HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 346 PM CST SUN DEC 27 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST MON DEC 28 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...NORTHWEST
FLORIDA...AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY
A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE AREA
LATE TONIGHT GIVING WAY TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT
THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS FROM 20 TO 60 NM OUT.
SOME FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION.
PLEASE SEE THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
A WIDESPREAD FREEZE IS FORECAST FOR MONDAY NIGHT. WHILE A HARD
FREEZE IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED...LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP
INTO THE MIDDLE 20S FOR MOST LOCATIONS AWAY FROM THE COAST.
A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF EARLY WEDNESDAY AND
MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY
THURSDAY. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER
THE MARINE AREA. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION
DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CURRENT
INDICATIONS ARE THAT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME...BUT
LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS IS
NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH MONDAY.
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