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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
937 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

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937 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES, THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE BACK INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE
AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHERN ALABAMA TOWARD MORNING. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS. THE GREATER RISK WILL BE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING AS INTENSE
RAINFALL OCCURS REPEATEDLY IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH TUESDAY FOR THESE LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS THE TENNESSEE
VALLEY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...AND MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE
DAY. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AS MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF
RAINFALL BEGIN TO FILL AREA CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

A GRADUAL DECREASE IN THE INTENSITY AND COVERAGE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS
THEN EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION AND WEAKENS.

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS
ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY.

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