Oak Mountain State Park, 11/1/2009

Friday's Tornado in Marion County
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL400 PM CDT SAT OCT 31 2009…STORM DAMAGE FINDINGS FROM FRIDAY OCTOBER 30 2009… …CONFIRMED TORNADO DAMAGE FOUND IN MARION COUNTY…A VERY MOIST AND WARM AIR MASS DEVELOPED ACROSS WEST ALABAMAFRIDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD A STRONG COLD FRONT. MANY OF THE CELLS THATDEVELOPED WERE ROTATING ALOFT WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNELCLOUDS. DESPITE PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY AND SHEAR…THE AIR MASS ALOFT WAS NOT CONDUCIVE FOR DEEP UPDRAFTS AND MANYOF THE ROTATING CELLS DID NOT CONTAIN LIGHTNING…AND ONLY ONEREPORT OF

Risk of Severe Weather in West Alabama
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1120 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2009 VALID 301630Z - 311200Z ...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE MS DELTA NWD TO WRN AL AND A SMALL PORTION OF TN... ...SYNOPSIS... SIGNIFICANT LARGE SCALE TROUGH ACROSS THE CENTER OF THE NATION WILL BEGIN TO DE-AMPLIFY AND SPREAD ENEWD ACROSS THE MS VALLEY AND MIDWEST THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM IS CHARACTERIZED BY AN UNUSUALLY STRONG MID LEVEL JET WITH CORE WIND SPEEDS NEARING 150KT ON THE ERN FLANK OF THE TROUGH. AS THE TROUGH AND JET TRANSITION ENEWD ACROSS THE MIDWEST TODAY...DEEP-LAYER

6 p.m. at Orange Beach, Alabama
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Orange Beach, Alabama
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