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Afternoon Edition For Saturday April 16, 2005 ==================================================================
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

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GOOD AFTERNOON: Greetings from Princeton, New Jersey this afternoon. Boy, I am sorry I am missing out on the nice weather back home today, even though it is perfectly beautiful here also, compliments of the same high pressure that is in control of Alabama's weather.

FORECAST: Not much to talk about in the forecast department. An easterly flow continues to funnel cool, dry air in Alabama, giving us some wonderful sleeping weather. High pressure will remain in control of our weather through midweek, when the high will move far enough to the east to allow a more southerly flow and a return of Gulf moisture. Clouds will be on the increase by Wednesday, with showers becoming more likely by the later half of the week into the weekend.

RECORD BIN: I have always loved the idea of living in Astoria, Oregon. I don't know why. I have seen it featured in movies, and I think that I would love the cloudy, cool, damp climate. 1.92 inches of rain fell there on Friday, a record for the date.

WEATHER NOTEBOOK: It is not often that we are talking about matters of the tropics in April. In fact, in the recorded weather history of the North Atlantic, which is indisputably a drop in the bucket in the continuum of time, there has only ever been one tropical storm in April. That was Ana in April of 2003. This morning, we have a strong coastal low about 375 miles southeast of the North Carolina Outer Banks. A storm warning was in effect over the offshore waters of the western Atlantic for winds up to 55 knots (64 mph) and seas of 28 feet. Strong winds were being felt along the coast from northeast Florida to the Mid Atlantic due to the gradient between the low and the high centered over New England. Some beach erosion has been occurring along the Outer Banks. In addition, freeze warnings are in effect in many areas of the Mid Atlantic from Baltimore to northern Virginia as cold air spills into the region from the northeast.

ON THIS DATE IN 1927: The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was raging. Tremendous rains all over the Mississippi River Valley during the preceding autumn and winter sent floodwaters raging southward over a wide area. On this date, the supposedly impregnable government levee at Dorena, MO collapsed. The surge of floodwater was pushing downriver toward the Mississippi Delta, bursting more levees as it goes.

The news flashed like a shockwave to New Orleans, where the Crescent City residents remembered the 1922 flood that had nearly breached their levees. All along the river, worried residents feared sabotage to their levees. They knew that a break across the River would relive pressure on their side and possibly save their towns, so the threat of sabotage was very real. Armed men patrolled their levees to prevent such activities.

In Greenville, MS, 30,000 men were working frantically to raise the height of the levees. Eventually the workers would be working at gunpoint as the situation became more desperate. Hundreds of workers died in the crevasse that opened up at Mounds Landing, north of Greenville and water churning brown water would cover the Mississippi Delta.

ON THIS DATE IN 1990: But I swear I sent it. Many federal tax returns being loaded into a truck were blown away in Oklahoma City by a violent thunderstorm with nearly 100 mph wind gusts. Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City recorded wind gust to 93 mph, strongest there in 24 years.

Bill Murray

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TONIGHT
Clear skies.
Morning Low 46
WIND: E 5-10

SUNDAY
Lots of sunshine.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 74
WIND: E 5-10

MONDAY
Sunny skies continue.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SE 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Thickening clouds. Chance of a shower.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 77
WIND: S 6-12

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Morning Edition For Saturday April 16, 2005
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LEBANESE FOOD AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Saint Elias Maronite Catholic Church

April 15-16, 2005 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Located at 836 8th Street South
Near the corner of University Boulevard and 8th Street South

Get Homemade Lebanese Food Lunch and Dinner April 15-16 Easy Friday Lunch --
Fast Service in/out in minutes -- Take out or dine in. For really fast
service come early or late. We serve food the whole day. You can also have
food delivered to your place of business for Friday lunch. Click on our
website below for details.

Baked Kibbee, spinach pies, rolled grape leaves, fresh grilled lemon
chicken, loobia (spiced green beans), and sweets galore.
Have you ever tried Lebanese ice cream or the traditional baklawa?
It is worth the calories. All this and more will be available. Visit the
a-la-carte station - inside only - Meat Pies, Spinach Pies, Grape Leaves,
Tabouleh, and Homus. Stock up.

Take a tour of the church, visit our heritage room and learn more about the
language of Aramaic spoken at our liturgy. See scenes of Lebanon in our
main hall. Silent Auction and Live Band from New York each evening.

All this and there is No Admission Charge. 25% of all proceeds go to
charities other than St. Elias Church.

FOR MORE INFO AND A COMPLETE MENU VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:
http://www.stelias.org/festival_2005.html
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...Beautiful Weekend...

GOOD MORNING! Greetings from our nation's capital. The weather here is
very similar to the weather back home in Alabama, thanks to high pressure
that is centered over New England this morning. A ridge of high pressure
extends down into the southeastern United States. The ridge is sending cool
and dry air our way on easterly winds. Temperatures in D.C. today will top
out near 60, while where you are in Central Alabama, highs will make the
lower 70s. We both will enjoy sunny skies. Under clear skies tonight, lows
will bottom out in the middle 40s.

REST OF YOUR WEEKEND: Tomorrow looks to be a lot like today, with lots of
sunshine. Readings tomorrow will be in the middle 70s again.

NEXT WEATHER MAKER: High pressure will continue its strong grip in Alabama
into the middle part of next week. The high will slide far enough to the
east by Wednesday to allow a decent return of moisture across the area. We
will see increasing clouds by that time, with a slight chance of a shower.

It will be more of the same on Thursday. Friday will feature a better
chance of showers and a few storms, especially during the overnight hours,
nut rainfall amounts are expected to be light. Temperatures will be mild
through the end of the week.

SNEAK PEEK NEXT WEEKEND: Taking out the crystal ball...dusting it
off...plugging it in...and let's see. Looks like a low may be moving to the
north of us Saturday during the day. This would explain the showers Friday.
Behind the low, our winds will become northwesterly on Saturday, giving us
kind of a cloudy, blustery day, with a few showers around. A cool flow will
be with us on Sunday also, as the big low hangs up over the Atlantic coastal
states.

ON THIS DATE IN 1990: But I swear I sent it. Many federal tax returns
being loaded into a truck were blown away in Oklahoma City by a violent
thunderstorm with nearly 100 mph wind gusts. Will Roger's Airport in
Oklahoma City recorded wind gust to 93 mph, strongest there in 24 years.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TODAY
Near total sunshine.
Afternoon High 73
WIND: E 6-12

SUNDAY
Lots of sunshine.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 74
WIND: E 5-10

MONDAY
Sunny skies continue.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SE 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Thickening clouds. Chance of a shower.
Morning Low 55 Afternoon High 77
WIND: S 6-12

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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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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday April 15, 2005
==================================================================
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.
==================================================================

QUIET AND PEACEFUL TAX DAY: There are a lot of adjectives we could throw in
to describe the weather across Alabama. I suppose calm and collected are
about as good as any. The sky is brilliant blue and the temperatures could
not be more comfortable.

No need for us to go into a long discussion, because that will pretty much
be the weather all the way through Tuesday. Most days will be sunny, nights
pleasantly cool and daytime highs in the 70s. It looks like the middle of
next week at the earliest before we should get any more rain. Before we go
on, let's look at some low temperatures across the state this morning.

36 in Hamilton
37 at Ft. Payne Airport
38 in Wedowee
39 in Pinson
40 in Centreville and Union Springs
41 in Troy, Fayette, Cullman, Jasper
42 in Anniston, Addison and on Mt. Cheaha
43 in Tuscaloosa, Dothan, Alexander City
44 in Birmingham and Muscle Shoals
45 in Auburn, Mentone, Montgomery, Huntsville

WEATHER NOTEBOOK: Another Jefferson County tragedy on this date in 1956
when 25 people were killed and 200 injured. The F4 tornado devastated parts
of McDonald's Chapel and Pleasant Grove...Just for the fun of it, let's
check in on Vostok, Antarctica where it was 94 below zero and enough wind to
send the wind chill way below minus 100!...stateside it was 12 this morning
in Stanley, Idaho and 9 below at Barter Island and Wainwright, Alaska...hot
spot Thursday, 94 in Casa Grande, Arizona...on this date in 1998, an F3
tornado tore across downtown Nashville damaging 300 buildings including the
State Capitol...at this time in 1921, Silver Lake, Colorado (located west of
Boulder at 10,200 feet elevation) was completing a 95-inch snowstorm in 32
hours.

THE WORLD OF WEATHER: Can't find enough adjectives to describe the drought
in parts of the west. Lake Powell was formed when Glen Canyon Dam was built
in the late 50s. That huge lake is now down 140 feet and only has 50 percent
of its water. It is considered a 500-year drought in the area. The drought
is so severe that the water level has re-exposed "Cathedral in the Desert,"
which is a favorite scenic spot in the canyon. In Salt Lake City, only 27.9
inches of snow has fallen this winter and spring which is 31 inches below
normal. Indications are that the "water wars" in the west will grow more
intense.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: For some reason, little Miss Molly decided to
sleep on a blanket on the floor at the foot of our king-sized bed last
night. At 4:42 a.m., I heard her jump on the bed. She started walking up my
body, looked me right in the eyelashes and then cuddled up against my rib
cage. I loved it. At 5:20 she was standing over me again wagging her tail
slowly-translation: time to go. It was a beautiful walk before sunrise. The
Old Crow Motel was silhouetted by the pre-sunrise eastern sky. Another great
Kinkade painting. Halfway up the walking track, Molly suddenly turned and
put her paws on my knees and looked frightened. I didn't see anything, but
she had spotted that dog hidden in the underbrush who likes to play with
her. He suddenly jumped out and ran circles around us five times and then
plopped down in front of Molly wanting to play. She was mortified. I picked
her up and she was shaking like a leaf. I told the big dog to leave. Life
goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Clear and cool.
Morning Low 47
WIND: Light E

SATURDAY
Sunny and pleasant.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 72
WIND: E 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 73
WIND: E 5-10

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 77
WIND: SE 6-12

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Morning Edition For Friday April 15, 2005
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LEBANESE FOOD AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Saint Elias Maronite Catholic Church

April 15-16, 2005 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Located at 836 8th Street South
Near the corner of University Boulevard and 8th Street South

Get Homemade Lebanese Food Lunch and Dinner April 15-16 Easy Friday Lunch --
Fast Service in/out in minutes -- Take out or dine in. For really fast
service come early or late. We serve food the whole day. You can also have
food delivered to your place of business for Friday lunch. Click on our
website below for details.

Baked Kibbee, spinach pies, rolled grape leaves, fresh grilled lemon
chicken, loobia (spiced green beans), and sweets galore.
Have you ever tried Lebanese ice cream or the traditional baklawa?
It is worth the calories. All this and more will be available. Visit the
a-la-carte station - inside only - Meat Pies, Spinach Pies, Grape Leaves,
Tabouleh, and Homus. Stock up.

Take a tour of the church, visit our heritage room and learn more about the
language of Aramaic spoken at our liturgy. See scenes of Lebanon in our
main hall. Silent Auction and Live Band from New York each evening.

All this and there is No Admission Charge. 25% of all proceeds go to
charities other than St. Elias Church.

FOR MORE INFO AND A COMPLETE MENU VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:
http://www.stelias.org/festival_2005.html
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...Delightful Spring Weather...

Our forecast package will highlight delightful spring weather for Alabama
through the weekend, with sunny mild days and clear cool nights. Daytime
temperatures will peak in the 70s, with early morning lows in the upper 40s.

The storm track for now has shifted well to the north of Alabama, near the
Canadian border, which will keep rain producing systems away for now.
In fact, the dry weather will extend into next week, with rain-free weather
on Monday and Tuesday as well. Moisture begins to return by Wednesday with
an outside chance of an afternoon shower. A few showers are more likely by
Thursday or Friday of next week (April 21-22), but the main part of that
storm system should pass to the north, and rain totals probably won't be all
that heavy across Alabama.

The upper air flow pattern still suggests the weather will drier and warmer
here during the latter half of April, with fewer and less intense storm
systems.

26 YEARS AGO: On this date in 1979, serious river flooding was underway
across much of Alabama. The Black Warrior river surged into downtown
Northport, the Tombigbee River totally covered the Demopolis Lock and Dam,
and the Alabama River produced widespread flooding around Selma.

THE NAME GAME: The 2005 tropical season for the Atlantic basin begins on
June 1; the first tropical storms this year will be named Arlene, Bret,
Cindy, Dennis, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harvey, Irene, and Jose.

EXTREMES: Hottest places in the nation yesterday were Gila Bend and Casa
Grande, AZ with 94 degrees. Coldest yesterday morning was Truckee, CA and
Ely, NV with 11 degrees.

James Spann
jspann@abc3340.com

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TODAY
Sunny and pleasant.
Afternoon High 73
WIND: NE 6-12

SATURDAY
Lots of sunshine.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 72
WIND: E 5-10

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 74
WIND: E 5-10

MONDAY
Continued sunny.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 76
WIND: SE 5-10

TUESDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 54 Afternoon High 77
WIND: S 6-12

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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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Afternoon Edition For Wednesday April 13, 2005
==================================================================
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.
==================================================================

COOLER AIR MOVING IN: This morning, at about 18,000 feet above the ground,
there was a low pressure area centered NW of Nashville. Over Birmingham at
the time the temperature was near zero at that level, but over Nashville it
was 9 below zero. As that low angles toward the SE it will make the air more
unstable over North Alabama setting off some scattered showers. The only
lightning we have noticed today was over Middle Tennessee and not much of
that. Due to the unstable air, funnel clouds were reported at Murfreesboro,
Tennessee late this morning. These are considered "cold air funnels" and
they rarely reach the ground. By daybreak most of that nervous atmosphere
should be over Georgia. While we will have some clouds hanging tough for a
time, we look for sunshine by afternoon. After that, clear sailing all the
way through the weekend with mostly sunny days and clear, cool nights. It
will drop to the middle 40s tonight and Thursday night and in the upper 40s
over the weekend. Our high of 67 for Thursday will be replaced by 73-75
through the rest of the weekend. Can't ask for much improvement over that.

GRAVITY WAVE AFTERMATH: Heard later reports that several trees and tree
limbs came down in Talladega County during the gravity wave Monday night and
early Tuesday morning. Also, a lady in the Friendship community of Oxford
reports that half of her porch roof was torn off and her pool liner was
ripped from the flying debris. All of her new swing cushions were gone and
her neighbor had roof damage and a destroyed pool liner. A huge apple tree
also came down.

TWO INTERESTING EVENTS: They both happened on this date in Alabama. Way
back in 1857 (yes, that was 148 years ago), there was a surprise 4-inch snow
over parts of Alabama. Weather records were sparse that far back, so I am
not sure what part of the state was affected. We are sure, however, about
the location of 20.33 inches of rain in only 24 hours on this date in 1955.
It occurred at Axis just north of Mobile. A state record.

WANDERING AROUND: 92 in Death Valley yesterday...cold spots this morning:
Vanderbilt, Michigan with 15, Doyleville and Leadville, Colorado with 13,
and the Vail Ski Area 12 with a 53-inch snow cover.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: With my little 9-pound Energizer Bunny (well,
little Miss Molly is a dog), my schedule can often be mixed up. I awoke this
morning at 5:45, started my first cup of coffee at 5:48, little Miss Molly
awoke at 5:50. After 33% of my first cup of coffee, she had persuaded me to
play ball with her. Then we both settled into the recliner. She curled up on
my chest and we watched the Animal Planet. There were some dogs barking on
the Animal Planet. Miss Molly used my chest as a launching pad and in two
big jumps landed in her lookout chair in the corner, barking loudly, to see
who was invading her territory. Never mind the claw marks in my chest. Dumb
dog (my wife said Molly is not a dumb dog). I went back to my office and
started on this afternoon's report only to hear the clanging of her little
bell. Away we went on a full half-mile walk. Back home she got her usual
big treat followed by another play session. Then she settled down for her
long morning nap and I breathed a sigh of relief. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Mostly cloudy and cooler. A slight chance of showers.
Morning Low 47
WIND: N 6-12

THURSDAY
Morning clouds giving way to afternoon sunshine. Cool.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 67
WIND: NE 7-14

FRIDAY
Sunny and pleasant, although a cool early morning.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 73
WIND: NE 7-14

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 74
WIND: NE 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 75
WIND: SE 5-10

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Intermittent Wipers, Cloth Seating, CD Player w/ 6CD changer, dual front
airbags (SRS), moonroof, LOADED!
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Disc Changer; Compact Disc Player; Passenger Air Bag; Power Door Locks;
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FRESH AIR ROLLING IN: Much drier and cooler air is overspreading Alabama from west to east. At midday, dew points were about 20 degrees lower on the western border than they were in East Alabama. This dry slot was bringing some sunshine this afternoon. However, clouds will move back in tonight as cooler air pushes down from the NW. By morning, temperatures will be close to 50—some 10 degrees cooler than last night.

Tomorrow we have sort of a tricky situation. A low pressure area, both at the surface and aloft, will be moving ESE and passing near the Tennessee-Alabama border. Because of that upper low, temperatures are considerably colder aloft. This will make the atmosphere just unstable enough to set off some showers and possibly even a thunderstorm Wednesday.

BEYOND TOMORROW: Delightful weather on the horizon with dry conditions through early next week. This includes a mostly sunny weekend. Nights will be crisp and cool, afternoons will be mild and mostly in the 70s over the weekend. Highs tomorrow and Thursday will be in the cooler mid 60s.

GRAVITY WAVE: It is a rare and difficult to understand weather event and almost impossible to forecast. We had one last night. The pressure started falling rapidly and the wind increased suddenly even without thunderstorms involved. There was a gust to 40 mph at Birmingham Airport just before 1:00 a.m. and gusts to 48 on Red Mountain and also at the Mercedes Plant at Vance. Later the pressure started rising rapidly again. Over in East Alabama, there was a good bit of debris blown about by the wind in Calhoun County. No thunderstorms around. These gravity waves are caused in several ways. One of them is changes in the jet stream that send out ripples or waves. Often it is after a widespread rain area moves away. On February 22, 1998, a powerful low pressure area aloft was near Alabama. It unexpectedly set off ripples that caused a gravity wave to move all the way across Alabama in only three hours from south to north. At Birmingham Airport, the surface pressure dropped 10 millibars in just 17 minutes. The corresponding difference in pressure brought wind gusts to 51 mph. A lot of trees came down and there was roof damage in the area. Still no thunderstorm anywhere.

TUESDAY NOTES: It was on this date in 1943 that two-thirds of Hackleburg in NW Alabama was destroyed by an F4 tornado at 1:30 in the morning. Residents reported being awakened by an “unscheduled freight train.”...on this date in 1945, it was a huge news day in the USA. Antlers, Oklahoma was almost wiped off the map by a massive F5 tornado which killed 69 people. However, the disaster was overshadowed by the death of President Franklin Roosevelt.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Please tell me it wasn’t true. Please tell me it wasn’t a mosquito. On my early morning walk with little Miss Molly, some type of varmint crashed into my forehead. My reaction was immediate and his funeral was right away. I couldn’t tell if it was a gnat or a mosquito. Please tell me I don’t need to start wearing a sheet of Bounce in my belt loop already...little Miss Molly has become apprehensive when walking the upper track. There is a very friendly new dog three times her size that is itching to get to know her better and to play. She misinterprets that. Now she has started voluntarily turning around and headed back home even when the dog is not around. Life goes on. Little puppies have a lot of fear and doubt in their lives, but Miss Molly always looks up to me for protection. That makes me feel good. Life goes on.

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TONIGHT
Clouds increase. Breezy and turning cooler.
Morning Low 50
WIND: S 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy, breezy and cooler with a chance of showers and possibly a thunderstorm.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 64
WIND: NW 10-18

THURSDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 66
WIND: N 6-12

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny. A cool early morning.
Morning Low 44 Afternoon High 71
WIND: NE 6-12

SATURDAY
Mostly sunny and pleasant.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 75
WIND: SE 5-10

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ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 120909
FFAMOB
ALZ060>064-FLZ001>006-121400-

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
408 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD
WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM CDT
TUESDAY...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...COVINGTON AND BALDWIN COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...SANTA ROSA AND ESCAMBIA COUNTIES.

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CANCELLED THE FLOOD
WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE
COUNTIES...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...CHOCTAW...WILCOX...BUTLER...CRENSHAW...
ESCAMBIA...MONROE...CLARKE...WASHINGTON...CONECUH...AND MOBILE
COUNTIES.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
GREAT PLAINS WILL CONTINUE MOVING EAST...WITH THE HEAVY RAINS
SHIFTING EAST OF THE CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION THROUGH MID MORNING.
HOWEVER...THROUGH 8 AM HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE FOR PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...WITH SLOW RUNOFF CONTINUING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF BALDWIN AND COVINGTON COUNTIES IN ALABAMA WHERE MANY
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE AT BANKFULL.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE
WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND
FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO CROSS
FLOODED AREAS. RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN EASILY CARRY A VEHICLE AND
ITS OCCUPANTS DOWN STREAM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. REMEMBER TO TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

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

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ABC 33/40 EWARN: Tornado Warning

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WFUS54 KMOB 120839
TORMOB
ALC003-120915-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0007.050412T0839Z-050412T0915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
339 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 334 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER GASQUE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
GULF SHORES AND OAK BY 345 AM CDT
ROMAR BEACH BY 400 AM CDT
ALABAMA POINT AND ORANGE BEACH BY 405 AM CDT

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...ABANDON VEHICLES AND
MOBILE HOMES AND SEEK A REINFORCED SHELTER. MOVE TO THE LOWEST FLOOR
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR CLOSET. COVER YOUR BODY WITH BLANKETS OR PILLOWS.

IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW! IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.

LAT...LON 3029 8783 3018 8783 3023 8755 3035 8759

$$

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ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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WUUS54 KMOB 120643
SVRMOB
ALC003-053-FLC033-120715-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0122.050412T0642Z-050412T0715Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
142 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA
BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
ESCAMBIA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 138 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PHILLIPSVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF BAY MINETTE...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
WALNUT HILL BY 150 AM CDT
OAK GROVE AND BRATT BY 155 AM CDT

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3092 8779 3072 8790 3084 8738 3108 8739

$$

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ABC 33/40 EWARN: Flash Flood Watch

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WGUS64 KMOB 120314
FFAMOB
ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-121400-

BULLETIN...IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
1010 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS CONTINUED THE FLOOD
WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES UNTIL 9 AM
TUESDAY...

IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...ESCAMBIA...COVINGTON...WASHINGTON...CONECUH...
MONROE...BUTLER...CLARKE...CRENSHAW...WILCOX...CHOCTAW...BALDWIN AND
MOBILE COUNTIES.

IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...GEORGE...STONE...PERRY...GREENE AND WAYNE
COUNTIES.

IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA...OKALOOSA...ESCAMBIA AND SANTA ROSA COUNTIES.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN
GREAT PLAINS WILL BRING PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
REGION OVERNIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT 10 PM WERE ACROSS
INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE BETWEEN 11 PM AND 4 AM. SOME STORMS
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREAS SEVERAL TIMES
WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
THESE RAINS OVER AN ALREADY SATURATED GROUND WILL INCREASE THE
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING OVERNIGHT. THE MORE FAVORABLE INSTABILITIES
AND MOISTURE WILL BE ACROSS THE ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA
COASTAL COUNTIES...MAKING THEM ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE FOR FLOODING
TONIGHT.

REMEMBER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS...CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE
WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE
WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND
FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES ATTEMPTING TO CROSS
FLOODED AREAS. RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN EASILY CARRY A VEHICLE AND
ITS OCCUPANTS DOWN STREAM. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. REMEMBER TO TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

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

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ABC 33/40 EWARN: Severe Weather Watch Notice

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WWUS20 KWNS 112331
SEL5
SPC WW 112331
ALZ000-LAZ000-MSZ000-CWZ000-120400-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 155
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
635 PM CDT MON APR 11 2005

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

SOUTHWEST ALABAMA
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COASTAL WATERS

EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY EVENING FROM 635 PM UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES
EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 45 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF HOUMA
LOUISIANA TO 45 MILES NORTH OF MOBILE ALABAMA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 151...WW 152...WW 153...WW
154...

DISCUSSION...STRONG SHEAR PROFILES ACROSS WATCH AREA CONTINUE TO
FAVOR POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC SUPERCELLS.

AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 24040.

...HALES

;291,0905 311,0891 311,0871 291,0885;

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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Monday April 11, 2005
==================================================================
LEBANESE FOOD AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Saint Elias Maronite Catholic Church

April 15-16, 2005 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Located at 836 8th Street South
Near the corner of University Boulevard and 8th Street South

Get Homemade Lebanese Food Lunch and Dinner April 15-16 Easy Friday Lunch --
Fast Service in/out in minutes -- Take out or dine in. For really fast
service come early or late. We serve food the whole day. You can also have
food delivered to your place of business for Friday lunch. Click on our
website below for details.

Baked Kibbee, spinach pies, rolled grape leaves, fresh grilled lemon
chicken, loobia (spiced green beans), and sweets galore.
Have you ever tried Lebanese ice cream or the traditional baklawa?
It is worth the calories. All this and more will be available. Visit the
a-la-carte station - inside only - Meat Pies, Spinach Pies, Grape Leaves,
Tabouleh, and Homus. Stock up.

Take a tour of the church, visit our heritage room and learn more about the
language of Aramaic spoken at our liturgy. See scenes of Lebanon in our
main hall. Silent Auction and Live Band from New York each evening.

All this and there is No Admission Charge. 25% of all proceeds go to
charities other than St. Elias Church.

FOR MORE INFO AND A COMPLETE MENU VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT:
http://www.stelias.org/festival_2005.html
==================================================================

OVERNIGHT SHOWERS AND STORMS: For Central Alabama, it will be
mostly an overnight deal and we are fairly confident that all the
ingredients in the weather pie will let us get by with "just" a slight risk
of severe weather. Projected dew points will be in the 50s all night across
Central Alabama, which is not really prime ammunition for vicious
thunderstorms. As the storms progress eastward during the night, we believe
the risk will be lower. The better chance of a severe storm will be in West
Alabama and lesser toward the east.

Again for the second event in a row, it looks like Mississippi and
part of Louisiana is in the crosshairs for the main action. The Storm
Prediction Center has placed an area from Central Louisiana into
West-Central Mississippi under a high risk for the remainder of this
afternoon into the evening. Most of the rest of Mississippi is under a
moderate risk.

Back in Central Alabama, showers and thunderstorms will persist
Tuesday morning, but by afternoon most of them should be east of our area.
There is still a chance of widely scattered showers and storms on Wednesday.
At this time, we believe Thursday and Friday will have dry weather with
cooler nights. See our day-by-day forecast.

THE COLORADO BLIZZARD: It pretty much paralyzed the eastern part of
the state Sunday and overnight. As much as 20 inches of snow fell in some
areas. There were 6-foot drifts reported near the Air Force Academy at
Colorado Springs as well as around Pueblo and Trinidad and on Raton Pass.
Raton Pass is on I-25 and is the dividing line between Colorado and New
Mexico. Whiteout conditions were reported on parts of I-25 in Southern
Colorado. Closer in to Denver, 22 inches of snow was reported at Aurora and
22 inches in Littleton. At one time, I-70 was closed all the way from Denver
to the Kansas border.

ROAMING ELSEWHERE: 93 in Laredo was Sunday's hot spot...coldest
this morning, down where the lower 48 adjoin each other, was 8 above at
Yellowstone Lake inside Yellowstone National Park...that blizzard out on the
Plains is not that unusual at all for this late in the season.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: A good friend and a member of my
Sunday School class told me Sunday that if anything happened to little Miss
Molly that they would have to bury me with her. He had read the story of
Linda Knight's experiences in the Thursday edition. He may have a point. It
is possible to get too attached to little creatures. We had bad luck with
three dogs in a row in earlier years and avoided owning a dog for a long,
long time. When little Miss Molly strolled into our living area on a Sunday
afternoon in December 2003, she had just arrived from Salt Lake City. A
number of our family was here. Molly strolled over to me first, stood on her
little hind legs and put her paws on my knee, looked me right in the eye and
slowly wagged her tail. I melted. The rest is history. I suppose she has
done that several thousand times since and I can't resist her. Molly has
also staked out six sleeping stations in our house. She rotates from one to
the other. Her National Geographic blanket (used to be mine) and my recliner
are the same color she is. Last night when I went to bed, it looked like she
had melted and poured herself into the corner of the recliner and became
invisible. I gave her a midnight rub-down and went to bed. She expressed her
appreciation with a low moan and groan. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jbelliott@charter.net

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TONIGHT
Showers and thunderstorms overnight. A few may be severe. Rain locally
heavy.
Morning Low 60
WIND: SE 10-18

TUESDAY
Morning showers and storms decreasing by afternoon. Breezy.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 73
WIND: W 10-18

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 68
WIND: NW 8-16

THURSDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 47 Afternoon High 66
WIND: N 5-10

FRIDAY
Partly sunny.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 70
WIND: NE 5-10

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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday April 10, 2005
==================================================================
LEBANESE FOOD AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Saint Elias Maronite Catholic Church

April 15-16, 2005 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Located at 836 8th Street South
Near the corner of University Boulevard and 8th Street South

Get Homemade Lebanese Food Lunch and Dinner April 15-16 Easy Friday Lunch --
Fast Service in/out in minutes -- Take out or dine in. For really fast
service come early or late. We serve food the whole day. You can also have
food delivered to your place of business for Friday lunch. Click on our
website below for details.

Baked Kibbee, spinach pies, rolled grape leaves, fresh grilled lemon
chicken, loobia (spiced green beans), and sweets galore.
Have you ever tried Lebanese ice cream or the traditional baklawa?
It is worth the calories. All this and more will be available. Visit the
a-la-carte station - inside only - Meat Pies, Spinach Pies, Grape Leaves,
Tabouleh, and Homus. Stock up.

Take a tour of the church, visit our heritage room and learn more about the
language of Aramaic spoken at our liturgy. See scenes of Lebanon in our
main hall. Silent Auction and Live Band from New York each evening.

All this and there is No Admission Charge. 25% of all proceeds go to
charities other than St. Elias Church.

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GOOD AFTERNOON: For the second week in a row, we are enjoying a beautiful
Sunday weather wise. Make sure to get out and enjoy the fantastic weather
today.

STRONG STORMS AHEAD: After a nice evening tonight, replete with fair skies
and mild temperatures. Our next weather maker is kicking up some severe
weather over the Plains states this afternoon. The activity will morph
into a squall line tonight as it moves into the Arklatex. Alabama will find
itself in the warm sector of this cyclone on Monday, with increasing clouds
and shower chances. As a cold front approaches Alabama from the west,
showers and thunderstorms will increase Monday night. Some of the
ingredients will be there for severe weather tomorrow night and Tuesday, and
Alabamians should pay close attention to later forecasts and possible
watches and warnings from the National Weather Service. The western half of
Alabama is included in a slight risk outlook for severe weather on Monday,
predominantly Monday night. Our poor friends in Mississippi will be under
the gun again on Monday with a moderate risk for strong and damaging
tornadoes again.

TUESDAY: Showers and storms will be ongoing when you wake up Tuesday
morning. They will slowly move across the state, ending from west to east
starting during the late morning hours. More activity may form behind the
line Tuesday afternoon, like last week. But much as the last storm, things
will not end easily. A large upper low will slide across the Southeast U.S.
on Wednesday. This means more of those pesky instability showers in the
forecast. They should clear out by Thursday, as high pressure takes over.
Friday looks to be a nice day, with a good deal of sunshine. The weekend
looks ok too.

ON THIS DATE IN 1979: Certain towns and cities will forever be associated
with tornado disasters. Xenia, Lubbock, Woodward, and Guin. I cannot hear
the name of these places without thinking of the terror and destruction and
even miracles that happened when natures most violent storm fell upon them.

It is that way with Wichita Falls, Texas. April 10, 1979 is the anniversary
of the Red River Tornado Outbreak and the killer F4 twister that devastated
much of Wichita Falls.

Thirteen tornadoes plowed across the Red River Valley of Texas and Oklahoma
during the late afternoon hours. The second was a killer F4 that devastated
the town of Vernon, Texas, killing 11 people. The Grandfield Tornado killed
a man as he tried to outrun the tornado near Grandfield, Oklahoma. It was
on the ground for 64 miles. The same parent storm that produced the Vernon
tornado spawned an F3 twister that killed 3 people in Lawton, Oklahoma. The
main event of the day started at 5:50 p.m. just southwest of Wichita Falls.

The F4 tornado first struck Memorial Stadium and a junior high school. The
tornado grew to 1. miles wide as it chewed through neighborhoods, schools
and apartment complexes. Gridlocked traffic resulted in several fatalities
along US-287. In fact, 25 of the 42 direct fatalities in the city were in
automobiles. Sixteen of the deaths were people who got into their vehicles
to evade the twister.

Bill Murray
bill@integralhospitality.com

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TONIGHT
Fair skies.
Morning Low 60
WIND: SE 5-10

MONDAY
Becoming cloudy. Chance of a shower during day. Strong storms overnight.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 77
WIND: S 10-20

TUESDAY
Showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SW 10-18

WEDNESDAY
A little sun. A chance of showers.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 72
WIND: W 6-12

THURSDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 49 Afternoon High 71
WIND: NW 6-12

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