WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 246 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...STRONG GUSTY WINDS LIKELY ON THURSDAY...
.A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE WEST OF CENTRAL ALABAMA
WILL CAUSE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON
THURSDAY. THIS TIGHT GRADIENT WILL INITIALLY CREATE SUSTAINED
WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BEGINNING BY 6 AM
THURSDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY NOON ON
THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH LASTING THROUGH MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY.
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TALLADEGA-CLAY-RANDOLPH-SUMTER-GREENE-HALE-PERRY-BIBB-CHILTON-
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MONTGOMERY-MACON-BULLOCK-LEE-RUSSELL-PIKE-BARBOUR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMILTON...SULLIGENT...VERNON...
FAYETTE...DOUBLE SPRINGS...JASPER...ONEONTA...GADSDEN...
ANNISTON...CENTRE...HEFLIN...CARROLLTON...TUSCALOOSA...
BIRMINGHAM...HOOVER...COLUMBIANA...PELHAM...ALABASTER...
PELL CITY...MOODY...TALLADEGA...SYLACAUGA...ASHLAND...ROANOKE...
LIVINGSTON...EUTAW...GREENSBORO...MOUNDVILLE...MARION...
CENTREVILLE...CLANTON...ROCKFORD...ALEXANDER CITY...DADEVILLE...
VALLEY...LANETT...LAFAYETTE...DEMOPOLIS...LINDEN...SELMA...
PRATTVILLE...FORT DEPOSIT...HAYNEVILLE...WETUMPKA...TALLASSEE...
MONTGOMERY...TUSKEGEE...UNION SPRINGS...AUBURN...OPELIKA...
PHENIX CITY...TROY...EUFAULA
246 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
THURSDAY NIGHT.
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TO THE WEST OF ALABAMA WILL
CAUSE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA ON
THURSDAY. THIS TIGHT GRADIENT WILL INITIALLY CREATE SUSTAINED
WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS BEGINNING BY 6 AM
THURSDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH BY NOON ON
THURSDAY WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH LASTING THROUGH MIDNIGHT
FRIDAY.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THESE WINDS IS THE FACT THAT THEY ARE
GOING TO ON CHRISTMAS EVE. HIGH VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC COULD BE
IMPACTED...ESPECIALLY TRAFFIC ON WEST-TO-EAST ORIENTED ROADS AS
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLE COULD BE PRESENTED WITH STRONG CROSS WINDS.
OTHER CONCERNS INCLUDE ANY LOOSE YARD FURNITURE...TRASH CANS AND
HOLIDAY DECORATIONS THAT WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND IF NOT
PROPERLY SECURED...AS WELL AS THE CHANCE OF POWER OUTAGES IF
DOWNED TREES HAPPEN TO FALL ON POWER LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 17 MPH AND
HIGHER... OR WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH AND HIGHER...ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
$$
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 131 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 130 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
130 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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JEFFERSON-LAMAR-LEE-LOWNDES-MACON-MARENGO-MARION-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-
PICKENS-PIKE-RANDOLPH-RUSSELL-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-SUMTER-TALLADEGA-
TALLAPOOSA-TUSCALOOSA-WALKER-WINSTON-
130 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COUNTIES SERVED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. WIND
GUSTS COULD REACH 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF
A COLD FRONT. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL SWEEP ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT THURSDAY.
...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. WIND GUSTS ALONG THE LINE OF
STORMS COULD REACH 50 MPH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED
THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 909 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...DREAMING OF A WINDY CHRISTMAS EVE...
STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO A RAPIDLY
DEEPENING SURFACE LOW WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  BY SUNRISE ON
CHRISTMAS EVE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 MPH
WITH GUSTS APPROACHING 30 MPH.  DURING THE DAY AS A COLD FRONT
APPROACHES FROM THE WEST THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO
TIGHTEN RESULTING IN SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MAXIMUM WIND
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A SQUALL LINE EXPECTED TO
MOVE WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BETWEEN 5 PM AND MIDNIGHT
ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL BE CAPABLE OF DOWNING NUMEROUS TREES...
AND POSSIBLY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES.  YARD FURNITURE...TRASH CANS
AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS WILL EASILY BE BLOWN AROUND UNLESS
PRECAUTIONS ARE TAKEN TO SECURE SUCH ITEMS.
DRIVING CONDITIONS COULD ALSO BE DANGEROUS ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.
SOUTHERLY WIND WILL RESULT IN A CROSSWIND MAKING ROADWAYS ORIENTED
FROM WEST TO EAST ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE
PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE.  WET ROADWAYS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
$$
12/SIRMON