HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 340 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST THU DEC 10 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...TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT CONTINUES SOUTHEAST...MOVING DEEP INTO THE GULF. IN THE
WAKE OF THE FRONT...A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLDER
TEMPERATURES MOVING SOUTHWARD OFF THE LAND...RESULTS IN A
MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. SEAS LOOK
TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 FEET NEAR SHORE...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET WELL
OFFSHORE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
MODERATE TO STRONG NORTHEAST TO EASTERLY WINDS WILL PERSIST OVER THE
GULF WATERS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE
TO POSE A HAZARD TO SMALL CRAFT.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN GULF ON FRIDAY
AND TRACKS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THERE
WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THIS
SYSTEM...WHICH COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING ISSUES GIVEN THE
SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA.
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA IS FORECAST TO MOVE ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL NOT BE
REQUIRED THROUGH THURSDAY.
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