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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Wednesday May 6, 2009
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...May Acting Like March...

OVERDOSE ON STORMS: When will it ever end, we ask? This has been a
very active spring storm season and we got whammed again today. We
knew it was going to happen, but I did not think some of the heavier
rain amounts would materialize.

There was so much rain before daybreak that some roads in North Blount
County were flooded and others were washed out. A bridge was washed
out in Boaz. However, our main problem throughout the morning was
storm damage. That very intense line of thunderstorms was near Memphis
hours before dawn. It moved slowly but steadily east and SE. I do not
believe there is a dry acre of land anywhere between Memphis and
Birmingham. The rain came down so hard that numerous Flash Flood
Warnings were issued.

The north half of Alabama had a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until noon.
By late morning, that had been changed to a Tornado Watch until 6:00
p.m. today. The Tornado Watch included numerous counties across the
central and south part of the state.

DAMAGE REPORTS: We have listed a number of those on the BLOG and NWS
survey teams will again be out checking the damage and determining how
many tornadoes we had or how much was straight-line wind damage. Those
guys are excellent about getting that done in a hurry and over the
next few days we will post their reports on our BLOG. It appears that
some of the more significant damage was over West/Central Alabama in
Walker, Tuscaloosa, Fayette, Marion and possibly parts of Jefferson
County. At an automobile dealership in Jasper, 50 cars were damaged.
At a nearby bank, the drive through was heavily damaged. Some police
cars were damaged in Cordova. There were numerous reports of trees and
power lines down in places like Tuscaloosa, Jasper and North Jefferson
County. This is by no means a complete list.

NOW WHAT? After the initial bad storms moved east, the sun came out
for a while and the air was becoming even more unstable. A second
batch of storms came out of Mississippi and those were entering West
Alabama this afternoon from Franklin County southward. Places like
Tuscaloosa and Birmingham will get another round of moderate to heavy
rain late this afternoon and this evening. Starting tomorrow showers
and storms will thin out, but there will be some each day.

ELSEWHERE: North and Central Mississippi had a bad time with the
weather last night like we did. A few cold temperatures this morning
included 29 at Brice Canyon, Utah and Yellowstone National Park. Good
old Deadhorse, Alaska had 5 below zero. Checking our daily snow depth
at Whittier, Alaska, they have 43 inches.

MY TINY CORNER OF THE WORLD: Our neighbor across the traffic circle
got a very cute little puppy recently. He does not weigh as much as
Little Miss Molly. They immediately fell in love. When I take Molly
for a walk by their fence, they rub noses through an opening in the
fence. Last night that little guy squeezed through an opening in the
fence after dark and came all the way to the back of our house and was
scratching on the screen door. As far as Molly was concerned, this was
the beginning of World War III. I have never seen her more upset,
because she could not see what was making the noise. We returned the
little guy to our neighbor. All is well. Life goes on.

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

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TONIGHT
A good chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Morning Low 65
WIND: SW 6-12

THURSDAY
Partly sunny. A slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 85
WIND: SW 7-14

FRIDAY
Warm and humid. A few thunderstorms.
Morning Low 67 Afternoon High 87
WIND: SW 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. About a 1 in 3 chance of a shower or thunderstorm.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 6-12

SUNDAY
Partly sunny. Still a chance of a shower or storm.
Morning Low 62 Afternoon High 77
WIND: N 5-10

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