HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1121 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM CST THU DEC 24 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 AND TONIGHT
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE
AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
EXCEED 20 KNOTS THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL
BUILD ABOVE 7 FEET BY LATE TONIGHT. AREAS OF DENSE FOG ARE POSSIBLE
OVER THE BAYS AND NEAR SHORE WATERS OVERNIGHT.
SOME FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION.
PLEASE SEE THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT ON
THURSDAY MORNING WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE
THURSDAY EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF
THE LINE WILL MOVE NORTH TO NORTHWEST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ISOLATED TORNADOES. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE MORE
LIKELY WITH THE SQUALL LINE AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE
REGION...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY
EVENING. STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE
AREA LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS
THEY MOVE EAST OF AN ANDALUSIA TO THOMASVILLE LINE...BUT AN ISOLATED
SEVERE STORM CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT EAST OF THIS AREA UNTIL
AFTER THE COLD FRONT PASSES.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES OR SLIGHTLY MORE ARE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA MAINLY THURSDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW PLACES AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY TO OCCUR.
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE
AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND
IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME A MODERATE TO STRONG WEST
TO NORTHWEST WIND IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THURSDAY
EVENING...EASING UP CHRISTMAS MORNING. WAVE HEIGHTS ON THURSDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 10 FEET THROUGH THE DAY.
DENSE FOG MAY LINGER OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS INCLUDING BAYS...
SOUNDS AND THE IMMEDIATE COAST THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL
NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY.
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