Hail in Alabama, May 16, 2003

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM, AL
952 AM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

DENSE FOG ADVISORY OVER SE AREAS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 AM.

LOW CLOUDS STILL BLANKETED MUCH OF THE AREA AS OF 930 AM...ALTHOUGH
A FEW BREAKS WERE DETECTED...MAINLY OVER WESTERN AREAS BY SATELLITE.
VISIBILITIES HAVE RISEN NICELY AS WELL.

REST OF FORECAST LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW.  PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO
LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  MOST
OF THIS COMPLEX SHOULD STAY NORTH OF AREA...BUT MAY HAVE TO LOOK
OUT FOR SOME STRONG STORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN PARTS OF AREA
THIS AFTERNOON.

.BHM...DENSE FOG ADVISORY ZONES 41>50 UNTIL 10 AM.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
123 PM CDT FRI MAY 16 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

.DAY ONE (THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT)...

A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA...MAINLY NORTH OF A TUSCALOOSA TO
ANNISTON LINE THIS AFTERNOON.  DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.  BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL IS
POSSIBLE AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH.  SOME LOCATIONS THAT
RECEIVED TORRENTIAL RAINFALL LAST WEEK MAY SEE CONDITIONS AGGRAVATED
BY THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE
POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AREAS NORTH OF A TUSCALOOSA TO
ANNISTON LINE.  THEY MAY BE REQUIRED ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.