HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1215 AM CST TUE DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 300 AM CST WED DEC 16 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA...SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA
.DAY ONE...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT
WIDESPREAD INUNDATION FLOODING...WITH EMBEDDED FLASH FLOODING...WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF INTERIOR SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND
SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA THROUGH LATE TODAY. SOME AREA RIVERS ARE
APPROACHING THE UPPER END OF MODERATE FLOODING.
LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR DATA INDICATE DEVELOPING UPSTREAM
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL RATES
THROUGH 6 AM. THESE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE
SAME LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT CAUSING EVEN MORE VERY SERIOUS TO EXTREME
FLOODING. ALMOST EVERY COUNTY OVER THE LOCAL AREA CAN EXPECT
ANOTHER TWO TO THREE INCHES BY SUNRISE. ISOLATED AREAS MAY RECEIVE
THREE TO SIX MORE INCHES OF RAIN LOCALLY WHERE SURFACE BOUNDARIES
SETUP...ALLOWING THUNDERSTORMS TO FOCUS. ONCE THIS BEGINS TO
HAPPEN...YOUR LOCAL NWS WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON
THE LOCATION AND TIMING SPECIFICS. UNTIL THEN...PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST FLASH FLOOD...FLOOD AND RIVER FLOOD PRODUCTS FROM YOUR LOCAL
NWS OFFICE IN MOBILE ALABAMA.
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT FOR INCREASING
NORTHERLY WINDS.
A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE GULF COAST AND BEGIN TO STALL LATE
THIS EVENING. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION SHOULD GRADUALLY SHIFT
OFFSHORE DURING THE DAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN GULF ON THURSDAY
WILL CAUSE MORE RAIN TO MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION FROM LATE THURSDAY
THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF FRIDAY. DEPENDING ON EXACTLY HOW
MUCH RAINFALL SETS UP...AND WHERE...THIS COULD EXACERBATE REGIONAL
FLOODING PROBLEMS FROM EARLIER IN THE WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT MAY BE NEEDED
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING.
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