Severe Thunderstorm Warning 219, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
300 PM CDT MON APR 03 2000

HAVE NO TIME TO TALK. TOR WATCH FOR EASTERN HALF OF
AREA THROUGH 8 PM. WILL CONTINUE FFA UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR ADDITIONAL
POSSIBLE HEAVY RAIN PRECEDING FRONT. BRIEF COOL DOWN STILL EXPECTED
TUE DURING THE DAY AND POSSIBLE FREEZE WED MORNING. QUICK WARMUP
AFTER TROUGH EXITS TO THE EAST BY WED AND THU.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
HSV EU 044/051 030/068 045 757-0
BHM EU 045/056 031/070 046 757-0
MGM EU 053/060 033/070 046 757-0=

.BHM....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT...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.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
254 PM CDT MON APR 03 2000

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL BE EXTENDED
   UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO THREAT CONTINUES FOR EAST AND
CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL THIS EVENING...

AT 230 PM...A LINE OF STRONG AND LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS
APPROACHING FORT PAYNE...ANNISTON AND MONTGOMERY.  A TORNADO WATCH
REMAINED IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND EAST OF THE LINE.  THESE
STORMS WILL MOVE EAST INTO GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

A COLD FRONT ACROSS WEST TENNESSEE AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI IS
FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH ALABAMA TONIGHT.  ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS FRONT.  WHILE NOT EXPECTED
TO BE AS STRONG AS THOSE OF THIS AFTERNOON...A FEW STORMS COULD
PRODUCE HAIL.  ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY TO BE
LOCALIZED. HOWEVER RAINS MAY BE SUFFICIENT TO RENEW OR WORSEN
FLOODING OF LOW AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF
ALABAMA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

CLEARING COOLER AND BREEZY WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR TUESDAY.

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