ABC 33/40 E-Forecast

ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Morning Edition For Tuesday May 5, 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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...Warm and Humid Weather...

TROPICAL AIR: A blanket of moisture-laden air continues over Alabama
this morning, and with a stalled front nearby, you can't rule out a
few showers and thunderstorms again today. However, we figure they
will be rather scattered, and there will be some decent intervals of
sunshine during the day with a high in the low 80s. The best chance of
a shower or storm will come this afternoon, although we can't rule out
a morning shower in spots in this kind of airmass.

MORE SEVERE STORMS? The Storm Prediction Center maintains a slight
risk (their standard risk) of severe weather across the northern half
of Alabama tomorrow; an inpulse moving out of the Southern Plains is
forecast to bring another round of strong to severe storms during the
day, especially tomorrow afternoon. Much like the storms this past
weekend, they could pack a punch with the potential for damaging wind,
some hail, and even a few isolated tornadoes. The storms will diminish
by tomorrow night. Then, for Thursday and Friday, we will forecast a
mix of sun and clouds both days with a continued risk of scattered
showers and storms. Conditions will stay warm and muggy with highs in
the low to mid 80s.

WEEKEND PREVIEW: At this time it looks like an upper air ridge will
begin to nose into Alabama from the southwest over the weekend; this
should mean a trend toward fewer showers and storms, increasing
amounts of sunshine, and warmer daytime temperatures. But, with such a
moist airmass in place, we can't rule out a few scattered storms,
especially on Saturday.

SURVEY RESULTS: Survey teams from the National Weather Service in
Birmingham were able to identify six tornado tracks across our state
from Sunday… EF1 tornado damage was found near Wolf Creek, which is
west of Pell City in St. Clair County, near Dunavant, which is in
Shelby County south of Leeds and east of Mount Laurel/Shoal Creek, in
the community of Sunshine, in Hale County south of Greensboro, near
Moody and Bald Rock in St. Clair County. An EF0 tornado was identified
in the Brook Highland development, just off U.S. 280, and over to the
Greystone Legacy Golf Course. Thousands of trees were blown down due
to straight line winds across parts of Hale, Marengo, Choctaw, Perry,
Hale, and Chilton counties.

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James Spann
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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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TODAY
Partly sunny, warm, and humid. Widely scattered showers and storms.
Afternoon High 81
WIND: SW 6-12

WEDNESDAY
Mostly cloudy with showers and storms likely. Storms could be strong
to severe.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SW 7-14

THURSDAY
Mixed sun and clouds. A few scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 82
WIND: SW 6-12

FRIDAY
Warm and humid. Scattered thunderstorms, mostly during the afternoon.
Morning Low 65 Afternoon High 83
WIND: SW 6-12

SATURDAY
Partly sunny. Widely scattered showers and storms.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 84
WIND: SW 5-10

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