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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday April 21, 2007
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CONNECT 3 ON 3 BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
APRIL 28 IN HOOVER

Connect 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament is coming to Hoover on
Saturday, April 28. This is a competitive tournament for guys and
girls ages middle school through adults. Games will be played on
the parking lot of Hunter Street Baptist Church, 2600 John Hawkins
Parkway in Hoover. Five eligible players will have a chance at the
$10,000 Hot Shot competition!

Players, invite family and friends to the Family Fun Zone, for games,
face painting, food, music and more!

Register today at

http://www.connect3on3.com/HunterStreet

Connect 3 on 3 is sponsored by Hunter Street Baptist Church,
WJOX 100.5 FM, Buffalo Rock, The Stewart Organization, ABC 33/40,
Bruce Business Products, The American Red Cross, Jason's Deli and
Princeton Hoover Medical.
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....Perfect Weather Warning...

There are very few opportunities for me to trot out the Perfect
Weather Warning. Today is one such day. With abundant sunshine, a
nice southeasterly breeze, and highs in the upper 70s, this is my
definition of perfect weather in Alabama. So, I will issue a perfect
weather warning for this afternoon. We feel confident enough to go
ahead and issue the same warning for tomorrow. In fact, the Day 3-5
Perfection Outlook indicates a Moderate Risk of perfect weather
through Tuesday. This may be upgraded to a High Risk in later
outlooks.

MAIN EVENTYOUR FORECAST: A strong ridge of high pressure will remain
in control of Alabama's weather through Tuesday. The disturbance
causing the weather over the Plains states today will move across the
top of the ridge on Monday, eroding it and allowing a front to push
down into Tennessee. That is as far as it will make it initially.
Another disturbance will move out of the Southwest on Wednesday,
bringing showers and thunderstorms along with it. The timing on the
precipitation with this system is still up in the air. Some model
runs bring it in Wednesday night, while the next run might wait until
Thursday evening. For now, the average is during the day on Thursday.
It does not look like a potent severe weather maker, which is good
news. It does look like it might produce an inch of rain in many
locations, which would be nice. Not a drought buster in and of
itself, but we will take what we can get at this time. We are in
between systems on Friday, but another system brings us another good
chance of rain and storms on Saturday. Two successive systems with
the potential to produce an inch of rain apiece. We will keep our
fingers crossed.

CHICAGOLAND'S WORST TORNADO DISASTER: Today is the 40th anniversary
of the worst tornado disaster ever in the Chicago, Illinois area.
Forty four tornadoes struck the area from Missouri and Iowa through
Illinois and Michigan, including at least six F3 twisters. A total of
58 people perished.

About 3:50 p.m., an F4 tornado roared into the town of Belvidere,
Illinois. Students at the elementary school had already been
transported home on buses, but high school students were loading as
the horrible twister roared across the building. Twelve of the buses
were overturned by the winds. Students were blown through an adjacent
field and makeshift stretchers were formed from plywood from nearby
houses and doors from the school. Thirteen students were killed and
300 injured, making it the sixth deadliest school tornado disaster in
U.S. history.

The worst tornado of the day occurred at Oak Lawn, Illinois about 5:30
p.m. where 33 people were killed. Many were killed in their cars as
the tornado struck at rush hour on the south side of Chicago,
including twelve at one intersection. Several children were killed at
a skating rink and other people died under the collapsing walls of a
supermarket.

Bill Murray
billmurray@worldnet.att.net

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ABC 33/40 Weather Blog:

http://www.alabamawx.com
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HEART GALLERY ALABAMA
GOLF CLASSIC

The Heart Gallery Alabama Golf Classic, being held on May 14, 2007,
at Pinetree Country Club, is a principal fundraiser to support the work
of Heart Gallery Alabama

The Heart Gallery Alabama Golf Classic raises money to support the work
of Heart Gallery Alabama, a non-profit organization that creates photography
exhibits, shown around the state, to publicize the waiting children in
the foster
care system of Alabama. We seek to help all of these children find
their "forever families".

The mission of Heart Gallery Alabama is to raise awareness of adoption and
foster parenting in the state of Alabama. There are currently hundreds
of children
in our communities who are waiting for a family to call their own.

Come out for a day of great golf, awards, prizes, lunch, and fun, all
for a cause
you can be proud to support! For more information, call (205) 244-1115 or
http://www.heartgallery.golfreg.com
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TONIGHT
Clear and comfortable.
Overnight Low 48
WIND: SE 6-12

SUNDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 50 Afternoon High 80
WIND: SE 7-14

MONDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 80
WIND: S 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy and warm.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 81
WIND: S 7-14

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Showers may arrive overnight.
Morning Low 61 Afternoon High 80
WIND: S 7-14

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