ABC 33/40 E-WARN: SPSBHM From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
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SPSBMX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
401 PM CST MON DEC 6 2004

...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL ALABAMA LATE TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY...

RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST CONDITIONS HAVE RETURNED TO MUCH OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. AS A POTENT UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES...IT WILL SET OFF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE
COLD FRONT. DUE TO THE UNSEASONABLY WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IN
PLACE...AND STRONG WINDS IN BOTH THE LOWER AND UPPER ATMOSPHERE...
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE.

AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE
DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS TONIGHT...THROUGH MID-DAY ON TUESDAY. A
BAND OR LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA DURING THAT TIME. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE
STORMS...WITH A POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES.

AN ADDITIONAL THREAT OF THIS SYSTEM IS HEAVY RAIN. THE POTENTIAL
EXIST FOR ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN...GENERALLY ACROSS NORTH AND
WEST ALABAMA. A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IS IN EFFECT FOR
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND MAY BE EXPANDED OR EXTENDED
INTO TUESDAY.

EVERYONE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...AND KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST
REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

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