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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Saturday May 2, 2009
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SOME HEAVY RAINS FRIDAY: It was a busy weather day across North
Alabama on Friday Morning storms dumped over two inches of rain across
a large part of the Tennessee Valley down into Blount, Cullman and
Etowah Counties. There was a report of up to three inches near
Blountsville. Afternoon storms dropped into the Tennessee Valley along
an outflow boundary, resulting in several severe thunderstorm warnings
and even a couple of tornado warnings. There was even some egg sized
hail in the Glencoe area of Etowah County. More followed during the
evening. But most of the activity stayed north of Central Alabama.

FORECAST: CRAWFISH! A great lineup for the annual Schaeffer Eye
Center Crawfish Boil this weekend. Gates open at 1:30 this afternoon
at the BJCC complex. The weather should cooperate, but there could be
showers and storms rumbling across parts of the area with any passing
disturabnces. It will be warm and a little humid, with highs today
peaking in the 80s, falling back through the 70s during the evening
lineup, which includes Everclear, Katy Perry, the All-American Rejects
and Snoop Dogg. 21,000 pounds of spicy, boiled crawfish will accompany
the musical acts.

REST OF THE WEEKEND: Today will be mild and mostly cloudy with a
slight chance of a shower or storm. Temperatures will retreat into the
60s. Look for another warm and humid day on Sunday, with fewer storms
and highs again in the 80s.

NEW WORK WEEK: A stronger disturbance will give a little southward
momentum to our frontal system by Monday and it should sink far enough
south to trigger more widespread showers and storms then. Chances are
this front will stall across the area on Tuesday, keeping us in rain
chances, then, but hopefully thinning a bit by Wednesday.

SKY ALERT: On Astronomy Day on Saturday the Birmingham Astronomical
Society will be at the McWane Science Center from 10am-2pm with their
amazing telescopes and members. This includes George Atchley, Director
of the Christenberry Planetarium at Samford University, who will be
doing some presentations in the Stardome; James Moore, a NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory and Solar System Ambassador, who will be doing
some new Science on a Sphere programs about Mars; and McWane docent
Charlie Thompson who is bringing a HUGE truss Dobsonian telescope. The
BAS is a great group of people who are EXTREMELY smart. You can learn
a lot from them, and much fun will be had.

ON THIS DATE IN 1929: Six tornadoes killed twenty two people in
Virginia's worst weather disaster. A school was destroyed at Rye Cove.
Administrators at the school saw the approaching funnel but did not
want to start a panic, hoping that it would miss the school. Most of
the 155 students were outside at recess when the twister slammed into
the building, which sat on a knoll in the center of a valley. Twelve
students and a teacher were killed. Forty two were hospitalized.

Bill Murray
bill.murray@theweathercompany.com

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2009 SEC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT
MAY 20-24
REGIONS PARK STADIUM in Hoover
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Opportunities still exist to entertain employees, clients or friends
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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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TODAY
Partly sunny and warm. Chance of showers and storms.
Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 8-16

SUNDAY
Breezy and warm. Mixed sun and clouds. Chance of a shower or storm.
More likely overnight.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SW 12-20

MONDAY
More clouds than sun. A good chance of showers and storms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 78
WIND: SW 8-16

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

WEDNESDAY
Partly sunny. Widely spaced afternoon showers.
Morning Low 60 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SW 6-12

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