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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Tuesday May 27, 2008
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ISRAEL & NEW BREED, MARTHA MUNIZZI HEADLINE
"ONE CITY, ONE CHURCH, ONE STAGE" AT CITY STAGES

Last year, City Stages turned one of its main stages over to gospel
music for an entire day. This year "One City, One Church, One Stage"
returns with even bigger names for a full Father's Day of Christian
music.

Grammy award-winner Israel & New Breed and Stellar Award winner
Martha Munizzi are among the headliners for the second annual OCOCOS.

Also on the bill: Canton Jones, William Murphy, the Birmingham Mass
Community Choir and The Basement, who were responsible for one
of the most moving sets the Coca-Cola Classic Stage has ever witnessed
when they wrapped up the evening last year.

Tickets to the 20th Annual City Stages are on sale now at area locations
of Books-A-Million, Moe's and Publix, as well as all Ticketmaster
locations and ticketmaster.com.

Or, phone 205-715-6000 or 800-277-1700. More info at http://www.citystages.org

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...Too Much Rain in Tennessee Valley...

SHOWERS/STORMS INCREASE TOMORROW: Already there has been far too much
rain in the Tennessee Valley, especially in the NW corner of the
state. That is where most of the action was today. Central Alabama had
far fewer showers.

That will change tomorrow when a weak frontal boundary
tries to make its way into North Alabama. We are not absolutely
certain it can make it, but we believe that showers and thunderstorms
will become more numerous across Central Alabama later in the day
tomorrow and some of those could produce locally heavy rain.

This afternoon, the Storm Prediction Center upgraded
their outlook and placed North Alabama from about Birmingham northward
in a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms overnight.

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has been quite
busy today issuing Flash Flood Warnings. Check out some of these
reports: in the Crane Hill/Trimble area of SW Cullman County, 3.75
inches of rain fell overnight bringing the total for the last two
weeks to over 9 inches; in the Rogersville area of Lauderdale County,
there was a report of 6.15 inches of rain through noon today in
addition to 1 inch yesterday; several reports of flash flooding in the
NW part of the state today. Some other heavy rain reports included
3.91 inches in Hamilton, 4.49 inches at Mt. Hester in Colbert County,
3.27 at Hodges in Franklin County. Numerous other locations had
between 1 and 2 inches. There is not much chance of any drying out
through tomorrow.

Here in Central Alabama, our best chance of showers and
thunderstorms will be tomorrow. They should thin out on Thursday with
only a small chance on Friday. That will permit the temperature to top
out around 91 on Friday.

RANDOM THOUGHTS: Today is the anniversary of a tragic
pair of tornadoes in Alabama in 1973. An F4 devastated the town of
Brent in Bibb County; another one moved across Center Point in NE
Jefferson County destroying numerous homes with one fatality. James
Spann and Bill Murray have posted interesting blogs about this event.
Be sure and check those. I was on duty at the National Weather Service
on West Oxmoor Road when the frantic call came in from the Centreville
radar station that they had suffered a direct hit…in West Arkansas,
many major streets were closed this morning due to major flash
flooding in Ft. Smith…over 5 inches of rain in the last 24 hours at
Coffeeville, Kansas…Wichita has received nearly a foot of rain this
month…23 was the USA low at Minot, North Dakota and Bryce Canyon, Utah…
in Alaska, the snow cover at Whittier has melted down to 16 inches…
meanwhile, Alta (a ski area in Northern Utah) still has 66 inches on
the ground.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: I received a very interesting e-mail
from Emily Phillips from the Woodhaven Lakes area near Pinson. She
sent some photographs of a wild fox that had learned to play with the
neighbor's cat. They were chasing each other around the flowerbeds. I
have never heard of that before. She sent several photographs of the
cat and fox together. She also sent a photograph of Miss Itty-Bitty,
her little 3-pound fully grown dog. She is just as attached to her dog
as I am to Miss Molly. Little Miss Molly may disown me, because I have
hardly spoken to her in the last 24 hours due mainly to all the
showers and thunderstorms last night. I have not even walked with her
in the last two days. Shame on me. Life goes on.

J. B. Elliott
jb.elliott@theweathercompany.com

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FARMER'S MARKET TIME IN CALHOUN COUNTY!

The Calhoun County Farmers Market will be open this week to provide
local goods for your holiday enjoyment. Locally grown produce and
plants as well as home made goods and crafts will be available.

The Calhoun County Farmers Market is on Wednesdays and Saturdays
at 1702 Noble Street in Anniston. Arrive by 8 am for best selection.

The Buckner Market begins promptly at 8 am each Tuesday at
Pickette's Feed and Pet Supplies, 8 am to noon, until our FallFest
on October 18. They will also be at Zinn Park on Saturdays beginning
June 21.

Information on each Market and the FallFest is available at
http://www.aces.edu/Calhoun or by calling 256-237-1621.
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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Overnight Low 67
WIND: SW 4-7

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and storms, becoming numerous by
afternoon.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 84
WIND: N 5-10

THURSDAY
Partly sunny with widely scattered showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 86
WIND: NE 4-8

FRIDAY
Partly sunny. Only a small chance of a shower or storm. A hot afternoon.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 91
WIND: SE 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny with widely scattered, mostly afternoon, thunderstorms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 89
WIND: SW 5-10

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