ABC 33/40 E-WARN: SPSBHM

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SPSBHM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
254 PM CDT FRI SEP 3 2004

ALZ011>015-017>050-041230-
AUTAUGA AL-BARBOUR AL-BIBB AL-BLOUNT AL-BULLOCK AL-CALHOUN AL-
CHAMBERS AL-CHEROKEE AL-CHILTON AL-CLAY AL-CLEBURNE AL-COOSA AL-
DALLAS AL-ELMORE AL-ETOWAH AL-FAYETTE AL-GREENE AL-HALE AL-
JEFFERSON AL-LAMAR AL-LEE AL-LOWNDES AL-MACON AL-MARENGO AL-
MARION AL-MONTGOMERY AL-PERRY AL-PICKENS AL-PIKE AL-RANDOLPH AL-
RUSSELL AL-SHELBY AL-ST. CLAIR AL-SUMTER AL-TALLADEGA AL-
TALLAPOOSA AL-TUSCALOOSA AL-WALKER AL-WINSTON AL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALABASTER...ALEXANDER CITY...ALICEVILLE...
ANNISTON...ASHLAND...AUBURN...BESSEMER...BIRMINGHAM...BRENT...
CENTRE...CHILDERSBURG...CLANTON...COLUMBIANA...CORDOVA...DADEVILLE...
DEMOPOLIS...DOUBLE SPRINGS...EUFAULA...EUTAW...FAYETTE...
FULTONDALE...GADSDEN...GARDENDALE...GREENSBORO...HALEYVILLE...
HAMILTON...HAYNEVILLE...HEFLIN...HELENA...HOOVER...HUEYTOWN...
JASPER...LAFAYETTE...LANETT...LINCOLN...LINDEN...LIVINGSTON...
MARION...MINOR...MONTEVALLO...MONTGOMERY...MOODY...ONEONTA...
OPELIKA...OXFORD...PELHAM...PELL CITY...PHENIX CITY...PIEDMONT...
PRATTVILLE...RAINBOW CITY...ROANOKE...ROCKFORD...SELMA...SYLACAUGA...
TALLADEGA...TROY...TRUSSVILLE...TUSCALOOSA...TUSKEGEE...
UNION SPRINGS...WARRIOR...WEDOWEE...WEST END-COBB TOWN...WETUMPKA...
WINFIELD AND YORK
254 PM CDT FRI SEP 3 2004

...POTENTIAL HURRICANE FRANCES IMPACTS ON CENTRAL ALABAMA...

HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST
OF THE FLORIDA LOWER EAST COAST THIS AFTERNOON...TRAVELING WEST
NORTHWEST AROUND 9 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE AROUND 115 MPH.
AT THIS TIME...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TROPICAL PREDICTION
CENTER (TPC) HAS THE REMNANTS OF FRANCES MOVING GENERALLY
NORTHWEST...TOWARD SOUTHEAST ALABAMA LATE MONDAY NIGHT...AND ACROSS
PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA ON TUESDAY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
OFFICIAL HURRICANE FORECAST TRACK FOR DETAILS.

THERE REMAINS MUCH UNCERTAINTY WITH THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF THE
REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FRANCES. MUCH OF THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND APPEARS
FREE OF ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. BUT RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN
INCREASING FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...FRANCES WOULD BE A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA ON TUESDAY. LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE A POSSIBILITY WITH AS MUCH AS TWO TO FOUR INCHES
OCCURRING LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
WOULD OCCUR CLOSE TO THE ALABAMA GEORGIA STATELINE...IN THE VICINITY
OF US 431. POTENTIAL WIND GUST MAY REACH AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.

A SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK WESTWARD WOULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL
FOR HEAVY RAINFALL...THUNDERSTORMS...AND WIND GUSTS TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS ADVERSE WEATHER WOULD BECOME MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD. A
SHIFT IN THE FORECAST TRACK EASTWARD WOULD GREATLY IMPROVE THE
WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH LOWER RAIN
AMOUNTS AND LOWER WIND GUSTS.

HOLIDAY TRAVELERS ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WILL BE
IMPACTED BY THE PROGRESS OF FRANCES TO SOME EXTENT. DUE TO THE
UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST TRACK THIS FAR OUT...PLEASE REMAIN AWARE
OF THE PROGRESS OF FRANCES THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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