Severe Thunderstorm Warning 407, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
256 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS PORTIONS OF TN WILL MOVE SEWD OVERNIGHT AND
REACH INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS BY 12Z ON FRIDAY.  VORT MAX WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE BASE OF UPPER TROF ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS ON
FRIDAY AND THEN SHIFT SE OF THE AREA LATER IN THE DAY.  MODELS SHOW
MUCH DRIER AIR SPREADING INTO THE AREA FRI AFTN THROUGH SATURDAY.

LATEST SATELLITE LOOPS AND RADAR DATA SHOW SCT TSTMS DEVELOPING
RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF SRN TN...WILL GO WITH SCT POPS ACROSS
MUCH OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT AS FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA.  WILL ALSO
MENTION POSSIBLE SVR TSTMS ACROSS THE EXTREME N.

WITH DRIER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA FRI NITE AND SAT...ONLY SMALL
POPS WILL BE CARRIED ACROSS THE EXTREME S.

USED A BLEND OF THE FWC/FAN TEMPS.

HSV 70/92/64/92 5100   BHM 70/92/65/92 3100   MGM 73/94/68/93 32-1

.BHM...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
130 PM CDT THU AUG 10 2000

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON. LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA...WILL ACT AS A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING HOURS...BUT NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
LARGE HAIL...AND STRAIGHTLINE WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...
ASSOCIATED WITH ANY SEVERE WEATHER WHICH DEVELOPS.

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