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ABC 33/40 E-FORECAST
Afternoon Edition For Sunday July 5, 2009
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TWO GREAT BASEBALL EVENTS!

Southern League All-Star Game
Monday, July 13 7:00 pm
Regions Park

Southern League Home Run Derby and
Celebrity Softball Game 3:00 pm
Sunday, July 12
Rickwood Field

For tickets, call 205-988-3200 or
http://www.barons.com
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...Storms This Afternoon...

A church group in Lakeland, Florida was enjoying a Fourth of July
celebration Saturday evening when a bolt or bolts of lightning struck
the gathering. At least one person was killed and eighteen were taken
to hospitals. Witnesses said there was no real sign that lightning
was about to strike. That unfortunately is often the case. There is
no thunder before the first lightning strike from a developing storm.
There have been eighteen lightning fatalities in the U.S. this year.
Lightning is an underrated killer, resulting in as many or more
fatalities in most years as tornadoes.

DECENT RAINS OVERNIGHT: A thunderstorm complex settled out of
Tennessee into North Alabama overnight producing some decent rainfall
amounts across that area. Radar estimates indicated 1 to 1 ½ inches
fell across a wide area from Cullman up to Huntsville and eastward to
the Georgia border. Two inches or more may have fallen northwest of
here. Decatur picked up 1.87 inches.

RAIN AND STORMS TO CONTINUE: The morning activity was the result of
an outflow boundary that settled into the state overnight. The
frontal system is still well to the north of Alabama and it is having
trouble pushing south thanks to a series of lows rippling along the
boundary. It looks like it may not push through Central Alabama until
late Monday, keeping us wet for much of the day tomorrow. Rainfall
amounts could average 1.5 inches through Monday night with some
locally higher amounts.

WEEK AHEAD: We dry out a bit by Tuesday, with just widely scattered
storms through the remainder of the week. No real surge of moisture
is seen into the weekend. Temperatures will be seasonably warm
through the week and into the weekend. The following week looks
fairly seasonable from a precipitation and temperature standpoint.

BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY: At least two tornado reports received
yesterday. Two tornadoes were reported on the ground simultaneously
southwest of Clarksville, Tennessee. Another set of twin twisters was
reported near Genevieve, Missouri. They were part of a total of
nearly 50 reports received nationwide, including some wind and hail
reports from Maine/New Hampshire, wind reports from the Mississippi
Coast (66 mph gust at Keesler), the severe reports from the Ohio
Valley, some action in North Texas and Oklahoma and finally, some
large hail from the northern Rockies. 1.75 inch hail was reported
near Dubois, WY.

ON THIS DATE IN 1916: A very destructive early season hurricane
struck the Mobile and Pensacola area. Seven deaths resulted from the
Category 3 storm. Winds reached 82 mph and tides were 11.6 feet above
normal at Mobile. The Mobile Register reported that a three-masted
ship floated down Government Street in the Port City, coming to rest
on Broadway. The barometric pressure at Fort Morgan AL measured at
28.38 inches. More on the AlabamaWx.com blog.

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Bill Murray
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TONIGHT
Showers and storms continue.
Morning Low 75
WIND: SW 6-14

MONDAY
Showers and storms through the morning hours.
Morning Low 70 Afternoon High 85
WIND: W/NW 6-12

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy. An isolated storm possible.
Morning Low 66 Afternoon High 90
WIND: N 5-10

WEDNESDAY
Widely scattered mainly afternoon and evening showers and storms.
Morning Low 69 Afternoon High 93
WIND: E/SE 6-12

THURSDAY
Partly cloudy. Widely scattered storms.
Morning Low 71 Afternoon High 92
WIND: SE 6-12

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