SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
748 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2009
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CULLMAN-MARSHALL-
748 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2009
…SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR CULLMAN AND MARSHALL COUNTIES UNTIL
830 AM CDT…
AT 746 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JOPPA TO DOUGLAS…
OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARAB TO 8 MILES WEST OF BOAZ…MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 30 MPH…FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING…AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH INCLUDE…
JOPPA.
HORTON.
HYATT…ARAB.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE
THUNDERSTORM. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO…COMMERCIAL RADIO…OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.