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Montgomery Advertiser 12A WEATHER Monday, Dec. 18, 2000 Noon positions of weathf systems RealFeel Almanac me nduun ai noon iwuay stoi SEVEN-DAY FORECAST i A composite of the effects of temperature, wind i numtaitv, uinsnine intensity, cloudiness. Sunset today 4:43 p.m. precipitation, end elevation on the human bodyJ Sunrise torn. 6:42 a.m.

Today Today UV Index today Values are highest exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. 1 Low Moderate, High Dangerous 1-3, low; 4-5, minimal; 6-7, moderate; 8-9, high; 10 very high Moonrise none 7' Local, state forecasts Montgomery: Increasing clouds and cold today. High 46. Some showers this evening, then some clearing later tonight. Low 35.

Alabama: Increasing clouds today; some rain will move in tonight. There could be snow instead near the Tennessee border. Moonset 12:32 p.m. Tonight Low 35 8 am 25 Noon 30 5 p.m 33 Tomorrow 8 am 23 Noon 28 Winnipeg V'S' r- A 4 Moon phases i SI floul UlTOlO i IN 5 p.m. I High 46 Increasing clouds First Jan.

2 Montgomery fact file P.M. showers, then clearing T' New Tl Around the Southeast today Shown is today's weather. Temperatures are today's highs and tonight's lows. TENNESSEE Yesterday through 3 p.m. Normal highlow 6038 Last NashviUB ff- Tuesday Jan.

16 Partly to mostly sunny, cold Chattanooga 4130 r'V ft I Stattnnaew Yesterday's highlow 4827 Record high 79TT984T Record low lOllW Yesterday's precipitation 0.12 Month's precipitation 1.28 Year's precipitation 34.22 Normal, year to date 511T Humidity 3 p.m. yesterday 36 i rt a 'Ww43 28 Huntsville A 4129 Around the state Yesterday through 3 p.m. Month HI Lo Pre. to date Anniston 49 21 0.01 0.81 Wednesday niiSfe Partly sunny, a Around the nation All maps, forecasts and data provided by AccuWeather, Inc. C2000 Auburn 48 27 0.01 3.60 Tomorrow Yesterday Today Tomorrow Today cold wind 46 26 Birmingham 41 18 0.07 1.39 Atlanta 4230 Dothan 57 34 0 1.37 Gadsden 43 21 0.62 20 Thursday (55) Huntsville 38 16 0.04 3.39 Sun then clouds; p.m.

rain i Birmingham 4828 Tuscaloosa 4535 Mobile 1.63 48 31 Muscle Shoals33 15 Tr 3.22 0 Tuscaloosa 49 22 1.69 Auburn 4934 Hi LoW City HILoPcp HI LoW HI LoW 32 19 Portland OR 52 38 0.38 45 36 48 31 pc 47 27 Providence 60 50 1.15 44 24 42 27 pc 34 33 Raleigh 69 43 0.65 44 29 48 22 pc 4525c Reno .48 27 0 48 22 51 2U 6232s StLouis 15 2 0.07 29 14sn 22 17pc 40 25 Salt Lake City 38 30Tr 38 18 4017pc 40 19c San Antonio 53 29 0 64 30 62 31 44 30 pc San Francisco 64 44 0 62 46 58 43 pc 6341s San Juan PR 81 73 0.88 80 73 81 74 sh 29 17 sn Seattle 51 38 0.36 44 39 46 33 pc 2817 Sioux Falls 7 -9Tr 9 -4sn 17 8pc 58 25 pc Spokane 34 24 0.09 30 22 pc 36 18 45 22 i Syracuse 61 37 0.13 28 23 3118 37 19sf Tampa 73 61 0.53 63 50s 71 38pc 45 15 pc Tucson 68 36 0 67 39 74 42 18 12 sf Wash DC 60 39 0.38 40 26 42 26 2415sn Wichita 25 6 0 38 10 pc 35 20s 28 14 sn Yuma 72 51 0 72 48 71 47 GEORGIA Lake Jordan Friday windy andcold 4r 46 34 Meridian Martin MISSISSIPPI Jackson 4628 0 Selma 4635 Lakes Jordan and Martin Ooudy today. Winds south 10-15 knots; a light chop on the lakes. Visibility unrestricted. Showers will move in tonight Winds south at 10-15 knots, north. Visibility 1 mile in rain.

Montgomery 4635 Saturday 49 23pc 2715sn Clouds and sun; cold again Yesterday's extremes 48 contiguous states 32 18c 51 32 Columbus 4835 Dothan 5T 65 ALABAMA 4918pc High: 85 at Miami, Ft Low: -17 at Park Rapids, MN 46 32 1413pc 23 14 sn Legend: s-sunnv, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudv. Sunday Rivers and lakes (in feet) Flood 7 a.m. 24-Hour Station Stage Yesterday Change Yesterday City Hi Lo Pep Albany 56 34 2.90 Albuquerque 51 27 0 Anchorage 25 12 0 Atlantic 63 39 0.29 Austin .....51 22 0 Baltimore 61 40 1.18 Boise ...43 31 0.01 Boston 64 44 1.21 Brownsville 68 42 0 Buffalo 46 31 0.57 Burlington VT 54 37 0.94 Charleston SC 71 45 0.04 Charlotte 65 36 0.42 Chattanooga ......50 21 0.32 Cheyenne 49 32 Tr Chicago 16 6 Tr Cincinnati 34 8 0.11 Cleveland 50 15 048 Columbia SC 67 38 0.52 Columbus, OH ...50 12 0.90 Concord NH 58 36 1.04 Dallas .....44 22 0 Denver 58 31 0 Des Moines 8 -4 Tr Detroit 25 0 El Paso 59 28 0 Fargo -3-14 Tr Hartford 63 38 1.40 Helena 23 2 0 85 67 0 Houston 51 27 0 Indianapolis 19 5 0 Jackson, MS 34 23 0 Jacksonville 72 50 0.11 Kansas 16 0 Tr Knoxville 52 22 0.82 Las Vegas 62 37 0 Little Rock 32 15 0.04 Los Angeles 87 48 0 Louisville 33 8 0.26 Madison 14 6Tr Miami Beach 84 72 0 Milwaukee 19 12 Tr MplsSt Paul 4 -7 Tr Nashville 34 12 0 New York City ....59 39 1.45 Norfolk 71 48 0 Oklahoma City ....33 17 0 Omaha 14 -2 Tr Orlando 72 65 0.07 Philadelphia. 65 39 0.77 Phoenix 68 42 0 Pittsburgh .49 19 0.89 Portland ME 55 42 1.21 54 31 sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow 4 -1 sn flurries, sn-snow, i-ke, W-weather, Tr-trace. HI LoW 36 17 pc 44 17s 28 24 sf 43 27 64 31 41 26 38 23 pc 44 29s 68 40 pc 29 22 30 13 pc 49 38s 43 31 41 30 27 16 pc 18 12 sn 28 21 pc 26 22c 48 28 27 22 39 15 pc 56 25s 32 12 11 6sn 26 18 54 22 3-11 42 24s 35 19 78 65 64 32 pc 25 17 46 28 sh 59 37 26 7sn 41 28 pc 58 28s 51 27 80 45s 30 25 pc 16 5sn 76 66 pc 17 12 sn 9 -6sn 42 28 pc 40 30s 47 35s 47 16 16 4sn 64 52s 40 26s 66 44s 27 24 39 20s Mobile 5638 Some sun; not so cold 50 36' 36 23 4012sf Around the world 7966pc Yesterday today Hi lo HI Lo 58 29s LOUISIANA City 23 14 sn Athens 57 46 7 1 Pensacola 5837 40 22s Destin -5940 62 24pc Biloxf 5538 Montgomery 35 21.4 Selma 45 18.3 Claiborne Dam (U) 35 35.8 0.8 Claiborne Dam (L) 42 11.7 2.2 Jordan 252 251.9 0.0 Martin 490 480.8 0.0 Miller's Ferry (U) 80 80.1 0.0 Miller's Ferry (L) 66 37.1 0.6 FLORIDA Panama City A 25 16S Amsterdam ...37 32 pc Baghdad 62 42 Berlin ...36 31 Bermuda 75 70s Buenos Aires 86 68 55 44c 39 34c 65 42 37 28 sf 76 70 90 68 pc 71 35 191 Chris Bailey says A brief break from the wet and cold weather a A New Orleans 5834'; Orange Beach Gulf Shores 56 36s 38 23s 77 47 Cairo 72 52 Cape Town 74 56 pc 78 59s 27 17 sn 5735 Geneva 34 26 41 SIC 1610 before rain on Helsinki 27 21 Honq Konq 62 Tides today (in feet) 72 60pc 5942 Beach Forecast Increasing clouds today; chilly.

Winds south at 10-15 knots. Waves 2-4 feet. Visibility generally unrestricted. Tuesday. sn 24 15 pc pc 78 64 pc 60 40s 91 63 46 43C 17 14 st Jerusalem 60 45 Johannesburg 89 62 Hgts Low times 9 6sn Conditions at key airports Yesterday Today Tomorrow Airport Conditions Conditions Conditions Atlanta 51 23 flurries 42 30 sunny 40 17 cloudy Birmingham 41 18 cloudy 48 28 cloudy 34 17 cloudy 0.7 12:2 29 p.m.

30 17 sf 40 32c WAKA Hgts 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.9 0.1 fie sure to catch WAKA meteorologist Chris Bailey's forecast at 5:30 and 10 p.m. 50 36 pc 73 41 23 8 pc Lonaon Madrid 48 34 Mexico 68 40 Montreal 50 37 Moscow ..........28 18 54 31 pc City High timet Pensacola 2:26 a.m. 9:21 p.m. Mobile 3:37 a.m. 9:59 p.m.

Panama City 1:43 a.m. 8:38 p.m. 0.5 none 0.9 12:49 p.m. 0.9 none 0.7 11:45 a.m. 40 26s Memphis 26 12 sunny 42 26 cloudy 29 21 cloudy New Orleans 47 36 sunny 58 34 cloudy 44 25 sunny sn 21 15 sn 77 53 pc 45 41 23 15 pc 68 35pc Nairobi 77 53 Paris 37 34 0.5 none none Weather on-line 46 27c Rio de Janeiro 81 68 wsn 7146S Latest weather Call (800) 628-WAKA (9252), for Chris' latest forecast or check him out on-line at www.waka.com Rome 52 39 Montgomery Advertiser AccuWeather Weather Channel 27 15 sh 54 41 pc 84 69 pc sn 32 27 sf National Weather Service www.nws.noaa.gov Sydney 81 66 Warsaw 33 27 www.montgomery advertiser.com www.accuweather.com www.weather.com 33 23 pc Damage: Official says deadly tornado was 12 miles long, half-mile wide 'V -cas'f 1 i rvwt Jrjr- i law Tamika Moore Staff Jason Mayfield, 14, proudly holds his Fender guitar, which was recovered without a scratch from the rubble of his mobile home at the Bear Creek Trailer Park in Tuscaloosa.

HOW TO HELP The Red Cross accepts donations only. Make checks payable: To the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund Send checks to: Birmingham Area Red Cross Chapter, 950 22nd St. Suite 750, Birmingham, AL, 35203 or the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C., 20013 Note: Sam's Clubs in Tuscaloosa, Irondale and Home-wood are accepting donated items to distribute to tornado victims. Needed are: blankets, canned goods, batteries, bottled water, diapers, coffee, hot chocolate mix, toys for children who lost Christmas presents Ahin Benn Staff Pashmeet Singh removes family belongings from her house in the Hillcrest Meadows subdivision Sunday in Tuscaloosa.

She and her two children escaped injury when a tornado ripped through the house Saturday. From Page 1A Marilyn King's Christmas decorations laid in a damp pile on her cold floor in Tuscaloosa on Sunday. Red and gold glass balls were shattered; her holiday plates and glasses were in tiny pieces. But King still had her husband, two daughters and son-in-law. All five had cowered in a hallway as a powerful tornado roared by 100 yards away, blasting out windows and splintering the roof.

"I'm just thankful we're not planning a funeral," she said. Skies dawned bright after the storm, but the weather was bitterly cold as chainsaws tore into fallen trees. Morning temperatures were near 20 degrees and winds gusted to 20 mph, making it feel like it was below zero. Adding insult, storm victims had to brush away a light powdering of snow as they sifted through the rubble of their homes. "It's amazing 70 or 75 degrees the day of the tornado and 20 the next," Mike Fields said as he surveyed damage to his house.

A single tear streamed down his cheek in the biting wind. Fields lives off Alabama 69, where some of the worst damage occurred. A tattered American flag flew at half-mast off a bent flagpole beside the four-lane road, choked with sightseers. Meanwhile, victims of Saturday's deadly tornado were remembered during the University of Alabama's winter graduation ceremony held Sunday in Tuscaloosa. "In the midst of this joyous occasion, let us be mindful of those for whom the past 24 hours have been filled with unspeakable tragedy and enormous devastation," Andrew Sorensen, the school's president, told graduates and guests.

"Let us remember these families who had the misfortune of being in the path of the tornado." The Associated Press contributed to this report Alvin Benn, who covers state news for the Montgomery Advertiser, can be reached at 240-0111 or by fax at 2611521. E-mail him at home at abennzebra.net or abenn(amontgomery advertiser. com at work. was the final victim. His body was found in a pile of rubble Sunday morning.

The 12th victim died in Geneva, about 200 miles south of Tuscaloosa, when another tornado roared through four counties at about the same time that Tuscaloosa was hit. A relative handed a photograph of the Crowder child to Siegelman moments after he arrived at the mobile home park. The governor the father of two couldn't take his eyes off the picture. During his tour of the site, Siegelman leaned over what once had been a mobile home and picked up a red and white toy truck, clutched it in his right hand and walked with the toy for several minutes. Residents and relatives walked up to him during his tour and he hugged several of them, including 12-year-old Taylor Loftin, who wore a bright orange ski mask to ward off the sub-freezing temperatures Dolores Mayfield, who drove here with her husband to help their son's family, stepped gingerly around the debris and didn't notice the body of a calico cat frozen beneath a large piece of wood near her right foot.

Scott Adcock of the state Department of Emergency Agency, said the Tuscaloosa tornado was about 2Vz miles long and up to half a mile wide. "We should have more details on Monday when we have a "I found some," he said, as he held up his cupped hands. "I'll keep looking for more." Several miles away at Hill-crest Meadows, an upscale subdivision where business executives lived in expensive houses, the destruction also had homeowners reeling. Jerry Williams stared into his garage where a large, shattered piece of wood had been turned into a spear and propelled through the rear wall. "You can't control Mother Nature," he said.

"I guess we all need to count our blessings after something like this." Next door, Adam Tobiar who moved to Alabama from England six months ago to take over a corporate executive position bent over and looked at a piece of wood. "I think that might be one of my ties," Tobiar said. "We haven't been in our house very long." Not far away, Arshi Singh and his wife, Pashmeet, went through their house retrieving what they could as they tried to stay warm. "I was at work, but my wife and two children were at home," said Singh, who owns a truck stop in Greene County. "They just held on to each other and ran from room to room." 1 Tamika Moor Staff Ashely Naugher, 16, looks for items she can salvage from her mobile home Sunday at the Bear Creek Trailer Park in Tuscaloosa.

chance to inspect the damage and the path," Adcock said. "We'll have damage assessment teams in places where the tornadoes hit." The Tuscaloosa twister was the worst in that area since 1932 when 100 people were killed. Two years ago, 34 people were killed and 260 others injured when another tornado ripped through rural Jefferson County about 50 miles to the northeast. Six of the 11 victims in Tuscaloosa County lived in the Bear Creek Trailer Park, which resembled the Jefferson County area devastated two years ago. "Everything we owned was destroyed," said Cindy Leslie, who said she and her family had moved into a "brand new" $40,000 mobile home not long ago.

"We don't know where it is right now. It just disappeared." A few feet away, Larry Naugher was on his knees, searching for pennies. He said a friend's daughter had been saving them..