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THE TENNESSEE VALLEY-Severe weather is coming to The Valley. Here is the National Weather Service Hazardous Weather Outlook for the next couple of days:
"LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MADISON-MORGAN-
MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB-CULLMAN-MOORE-LINCOLN-FRANKLIN TN-
1116 AM CDT SUN OCT 12 2014
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH ALABAMA AND PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AS A
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS
COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL COULD ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY AHEAD
OF A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE WEST. A SQUALL
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ARRIVE IN NORTHWEST ALABAMA AFTER
MIDNIGHT...LIKELY IN THE 1 TO 3 AM TIMEFRAME...EXITING NORTHEASTERN
ALABAMA AND PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MIDDLE TENNESSEE BETWEEN NOON AND 2
PM TUESDAY AFTERNOON. DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND BRIEF
TORNADOES WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME AS WELL...WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE.
THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER...GUSTY SOUTHERLY
WINDS WILL OCCUR FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
SUSTAINED WINDS UP TO 20 MPH ARE LIKELY...WITH WIND GUSTS APPROACHING
30 MPH. HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE HIGHER SUSTAINED
WINDS AND WIND GUSTS...WITH 30 MPH WINDS AND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IS
POSSIBLE FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON."
