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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Saturday March 21, 2009
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A NEW LAKE COMMUNITY

Horizons on Logan Martin Lake in Pell City, Alabama is a new lake
lifestyle community. As of this month, we have available for sale and
occupancy, 4 upscale town homes and 31 prime lake lots.

The community is unique in that there are 15 acres of common lake
property with 3000 feet of shoreline.

There is an 8 foot wide boardwalk the entire 3000 feet, ready
for your morning or evening walk. The clubhouse is complete
and includes an upstairs and downstairs great room and kitchen,
an exercise room, 12 foot covered porch all around, pool,
showers and much more.

You can buy your lot and plan your dream home and start enjoying all
the amenities today. Launch your boat on our private launch, dock at
your private space or just sit on the boardwalk and tan. Enjoy the
pool, take a shower before dinner and plan your own get together at
the 4000 square foot club house.

Check us out at http://www.horizonsloganmartinlake.com or call
ReMax Realty Pros at 205-884-6000
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...A Black Day In Alabama Weather History...

March 21st is a day that will go down in infamy in our weather
history. It is the anniversary of the 1932 tornado outbreak that
killed 315 Alabamians. Tornadoes touched down near Demopolis at
midafternoon, followed by others near Linden and Faunsdale. Just
after 4 p.m., a major tornado struck Northport, killing 37 people. A
short time later, Cullman County came under attack, with a tornado
that killed 18 people around Phelan, Bolti, Berlin and Fairview. The
deadliest tornado of the day touched down in Perry County, and roared
into Chilton County. It killed 49 people. About 5:10 p.m.,
Columbiana in Shelby County was hit hard.

Meanwhile, to the southwest, a second Chilton County tornado was
paralleling the earlier one. This one would kill another 31 people.
Around sunset, even as people were cleaning up from the first tornado
of the day near Faunsdale, they watched in disbelief as another
tornado roared by. The terror continued into the evening. A twister
touched down near Gantt's Quarry and smashed into Sylacauga just after
7 p.m. killing 29. A second tornado passed close by the Marble City
an hour later. The final action of the deadly day happened in North
Alabama where deadly tornadoes skipped across Lawrence and Morgan
Counties, then hit Battle Ground in Cullman County. The final family
of tornadoes hit Jackson County, killing 32 people.

NICE WEATHER TO CONTINUE: Surface high pressure over the mid-
Atlantic states will continue to dominate our weather through the
early part of the week. By Monday, the high will drop further south
and begin an increasing southerly flow over Alabama and the Deep
South. Highs will range between 70-72. Lows will gradually warm from
the 40s into the 50s by Tuesday morning.

CHANGE ON THE HORIZON: A powerful upper trough will move onto the
West Coast on Sunday. A strong surface low will develop in the lee of
the Rockies by Monday morning. This low will conspire with a
favourable set of upper level conditions to produce a severe weather
threat Monday from Oklahoma to Nebraska. The threat will shift to the
Arkaltex Tuesday. We could see showers as early as Tuesday night.
Wednesday will feature a round of showers and storms ahead of a
weakening front. Showers will continue in the forecast on Thursday.
The chance of severe weather on Wednesday and Thursday looks remote as
the dynamics lift out to the north. Meanwhile, another stronger low
pressure system will form over the Texas Panhandle by Friday. As it
moves northeast, we will be in the warm sector on Friday and until the
cold front sweeps through on Saturday. There are signs that the
dynamics will be better over
Alabama Friday and Saturday, and this could be the period with the
best chance for severe weather.

CAN'T GIVE 'EM AWAY: KOCO in Oklahoma City reports that a Saline
County, Arkansas program that provides NOAA Weatheradios to residents
for free has not been very successful so far. Only 4.200 homes have
availed themselves of the offer, out of the 39,000 in the county. In
a county that has experienced several tornadoes in the past few years,
you would think they would be going like hotcakes. The program is
funded by a voluntary property tax contribution

ON THIS DATE IN 1968: :It rained for 36 straight hours in Memphis,
Tennessee, before the rain changed to snow and accumulated to 16.1
inches before ending 20 hours later. It was the second heaviest snow
ever recorded in Memphis. 17 inches fell in northern Mississippi, as
well as nine inches in Northwest Alabama.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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TONIGHT
Partly cloudy skies.
Morning Low 45
WIND: NE 5-10

SUNDAY
A good supply of sunshine.
Morning Low 46 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SE 5-10

MONDAY
Partly cloudy.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 72
WIND: SW 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly sunny. Breezy at times. Increasing clouds and a chance of an
overnight shower.
Morning Low 53 Afternoon High 71
WIND: S 10-20

WEDNESDAY
Showers and thunderstorms becoming likely.
Morning Low 56 Afternoon High 68
WIND: SW 10-18

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