HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 320 PM CST WED DEC 16 2009
Expiration: 330 PM CST THU DEC 17 2009
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.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY FOR
MODERATE TO STRONG NORTH AND NORTH EAST WINDS AND SIGNIFICANT WAVES
OF 7 TO 10 FEET FOR THE HIGHEST TWO THIRDS AND MORE FOR MAXIMUM
COMBINED SEA BUT RARELY EXCEEDING 11 OR 12 FEET.
A LOW WILL MOVE EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...BRINGING RAIN BACK INTO THE REGION. HEAVIEST RAINFALL AFTER
MIDNIGHT THURSDAY THROUGH AT LEAST NOON FRIDAY. DEPENDING ON EXACTLY
HOW MUCH AND WHERE THE RAIN FALLS IT COULD COMPLICATE FLOODING
PROBLEMS. BECAUSE FLOOD GUIDANCE IS HIGHER ALONG THE COAST...A HEAVY
RAIN BAND MORE TOWARD THE COAST WOULD HAVE FEWER CONSEQUENCES THAN
FURTHER NORTH WHERE THE FLOODING OCCURRED SUNDAY.
A FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...EXCEPT FOR COASTAL
AREAS ON SUNDAY...MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNING OF NEXT WEEK. MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 20S
OVER INTERIOR LOCATIONS TO THE LOW TO MID 30S 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 ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR RIVER SYSTEMS.
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