HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 700 PM CST MON DEC 28 2009
Expiration: 700 PM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
A MODERATE NORTHWEST WIND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE BAYS AND NEAR SHORE
WATERS...SLIGHTLY STRONGER BEYOND 20 MILES OFFSHORE THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WERE DISCONTINUED THIS AFTERNOON.
SOME MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ACROSS THE
REGION. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED
INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY
A RISK OF WILDFIRE EXISTS IN THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TUESDAY
FROM NOON TO 5 PM. HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO BELOW 30 PERCENT SHORTLY
AFTER NOON AND RETURN TO ABOVE 35 PERCENT BY 5 PM. SLIGHTLY HIGHER
HUMIDITY IN COASTAL COUNTIES.
A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. AS THE LOW APPROACHES
WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE OVER THE MARINE AREA...SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF ELSEWHERE. 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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