SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
1201 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009
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LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…FLORENCE…MUSCLE SHOALS…RUSSELLVILLE…
MOULTON…ATHENS…HUNTSVILLE…DECATUR…GUNTERSVILLE…
SCOTTSBORO…FORT PAYNE…CULLMAN…LYNCHBURG…FAYETTEVILLE…
WINCHESTER
1201 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009
..SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN ALABAMA AROUND 3 TO 4 PM…AND SWEEP
QUICKLY EASTWARD…REACHING THE HUNTSVILLE METRO AROUND 5 TO 6
PM…AND THEN NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA AROUND 7 TO 8 PM.
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THIS LINE WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH…LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE…WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES WHERE
PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS. AS A RESULT…ISOLATED INSTANCES
OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON.
A SECONDARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS EVENING JUST
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS IT CROSSES THE AREA. GIVEN
THE STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM…ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE
WEATHER…INCLUDING LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS…AND TORNADOES
WILL BE POSSIBLE.
PERSONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL TENNESSEE VALLEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY
ALERT TO THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS REGARDING
THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
