Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
306 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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306 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...
WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THIS COULD LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY SATURDAY.

ADDITIONALLY...RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE TALLAPOOSA
RIVER BASIN AND UPPER CAHABA RIVER BASIN. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER
FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

ONGOING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON COULD POSE A
RISK OF CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING GENERALLY NEAR AND EAST OF
INTERSTATE 65.

RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE TALLAPOOSA RIVER BASIN AND
UPPER CAHABA RIVER BASIN THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY AND POSSIBLY
INTO MONDAY MORNING. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE
NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TO MONITOR FOR FLOODING.

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