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March 21, 2005
You know it is Spring...
You know it is Spring when about every three to four days there is a risk of severe weather. So here we go for round two.
Forecast from ABC 33/40 website:
From the National Weather Service
From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
419 AM CST MON MAR 21 2005
...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY...
A COMPLEX WEATHER SITUATION IS DEVELOPING THAT COULD BRING AN OUTBREAK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF ALABAMA ON TUESDAY. A STRENGTHENING SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...CONNECTED TO A STRONG UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE...IS
LIKELY TO CAUSE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TODAY. THE STORMS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTWARD...AND COULD
AFFECT ALABAMA BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TUESDAY...UNTIL A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA.
DUE TO THE COMPLEX NATURE OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM...THERE ARE STILL MANY
UNCERTAINTIES ASSOCIATED WITH PINPOINTING THE EXACT LOCATION AND TYPE OF
SEVERE WEATHER IT MAY BRING. AT THIS TIME...STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL
DEVELOP WEST OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT AND MOVE INTO THE WESTERN
SECTIONS OF ALABAMA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THE STORMS WILL INTENSIFY DUE TO
DAYTIME HEATING ON TUESDAY AND SOME SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS COULD
DEVELOP...WHICH COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES.
SINCE MANY ALABAMA SCHOOLS ARE ON SPRING BREAK THIS WEEK...AND SOME KIDS MAY
BE HOME ALONE...FAMILIES SHOULD REVIEW THEIR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY
PROCEDURES TO MAKE SURE ALL FAMILY MEMBERS KNOW WHAT TO DO IF SEVERE WEATHER
AFFECTS THEIR AREA.
DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTIES INVOLVED WITH THE DETAILS OF THIS SYSTEM...
EVERYONE ACROSS THE STATE SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
AND FORECASTS. KEEP THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN YOUR MIND AS YOU MAKE
PLANS FOR TUESDAY.
Posted by Chris at March 21, 2005 06:43 PM