Many more schools are closing early. So, any kiddies that you got to pick up from school, you might want to check to see if your school is closing.

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They have placed most of Alabama under a tornado watch until 6:00 pm.
Stay tuned to local radio and TV ...
Blah, blah, blah, I figure you all know the drill =)

I have heard that they are still working on a timeline for when the weather is suppose to turn rough. They are saying supercells, tornados, hail and straight line winds could happen.

There is already a couple of school systems that is closing early. Cullman County at noon and Cullman City at 1. They are thinking the rest of the school systems may fall into line with them.

Just watch out, and keep a NOAA weather radio nearby if you have one.

Alrighty folks, lets see if we can get this community going. Alabama weather is anything but boring. Well, at least, most of the time. HAHA

A system is suppose to be coming through the state tomorrow. It is hot here for the time of year it is. Hitting close to 70F.

This is copied and pasted from channel 19's website:
A few showers and thunderstorms are possible after midnight - especially in the Shoals. Strong to severe storms will move through the Tennessee Valley tomorrow afternoon. Severe storms are possible as early as noon in the Shoals tomorrow. The main threat is damaging winds, but isolated tornadoes are possible. Expect cooler temperatures over the upcoming weekend.

Maybe will get some good pictures? If I managed to get at least one, I will post.

As everyone knows, today is the first day of the Atlantic Hurricane Season. Here is the list of names for 2006:

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Tsunami warnings were issued for Fiji and New Zealand after a massive earthquake measuring about 7.8 in magnitude shook the southern Pacific Ocean.

The quake's epicenter was about 153 kilometers (95 miles) off the coast of Tonga, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

It struck Thursday at 4:26 a.m in Tonga (Wednesday at 1526 GMT).

EDIT: Warning canceled.

Eh, here: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/
Virtual Earthquake =)

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 221
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
103 PM CDT THU APR 20 2006

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 221 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

COUNTY SPECIFIC MESSAGE:

/O.CON.KWNS.SV.A.0221.000000T0000Z-060421T0000Z/

AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BLOUNT CALHOUN CHEROKEE
COLBERT CULLMAN DEKALB
ETOWAH FAYETTE FRANKLIN
JACKSON JEFFERSON LAMAR
LAUDERDALE LAWRENCE LIMESTONE
MADISON MARION MARSHALL
MORGAN PICKENS ST. CLAIR
SHELBY TALLADEGA TUSCALOOSA
WALKER WINSTON



AFFECTED COUNTIES:
IN ALABAMA: BLOUNT, CALHOUN, CHEROKEE, COLBERT, CULLMAN, DEKALB,
ETOWAH, FAYETTE, FRANKLIN, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, LAMAR, LAUDERDALE, LAWRENCE,
LIMESTONE, MADISON, MARION, MARSHALL, MORGAN, PICKENS, SHELBY, ST CLAIR,
TALLADEGA, TUSCALOOSA, WALKER, WINSTON.

COLBERT-CULLMAN-DE KALB-FRANKLIN AL- FRANKLIN TN-JACKSON-LAUDERDALE- LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-LINCOLN-MADISON- MARSHALL-MOORE-MORGAN- 1003 PM CDT THU APR 6 2006
...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING...

A POTENT STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE GREAT PLAINS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

WARM UNSTABLE AIR COUPLED WITH VERY STRONG WINDS AND WIND SHEAR ALOFT WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY BETWEEN NOON AND 4 PM FRIDAY... WITH PERIODS OF STORMS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.

SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY STRONG TORNADOES. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS GREATEST FROM MID AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE EVENING...BUT ACTIVITY CANNOT BE RULED OUT EARLIER OR LATER THAN THIS.

IN ADDITION...IF THE STORMS SUSTAIN THEMSELVES WELL INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING COULD BECOME A THREAT LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

THIS IS BECOMING A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER OUTLOOKS AND FORECASTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER FRIDAY.

*CRACK BOOM BANG FLASH!!!!!*

Yeah, I'll quit flooding the friends list now. Im going to get offline since these storms is getting close....

Just for the record before I go bye bye

THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JEFFERSON COUNTY!!!

From now until 3:30 am.

Will effect the city of B'ham.

Gonna run....I hate dialup!!!!! Satelite much safer...as far as I know, I could be wrong. *shrug*