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Afternoon Edition For Saturday February 19, 2005 ==================================================================
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GOOD AFTERNOON: Greetings from Denver and the National Storm Chasers Convention. Wish you were here! I will have lots to share over the next couple of days.

VIRGA: Clouds overspread the northwestern half of the state this morning. Morning lows ranged from the upper 20s to the lower 30s across the area. Temperatures have been held back slightly by the clouds, with most areas remaining in the 50s. In areas which received more sunshine, readings have been slightly warmer, making it to near 60 degrees. Radar images early this morning showed some returns across North Alabama, but most of this precipitation was not reaching the ground. This phenomenon is called virga.
A few sprinkles may have reached the ground in some areas, but most places stayed dry.

RAIN TO RETURN: The precipitation that is evaporating before reaching the ground is slowly moistening the atmosphere. As those moisture levels continue to rise, light rain will eventually start reaching the ground over time. By tonight, low pressure will be developing over western Kansas.

This low will move northeast, putting Alabama in the warm sector tomorrow. A few showers will dot the area during the day on Sunday, with more widespread rain and a few storms moving into the area later in the day into the overnight.

THE WEEK AHEAD: A cold front will settle into North Alabama on Monday. It will become stationary as the upper level wind flow becomes more zonal, or west to east. As disturbances ripple along the boundary, showers and a few storms will occur each day through Thursday, when a stronger low will sweep across, pushing the front through the area.

ON THIS DATE IN 1884: The Enigma Tornado Outbreak struck the Southern U.S. from Mississippi to Virginia with a total of approximately sixty tornadoes. No one is sure of the death toll (hence the name of the outbreak), but estimates ranged from 182 to 1,200.

Forty four people died in at least five tornadoes across Alabama. The deadliest tornado of the day in Alabama killed thirty as it moved across Northeast Alabama into Northwest Georgia in the same area as the Palm Sunday tornado of 1994. The tornado reportedly struck the schoolhouse at Goshen, near Piedmont, blowing it “to atoms.” The schoolmaster was killed and 25 students injured.

This tornado probably was born from the same supercell thunderstorm that had produced an F4 tornado about an hour earlier across Jefferson and St. Clair Counties. This tornado touched down about eight miles south of Birmingham around 1:20 p.m. Several people were injured and nine homes destroyed in the Oxmoor community. The tornado moved northeast, hitting the young industrial community of Leeds very hard, where thirteen people perished and 27 homes were destroyed. The total path length was 35 miles.
Damage across the South totaled $4 million, which was remarkably high since the tornadoes mainly hit rural areas. The 1883 and 1884 tornado seasons resulted in the largest number of killer tornadoes in two consecutive years with 126.

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TONIGHT
Cloudy with a chance of showers.
Morning Low 45
WIND: SSE 4-8

SUNDAY
Rain becoming likely along with a few thunderstorms.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 61
WIND: S 8-16

MONDAY
Continued cloudy with a chance of showers.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 64
WIND: W 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly to mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.
Morning Low 51 Afternoon High 68
WIND: SW 4-8

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 59
WIND: NE 6-12

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