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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday April 10, 2009
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ELEVENTH ANNUAL LEBANESE FOOD AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
Saint Elias Maronite Catholic Church
April 17-18, 2009 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Get Homemade Lebanese Food Lunch and Dinner April 17 - 18
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 a full
menu and further details.

Expanded Silent Auction and Live Band from New York, back by popular
demand, each evening. Shuttle service Friday and Saturday night from 5-9
from UAB Lot 15R on 10th Avenue South next to Epic School. Follow the
signs.

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_2009.html
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...Too Many Thunderstorms...

A PDS TORNADO WATCH: That PDS stands for Particularly Dangerous
Situation. In the course of an entire year, only a handful of tornado
watches will carry that designation.

Unfortunately, the Storm Prediction Center posted one of those watches
this afternoon for about the northern third of Alabama, NW Georgia,
Middle Tennessee and parts of East Tennessee. It is in effect until
early this evening and it could be extended east and southward later
this afternoon.

This latest storm system has been a troublesome one. Last evening a
tornado heavily damaged the town of Mena, Arkansas. Mena is located in
extreme West Arkansas not far from the Oklahoma border. Much of the
town was heavily damaged and parts of the downtown area destroyed.
Early reports indicated at least three fatalities and a number of
injuries. Mena is a small town.

There were numerous reports of severe weather yesterday afternoon and
overnight in Oklahoma, Arkansas and parts of Louisiana. At one place
in Oklahoma, hail was described as the size of apples.

BACK HOME IN ALABAMA: We will certainly keep a close watch on this
thunderstorm situation all afternoon and until late tonight. The
atmosphere is very unstable and a lot of the other weather indicators
favor very large hail and even the possibility of a long-track
damaging tornado. In NW and West Alabama, the thunderstorms will
diminish or end early this evening and over on the east side of the
state, later tonight.

THE EASTER WEEKEND: Much of Saturday will have sunshine after the
clouds get out of the way during the morning. A bit cooler with highs
in the 60s. Easter Sunday should feature mostly nice weather with lots
of morning sunshine. Some clouds may appear in the afternoon leading
to some more showers and possibly a thunderstorm late Sunday night.
That will be the forerunner to another round of showers and
thunderstorms on Monday. Again, it looks like this could be another
severe weather threat. Finally, sunshine returns on Tuesday with
pleasant temperatures in the 70s.

Remember, we are still in our prime severe thunderstorm and tornado
season. Several years recently saw the secondary autumn season in
November and early December turn out to be the most active. However, a
48-year study showed that tornadoes reported in Alabama were much more
numerous in March and April.

ELSEWHERE: Still blistering hot along the Rio Grande in Texas where
Laredo had a high of 106 yesterday. Coldest this morning in the lower
48 was 12 at Stonington, Michigan. Coldest in Alaska was 10 below at
Point Lay. Whittier, Alaska had 9 inches of snow on the ground this
morning—down about 3 inches since yesterday. One of the coldest
temperatures in the whole wide world today was 84 below at Vostok,
Antarctica.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Not looking forward to this afternoon
and evening with all the thunder boomers and how Little Miss Molly is
frightened by them, but I sure do look forward to making it up to her
tomorrow with lots of playing. Life goes on.

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

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ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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REMEMBER AND REJOICE!
Come worship at Hunter Street this Easter!

Remember. Two "Remembrance" worship services will be offered
during Passion Week. These services will focus on Christ's sacrifice.
The Lord's Supper will be served. The first service will be held
Thursday, April 9 at 6:30 p.m. The second will be held
Friday, April 10 at noon.

Rejoice! Celebrate Christ's resurrection on Easter morning, April 12.
The service times are 7:00, 8:05, 9:30 and 10:45 a.m.

Hunter Street Baptist Church is located three miles west of the
Riverchase Galleria at 2600 John Hawkins Parkway in Hoover.

Visit www.hunterstreet.org or contact the church office,
205.985.7295 for more information.
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TONIGHT
Thunderstorms ending later this evening. Some severe. Turning cooler.
Morning Low 48
WIND: W 10-18

SATURDAY
Clearing, breezy and cooler.
Morning Low 48 Afternoon High 67
WIND: N 8-16

SUNDAY
Sunny most of the day, but thunderstorms again later Sunday night.
Morning Low 45 Afternoon High 73
WIND: NE 6-12

MONDAY
Windy with showers and thunderstorms. Some may be severe.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 74
WIND: SW 15-30

TUESDAY
Mostly sunny.
Morning Low 52 Afternoon High 74
WIND: NW 8-16

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