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    Tuesday, November 15, 2005
      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: SPSBHM

    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WWUS84 KBMX 151354
    SPSBMX

    SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
    755 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

    ALZ011>015-017>050-152200-
    AUTAUGA-BARBOUR-BIBB-BLOUNT-BULLOCK-CALHOUN-CHAMBERS-CHEROKEE-
    CHILTON-CLAY-CLEBURNE-COOSA-DALLAS-ELMORE-ETOWAH-FAYETTE-GREENE-HALE-
    JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
    PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
    TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
    755 AM CST TUE NOV 15 2005

    ...SEVERE WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

    A STRONG AND FAST MOVING COLD FRONT WILL RACE SOUTHWARD FROM THE
    MIDWEST TOWARD THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY. THE FRONT WILL
    TRIGGER SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON
    AND TONIGHT.

    AS THE COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVE CLOSER TO THE AREA...THE
    PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN RESULTING IN SURFACE WINDS INCREASING
    TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN
    EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEE BHMNPWBMX FOR MORE INFORMATION.

    WARM, MOIST, AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL PUSH STRONGLY NORTHWARD
    TODAY...FAVORING SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON, AND
    ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. ISOLATED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
    AHEAD OF THE PRE-FRONTAL SQUALL LINE THIS AFTERNOON. SUPERCELLS
    OFTEN PRODUCE TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL, AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE SQUALL
    LINE IS EXPECTED MOVE INTO THE AREA AROUND 9 PM.

    THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE GREATEST RISK FOR
    SEVERE WEATHER IS ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE
    FORECAST AREA...INCLUDING PICKENS...LAMAR...FAYETTE...MARION...AND
    WINSTON COUNTIES...AND THE NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF SUMTER...
    GREENE...TUSCALOOSA...AND WALKER COUNTIES. TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF
    THE MODERATE RISK AREA, TO JUST SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 85
    CORRIDOR...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE PRIMARY
    THREAT IN THE SLIGHT RISK AREA IS DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS...
    ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

    REMEMBER...THIS IS FALL SEVERE WEATHER SEASON AND THE MONTH OF
    NOVEMBER HAS HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT OUTBREAKS OF
    SEVERE WEATHER. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
    SEVERE WEATHER AFFECTING YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BE
    SURE TO HAVE A RELIABLE SOURCE FOR WEATHER INFORMATION. MOST
    ELECTRONICS DEPARTMENTS IN RETAIL STORES CARRY NOAA WEATHER RADIOS,
    AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING AREA
    SPECIFIC WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

    AFTER PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT...MUCH COLDER...DRIER AIR WILL PUSH
    INTO THE REGION AND A FREEZE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR THE
    ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

    $$
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