719 
FPUS74 KBMX 312033
NOWBHM

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
333 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002

ALZ018>021-312118-
CALHOUN-CHEROKEE-CLEBURNE-ETOWAH-
333 PM CDT WED JUL 31 2002

.NOW...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER EAST
ALABAMA, AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
AT 3:30 PM, THE STRONGER STORMS WERE EAST OF JACKSONVILLE OVER
NORTH CLEBURNE COUNTY, AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF ANNISTON. THEY WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN, WITH TOTALS NEAR ONE INCH PER HOUR, STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40
MILES AN HOUR, AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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