Tornado in Alabama, August 29, 2005

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1125 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

.UPDATE...

JUST UPDATED THE ZONES TO ADD THE NEW TORNADO WATCH OVER CENTRAL
ALABAMA. COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THE WATCH AT THIS TIME
ARE CHEROKEE...ETOWAH...CALHOUN...CLEBURNE...MARION AND WINSTON
COUNTIES.

CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE
THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR SOUTHWESTERN ZONES WERE
STRONGER WINDS WILL IMPACT THE AREA FIRST. THE LATEST OFFICIAL
TRACK HAS NOT CHANGED. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE LATER TONIGHT.

AS FAR AS THE TORNADO THREAT GOES...THEY WILL BE ISOLATED.
MOVEMENT WILL BE VERY FAST...AROUND 50 AND 60 MPH...AND WILL BE
SHORT LIVED.

FLOODING IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA IS POSSIBLE UNTIL
TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE OVER OUR WESTERN ZONES
WERE 4 TO 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8
INCHES. AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 WILL RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES.

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.BMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AL...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR AREAS GENERALLY WEST
     OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM 8AM CDT MONDAY UNTIL 4PM CDT TUESDAY.
     WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM
     1PM CDT MONDAY UNTIL 4PM CDT TUESDAY.
     FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM MONDAY
     AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING.
     TORNADO WATCH 755 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MOST
     OF CENTRAL ALABAMA.

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10/ARM

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1141 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

ALZ011>015-017>050-292200-
AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
1141 AM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT WESTERN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY...
...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...
...FLASH FLOOD IN EFFECT 4 PM TODAY THROUGH 7 PM TUESDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM 1 PM
TODAY THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...(TODAY AND TONIGHT).

WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE TODAY AS DANGEROUS HURRICANE
KATRINA MOVES ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH LAND-FALLING HURRICANES INCLUDE
TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...
TORNADOES...AND SUBSEQUENT RIVER FLOODING.  WITH A PROJECTED PATH
OF KATRINA ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI...KEEPING MUCH OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA IN THE DANGEROUS EASTERN SIDE OF THE HURRICANE.

KATRINA WILL HAVE THE MOST IMPACT ON AREAS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH WILL
SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...GENERALLY
WEST OF A TUSCALOOSA TO MONTGOMERY LINE.  THESE WIND SPEEDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...AND THEN DIMINISH AFTER
MIDNIGHT.  EAST OF THIS LINE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  WIND SPEEDS WILL
THEN INCREASE THIS EVENING TO 35 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.

THE MOST CRITICAL PERIOD FOR WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE FROM 4
PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  THERE WILL BE ISOLATED
TORNADOES IN THE FEEDER BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH KATRINA.  THESE
TYPE OF TORNADOES DEVELOP FAST AND MAY HAVE LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM AND ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND
PROPERTY SHOULD ALREADY BE COMPLETED.

FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS, PLEASE SEE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH
(NPWBMX), HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT (HLSBMX) AND A PUBLIC WEATHER
STATEMENT (PNSBMX).

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY).

KATRINAS DIRECT IMPACT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...
ALTHOUGH THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH EARLY
IN THE MORNING. RIVER FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN THROUGH MOST OF THE
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF
HURRICANE KATRINA OPERATIONS.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
238 PM CDT MON AUG 29 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 SE DADEVILLE          32.75N 85.67W
08/29/2005                   TALLAPOOSA         AL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN AND SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN REELTOWM.

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MROSE