ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Friday May 1, 2009
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Head Down Under for an Outback Adventure
with SummerQuest at Hunter Street, June 1-5

It's summer and the kids are home from school with nothing to do.
Instead of leaving them to watch TV and play video games all day, you
can send them on a week-long Outback Adventure with SummerQuest!

Outback Adventure will be held at Hunter Street Baptist Church in
Hoover, June 1-5. At Outback Adventure, kids grades 1-6 will learn
about our great God as they take part in arts and crafts, sports
activities,
Bible study, and corporate worship each day. Outback Adventure is free,
so bring a friend, family member or neighbor with you.

Outback Adventure starts each morning at 8:30 a.m. and dismisses at
12:15 p.m. Registration is required, and you can register your kids at
www.kidquestonline.org. T-shirts are available for $7. For more
information, call Hunter Street, 205.985.7295 or visit www.hunterstreet.org
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...Consistent Temperatures...

THE ALABAMA STORY: A good part of North and NE Alabama got a real
soaking this morning as a big cluster of thunderstorms developed
southward from Middle Tennessee and affected a number of North Alabama
counties. Those storms were overloaded with lightning, but we do not
know of any reports of hail since the freezing level was so high. The
NWS issued some Flood Advisories for Blount County. Based on radar
estimates as much as 4 inches of rain may have fallen over the north
part of that county. Eventually, the storms faded away and moved into
NW Georgia by late morning.

The rest of the day was fairly quiet weatherwise. For much of this
afternoon, there were few if any showers, however another batch of
strong storms were poised north of the state by midafternoon in Middle
Tennessee and moving toward the SE. These were taking pretty much the
same track as those this morning, so the better chance of showers and
storms tonight will be over the northern counties. Over Central and
South Alabama, they should be scarce tonight.

THIS WEEKEND: We believe we will not have as many showers and storms
over the weekend, especially on Sunday when the risk should be very
small. There should be another increase in showers and storms about
Tuesday.
The atmosphere has become more humid across Alabama the last few days
as we gradually approach a warmer time of the year.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH: Late this afternoon the Storm Prediction
Center posted a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 7:00 p.m. for extreme
North Alabama, mostly for the Tennessee Valley counties. This was due
to that line of thunderstorms approaching the state from the north.
The Watch also includes extreme NE Mississippi and South/Central
Tennessee.

AT THE BEACH: Spring-like temperatures will continue along the
Alabama/NW Florida coast through the weekend and well into next week.
Most high temperatures will be around 83 and lows in the upper 60s.
There should be very few showers or storms Saturday and Sunday, but
increasing on Monday and Tuesday.

SEVERE WEATHER: The Storm Prediction Center posted a Moderate Risk
this afternoon and tonight for a small area of North/Central Texas
including the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and a Slight Risk northeastward
into Tennessee and extreme North Alabama. For tomorrow, there is a
Slight Risk all the way from Laredo, Texas northeastward to Arkansas
and eastward across Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina and Virginia.

MISCELLANEOUS: Major flooding in NE Oklahoma this morning from a big
cluster of thunderstorms. In one town near Tulsa, there were at least
25 water rescues. A number of homes were flooded, as well as roads.
Temperature extremes around the USA included 100 yesterday in Pecos,
Texas and 7 above zero this morning in Yellowstone National Park.
Springfield, Missouri got 3.67 inches of rain. In Alaska, the coldest
was 25 at good old Deadhorse. Amazingly, the small town of St. Mary,
in Northern Montana just east of the mountains, received 60 inches of
snow from this latest storm.

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

ABC 33/40 7 Day Planner: http://cfc.abc3340.com/abc3340/7day.cfm
ABC 33/40 Weather Blog: http://www.alabamawx.com

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2009 SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
MAY 20-24
REGIONS PARK STADIUM in Hoover
For Tickets, call (800) 732-4849 (800-SEC-4TIX)
or visit http://www.southtix.com/secbb.html
For Corporate Hospitality Packages, call (205) 977-9335

Here's your chance to see the best college baseball in the country,
right here in Hoover, Alabama! See the top eight teams in the SEC
compete for the tournament title over the course of this five day
event.

Reserved seats are going fast so be sure to order yours today at
(800) 732-4849 or by logging onto http://www.southtix.com/secbb.html
Opportunities still exist to entertain employees, clients or friends
in the Corporate Hospitality suite. Call (205) 977-9335 to inquire
about the various corporate hospitality packages.

Mark your calendars to go to Regions Park Stadium, May 20-24
to see some big time college baseball.

The 2009 SEC Baseball Tournament
THE BEST COLLEGE BASEBALL IN THE COUNTRY!!
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TONIGHT
Variable cloudiness with scattered showers and storms, mostly north of
Birmingham.
Morning Low 65
WIND: SW 5-10

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 8-16

SUNDAY
Breezy and warm. Only a small risk of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SW 12-20

MONDAY
A good chance of showers or thunderstorms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 78
WIND: SW 8-16

TUESDAY
Partly sunny with scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 63 Afternoon High 80
WIND: SW 10-15

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