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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday May 31, 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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...Strong Storms Tomorrow...

We say goodbye to May tonight and hello to June tomorrow. May will end
on a hot note, and June will kick off with a stormy start, including
the possibility of some strong to severe storms. More summerlike heat
is likely in the week ahead.

FOR YOUR SATURDAY Temperatures are cruising toward the 90 degree
mark in nearly all areas this afternoon with a nice field of puffy
cumulus clouds forming across Alabama. There is some instability
across Central Alabama this afternoon, with CAPE values expected to be
between 1000 j/kg and 2000 j/kg. A broad ridge of high pressure in
the upper atmosphere over the southern third of the U.S. is in control
of our weather for now, so only isolated storms will be able to form
today across Central Alabama. If any do form, they will tap that high
instability and could be strong. A frontal system lies to our north
over Missouri, southern Illinois and southern Indiana this afternoon.
This front will sag southward to near the Alabama/Tennessee border
overnight, where it will likely go stationary. It could trigger a few
storms late today or tonight over North Alabama.

SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH: The Space Shuttle Discovery will lift off from
the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 4:03 p.m. CDT this afternoon.
Weather should not be a problem, with sunny skies, warm temperatures
and an east wind at about 10 mph.

STRONG STORMS TOMORROW: The front will move southward through Alabama
on Sunday, firing up scattered storms ahead of it. CAPE values will
approach 3000 j/kg tomorrow afternoon with lifted indices pushing -6
or -7. It could make for an active day, with the biggest threats
coming from damaging winds and lightning. Rainfall amounts will be
heavy also, with precipitable water values around 1.7 inches.

THE WEEK AHEAD: We stay in a northwesterly flow on Monday, which
invites thunderstorm complexes to come our way, but that possibility
is uncertain now. The remainder of the week will be hot with little,
if any, storms through Friday.

TROPICS: Pacific Tropical Strom Alma has caused severe
flooding in Costa Rica this week. The system crossed Central America
and lost its circulation. The moisture and storminess leftover from
the system became better organized over the western Caribbean this
morning. Low pressure formed and a 35 knot surface wind was observed
this morning by a ship and the system was named Tropical Storm Arthur
at noon today as it moved into Belize. It is now over land. It will
bring flooding rains to Belize and the Yucatan Peninsula. It will
become a tropical storm again tomorrow over the Bay of Campeche before
moving into Mexico. The western Caribbean will remain nervous into
the week ahead.

ON THIS DATE IN 1985: An outbreak of forty one
tornadoes, including twenty seven in Ohio and Pennsylvania, killed
eighty nine people and did $550 million in damage. It was the worst
tornado outbreak in Pennsylvania history. Another concentration of
twisters hit parts of Ontario in Canada. There were nine killer
tornadoes that day. The most violent tornado carved a forty seven
mile path from Ravenna Arsenal, Ohio to Mercer, Pennsylvania, a
distance of forty one miles. Eighteen people were killed and 310
injured by this F5 tornado. An airplane wing was transported ten
miles by the storm from the airport at Hermitage to Mercer. The
tornado that cut a sixty nine mile long path across the Moshannon
State Forest was 2.2 miles wide, making it the widest recorded tornado
path in United States history.

Bill Murray

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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
Mostly sunny and hot. An isolated shower or storm is possible.
Overnight Low 70
WIND: W 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Scattered thunderstorms during the afternoon and
evening. Some strong to severe.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 88
WIND: SW 5-10

MONDAY
Partly sunny. A chance of a storm.
Morning Low 68 Afternoon High 89
WIND: NW 5-10

TUESDAY
Hot and humid. Widely separated afternoon storms.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 92
WIND: S 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Partly cloudy and hot.
Morning Low 72 Afternoon High 90
WIND: S 6-12

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