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FPUS74 KBMX 301950
NOWBHM

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
250 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

ALZ015-017-019-024>027-302035-
BLOUNT-CALHOUN-JEFFERSON-SHELBY-ST CLAIR-TALLADEGA-WALKER-
250 PM CDT TUE APR 30 2002

.NOW...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH 8 PM...
A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH SOME STRONG STORMS...WAS
STRETCHED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA FROM JASPER...TO BIRMINGHAM...TO
ANNISTON.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...
AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE.  THE AIR MASS IS VERY
UNSTABLE OVER THIS PART OF ALABAMA...AND THE POTENTIAL EXIST FOR
THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON.  STAY ALERT FOR
LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

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