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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday September 7, 2004
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FRANCES DRENCHING A LOT OF PEOPLE: It would be interesting if we could
weigh the amount of rain that has fallen on Florida, Georgia, Alabama and
the Carolinas from Miss Frances. It would astound you the number of tons.

Today people from North Florida through Georgia and the Carolinas are
getting the worst of Frances even though she has been downgraded to a
tropical depression. At Patterson in South Georgia, 11.02 inches of rain
fell in the last 24 hours and 10.50 inches at High Springs, Florida.
You don't need good eyesight to know that Frances has affected Alabama
today. As we mentioned many times, the worst weather occurs near the center
and on the east side of a tropical hurricane or depression. This afternoon
the center of Frances seemed to be in extreme West Georgia north of
Columbus. Movement was slowly toward the NNE. We will still get some more
rain tonight-mostly from I-65 eastward, but showers will wind down tomorrow
morning as drier air circulates in from the NW. Look for mostly sunshine
from Thursday through the weekend with cooler nights. A number of trees were
uprooted in East-Central Alabama last night and today. Numerous trees and
power lines were down in Chambers County. At Wetumpka in Elmore County, one
person was injured when a tree landed on a vehicle.

There has been very little rainfall over West Alabama today, but a number of
places over the east half of the state received over an inch. One of the
heavier amounts in the Birmingham area was 1.42 inches at Greystone Cove in
North Shelby County. Trussville had over an inch.

SHORT NOTES: We will do this with incomplete sentences to pack in as much
information as we can-hope you don't mind...several tornadoes sighted in
South Carolina this morning...several tornado warnings in that area and also
around Ocala, Florida...numerous flash flood warnings in North Florida and
Georgia...every county in Georgia under a flood watch except for about
five...USA low this morning was 26 in Stanley, Idaho.

EYE ON IVAN: He could become the strongest hurricane so far this season. He
has grown stronger this afternoon with sustained winds near 120 MPH with
higher gusts and is expected to grow stronger in the next 24 hours. We won't
be able to take an eye off of Ivan, because he is expected to move through
the Caribbean and possibly get into the Gulf of Mexico late in the weekend.
You can bet Floridians are keeping an anxious eye.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Little Miss Molly had some visitors last
night. A young couple, and good friends, Keith and Randi, came by. They did
not come to see us, instead they wanted to meet little Miss Molly. They are
faithful readers of "My Tiny Corner." You can bet Molly filled the bill. All
three of them had an hour long play session and Molly enjoyed it to the
fullest. She was pooped when they left and immediately collapsed on her
blanket. They did me a great favor, because I had to ignore Molly most of
the day and she misses her play sessions more than anything. I will have buy
Molly a new toy to make up to her when all this hurricane work finally slows
down. Life goes on with the help of visitors.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Cloudy with occasional rain. Breezy at times.
Morning Low 68
WIND: N 10-15

WEDNESDAY
Showers ending during the morning. Brisk NW winds.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 78
WIND: NW 10-20

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny and less humid.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 84
WIND: N 6-12

FRIDAY
Sunny with a cool morning.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NE 5-10

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 64 Afternoon High 88
WIND: E 5-10

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