE NORTHERN PART OF ALABAMA SINCE MAY
11TH.

EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM NEAR MUSCLE SHOALS
TO YAZOO CITY IN MISSISSIPPI.  THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO PARTS OF
NORTHWEST ALABAMA DURING THE AFTERNOON.  IF THE STORMS HOLD
TOGETHER...THUNDERSTORMS MAY AFFECT THE HUNTSVILLE...TUSCALOOSA AND
BIRMINGHAM AREAS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

THESE STORMS WHILE PRODUCING THE FIRST RAIN IN THREE WEEKS...MAY ALSO
PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING
SKIES...LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.
TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR
THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.