Severe Thunderstorm Warning 275, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
245 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000

A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH
MONDAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TO THE EAST BUILDS WEST A LITTLE
THROUGH MONDAY WITH THE AXIS NEAR THE GULF COAST. THIS COULD LIMIT
CONVECTION A BIT OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE AREA, BUT PLENTY OF
MOISTURE SHOULD CONTINUE TO FLOW AROUND THE HIGH AND INTO MOST OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA. THE MODELS ALSO INDICATE THAT A SHORT WAVE
WILL PUSH INTO NORTH ALABAMA LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT, SO POPS
WILL CONTINUE ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY.  A LARGE CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND
STORMS WAS SPREADING NORTH OUT OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. THESE SHOULD
CONTINUE WELL INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
ALABAMA WHERE SOME OF THE MOST UNSTABLE AIR EXISTS.  WILL GO LIKELY
POPS MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT.

HSV 070/085 070/087 5755
BHM 070/086 070/087 5755
MGM 071/089 071/090 5645

.BHM...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
130 PM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

A MOIST...UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT INCHES TOWARD
THE TENNESSEE VALLEY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

YOU CAN EXPECT OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS...AND
LOCALLY RAINFALL WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS.  SOME OF THE STORMS MAY
BECOME STRONG...BUT NO WIDESPREAD...ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS
EXPECTED TODAY.

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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