HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1158 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM 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 WEDNESDAY MORNING
SOME AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING. MURDER
CREEK IN BREWTON...BAYOU SARA AT SARALAND AND BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK AT
FLOMATON ARE ALL AT OR APPROACHING MAJOR FLOOD LEVELS. THESE RIVERS
AND SEVERAL OTHERS ACROSS THE AREA WILL REMAIN IN MODERATE FLOOD
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. ADDITIONAL RAIN...POSSIBLY AS
MUCH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES MAY FALL THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THE CREST
FORECAST MAY NEED TO BE REVISED UPWARD.
FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY ACROSS THE REGION
UNTIL LATER TODAY WHEN THE RAINS WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END AFTER
A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA.
LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING NORTHEASTWARD OUT OF LOUISIANA AND
ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH ALABAMA AND THE
WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE FOLLOWING A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS OVER THE MARINE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
NORTHERLY 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND GUSTY BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR
MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH AND NORTH EAST WINDS AND WAVES OF 7 FEET OR
MORE.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF
LATER IN THE WEEK 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 RAIN FALLS...AND WHERE...THIS COULD
EXACERBATE REGIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.
A FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON BOTH SUNDAY AND
MONDAY MORNINGS. MONDAY IS FORECAST TO BE THE COLDEST OF THE TWO
MORNINGS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID 20S IN THE
INTERIOR TO AROUND 30 DEGREES ALONG THE COAST.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
CONTINUED ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS
REQUESTED DUE TO THE WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THE ONGOING FLOOD
SITUATION.
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