Severe Thunderstorm Warning 491, NWS Birmingham, AL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
308 AM CDT SUN AUG 27 2000

SATELLITE LOOPS SHOWING SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO AND
TENNESSEE VALLEYS THIS MORNING.  RADARS SHOWING CONVECTION MOVING
SOUTHEAST JUST CLIPPING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE AREA.

MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT OF MOVING SHORTWAVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA THROUGH PERIOD.  AT THE MOMENT WILL OPT
FOR SCATTERED PERCENTAGES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA FOR TODAY.  WILL
KEEP SMALL PROBABILITIES IN FOR THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA.  SMALL PROBABILITIES TO CONTINUE IN
THE SOUTH PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.

AT THE SURFACE, COLD FRONT MOVES OVER NORTHERN COUNTIES THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH WEAK THIS SHOULD PROVIDE AS A FOCUS FOR
CONVECTION ON MONDAY.

PRELIMINARIES...
HSV EB 090/071 092/070 093 65422
BHM BB 093/073 093/071 094 65422
MGM BB 097/072 096/073 096 65422=

.BHM...NONE.

ALZ001>038-040>050-272100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
128 PM CDT SUN AUG 27 2000

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL ALABAMA.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER, MAINLY OVER THE EAST
CENTRAL, AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA, THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE AFTERNOON,AND INTO THE EVENING. RAIN COOLED AIR LIES OVER
NORTHEAST ALABAMA, AND THE BOUNDARY SEPARATING THIS COOLER AIR AND
HOT, UNSTABLE, AIR TO THE SOUTH, WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SEVERE
WEATHER. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS.  SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER NORTH ALABAMA, BUT THESE
ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST PART
OF THE AREA UNTIL 6 PM.  ELSEWHERE, STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD ALSO REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
ACTIVATION.