Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
830 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

SENT OUT QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE SEVERE TSTM WATCH WORDING ALTHOUGH A
NEW WATCH MAY BE NEEDED SOON. ALSO CLEANED UP THE FORECAST. NO
CONTENT CHANGE ATTM.  75

.BHM...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TODAY ALZ001>027-030>032-034.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
909 AM CDT MON APR 3 2000

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA
THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
ALABAMA TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...

THE THREAT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF ALABAMA THROUGH EARLY
TONIGHT.  A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA.  A SURFACE LOW WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF
A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO AND ACROSS THE
AREA.  WITH MOST AREAS SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINFALL...ANY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE SOME FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.  IF
YOU LIVE IN AREAS THAT ARE EASILY PRONE TO FLOODING...HAVE AN
EMERGENCY PLAN READY SHOULD THE WATER RISE QUICKLY.

WITH NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES ACROSS THE STATE...SOME SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS WE GO THROUGH THE PEAK
HEATING HOURS.

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR...LOCAL TV AND RADIO...FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS
LATER TODAY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
214 PM CDT MON APR 3 2000

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
155...LIMESTONE...LAUDERDALE...COLBERT...FRANKLIN...LAWRENCE...
MORGAN...MARION...WINSTON...CULLMAN...LAMAR...FAYETTE...WALKER...
PICKENS...TUSCALOOSA...SUMTER...GREENE...AND HALE. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES ACROSS ALABAMA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH
SEVERE LIMITS AT THIS TIME.