ABC 33/40 E-Forecast
ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday June 21, 2005
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Alabama One Call .... where safe digging starts.
Before beginning any type of excavation work, no matter how large or how small, be sure to DIG SAFELY and have the underground utilities marked prior to beginning your work.
Simply call Alabama One Call at 252-4444, 48 hours prior to the start of your excavation and the member utility companies will send out someone to mark their facilities free of charge.
Remember - Dig Safely
* Call Before You Dig
* Wait the Required Amount of Time
* Respect the Marks
* Dig with Care
Visit www.al1call.com for more information.
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WEATHER ACTING LIKE SUMMER: A few thunderstorms got a jump-start on the first official day of summer early this morning. The main storm fooled around the Oxford-Anniston area, not moving much, and dumping locally heavy rain. There was flooding in downtown Anniston and several reports of dime sized hail. On Noble Street, in downtown Anniston, 2.07 inches of rain was measuredmostly in one hour.
Those storms faded away. However, the ingredients are still in place for some more strong thunderstorms this afternoon and into the evening, mainly over East Central Alabama. Some could be strong enough to produce hail. They should fade away later this evening.
As a ridge aloft builds in from the NW, we expect mostly dry weather to take over starting tomorrow and through at least Thursday. There are indications that another low pressure area aloft will form over the SE by this weekend. We have reintroduced scattered showers and thunderstorms to our forecast starting Friday afternoon and into the weekend.
Meanwhile, we will see high temperatures reach and slightly exceed the 90-degree mark at mid-week.
YESTERDAYS THUNDERSTORMS: The main ones formed yesterday afternoon over South Tennessee and moved south into Alabama. Several North Alabama counties came under Severe Thunderstorm Warnings. Numerous trees were uprooted over NE Cullman County near Joppa. Lightning struck the Baptist Health Center at Snead, in North Blount County causing some structural damages and causing power outages.
ROAMING: South Florida getting way too much rain...yesterday 4.89 inches at Miami Airport, lots of flooding in the area...Miami has now received 15 inches in the first three weeks of June and Orlando 11.32 inches...getting hot, hot, hot in Arizona...highs yesterday 115 at Bouse and Goodyear, 116 in Chandler and a blistering 121 at Peoria in Maricopa County!...cold spot in theLower 48 this morning was 34 at Stanley, Idaho. That small town, in the heart of the Sawtooth Mountains is the USA cold spot many times each year.
MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Interesting story in the Birmingham News this morning about how dogs are scared by thunderstorms and other loud noises...I recommend a read...it explained that humans understand the sudden boom of thunder while doggies do not understand what it is and where the noise is coming from...Little Miss Molly has three Storm Ready locations and one of those is variable (meaning where I am at the time) I try to give her extra attention when a thunderstorm is in progress...a very enjoyable fast half-mile walk this morning...we got our usual chewing out by the two ill-tempered mocking birds but we took that in stride. It was so warm and humid that we were both very uncomfortable when we got home. Molly was ready for a treat and a nap. I was ready for more coffee and to plunge into my work. Life goes on, fair weather or storms, coffee or no coffee.
J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net
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TONIGHT
Scattered thunderstorms through the evening. A few strong storms mainly East Central Alabama.
Overnight Low 66
WIND: Light
WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 90
WIND: N 5-10
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny. A hotter afternoon.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 92
WIND: NE 6-12
FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly afternoon and evening.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 90
WIND: SE 5-10
SATURDAY
Scattered mostly afternoon showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 86
WIND: SE 5-10
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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL CAMP
4th Grade through 8th Grade
June 27-29 8:30am to 12:00 noon
Spain Park High School in Hoover
Here's a great way for young girls to learn the basics of volleyball: passing, setting, hitting and serving. All girls will receive excellent instruction and participate in games each day of the camp.
The camp is run by Spain Park Varsity Coach Laura Burke who played four years of volleyball at UAB. All campers get a special T-shirt and certificate of participation.
Just $90. Contact Coach Burke at 439-1400 ext. 7721
or by e-mail at lburke@hoover.k12.al.us
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