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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
400 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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400 PM CDT TUE MAY 21 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING FOR AREAS
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM FAYETTEVILLE...TO ATHENS...TO MOULTON.
A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE...CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL.

MORE ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY FOR
SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE LEADING INTO NORTHWEST ALABAMA. WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL GRADUALLY OVERSPREAD THE
AREA FROM THE WEST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO LOCALLY
SEVERE IN NATURE...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF BRIEF DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE THUNDERSTORM
THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA AND WEAKENS.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS THEN POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AS A
SECONDARY PIECE OF UPPER LEVEL ENERGY AND ACCOMPANYING COLD FRONT
MOVE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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