HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 600 AM CST MON DEC 14 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST TUE DEC 15 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
DENSE FOG HAS FORMED OVER THE AREA...WITH VISIBILITIES GENERALLY
BELOW ONE HALF MILE. VISIBILITIES WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO RISE AFTER
SUNRISE...GENERALLY RISING ABOVE ONE MILE BY MID TO LATE MORNING.
THE FOG WILL LINGER THROUGH THE DAY...BUT VISIBILITIES SHOULD
GENERALLY REMAIN ABOVE ONE HALF MILE THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.
RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA AS A SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MIX IN...BRINGING HEAVIER RAINS TO THE AREA. WITH
SOILS ALREADY SATURATED FROM THE WEEKENDS RAINS...THERE IS AN
INCREASED RISK OF FLASH FLOODING OVER THE AREA...WITH A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH IN EFFECT. A GENERAL TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED
TO ACCUMULATE BEGINNING LATER TODAY...LASTING THROUGH TUESDAY.
SEVERAL RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND WESTERN ALABAMA ARE
CURRENT IN FLOOD STAGE...WITH SEVERAL MORE ABOVE ACTION STAGE...AN
INDICATION OF NUISANCE FLOODING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST INTO
TUESDAY...ENDING AS A FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. WHILE SEVERE WEATHER
DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED...THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY CREATE
ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OVER THE MARINE AREA CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT LATE TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. A RE-ENFORCING FRONT WILL INCREASE WINDS FOR THE
WEEKEND...AGAIN CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.
WITH MOST AREAS RECEIVING AN ADDITIONAL THREE TO FOUR INCHES OR MORE
OF RAIN...MORE RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE ACTION AND FLOODING
LEVELS.
.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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