HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 12 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
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ALONG THE COAST WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND
SPREAD NORTHWARD SLOWLY THROUGH THE DAY INTO TONIGHT. WITH A DRY
BOUNDARY LAYER...SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY FREEZE...FORMING SLEET.
A STRONG EASTERLY FLOW IS CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL
CRAFT OVER ALABAMA AND WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE COASTAL WATERS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
AS A SURFACE LOW WHICH DEVELOPED OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO
FRIDAY NIGHT MOVES NORTHEAST...THE COVERAGE OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO
INCREASE...BECOMING WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ALSO...THOUGH ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. THEY MAY CREATE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS...BUT LITTLE ELSE IS EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME.
THE STRONG EASTERLY FLOW WILL EASE TO MODERATE AS IT BECOMES
SOUTHERLY AS A WARM FRONT MOVES INLAND SATURDAY.
THE TOMBIGBEE RIVER OVER SOUTHWEST ALABAMA IS FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE PLAINS EARLY IN THE
WEEK...AGAIN BRINGING STRONG FLOW...ALBEIT SOUTHERLY TO THE AREA BY
TUESDAY...WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH A FRONT OFFSHORE...SHIFTING MODERATE ONSHORE
FLOW TO STRONG OFFSHORE TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ARE AGAIN
EXPECTED FOR SMALL CRAFT FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS NOT
ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
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