HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 535 PM EST FRI DEC 4 2009
Expiration: 515 AM EST SAT DEC 05 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE
REGION THROUGH TONIGHT...AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHWARD OVERNIGHT.
THIS FRONT COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS
LATER THIS EVENING.
...FLOOD IMPACT...
HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE ALONG RIVERS...STREAMS...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO
AROUND 20 KNOTS ON THE GULF WATERS WITH SEAS BUILDING UP TO 5
FEET. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL GO INTO EFFECT DURING THE LATE
NIGHT HOURS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A COLD FRONT WILL BE NEAR THE TAMPA BAY AREA SATURDAY MORNING AND
THEN RACE SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE FORT MYERS AREA BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE
BOUNDARY DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
...FLOOD IMPACT...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT DURING THE FIRST HALF OF SATURDAY.
...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND SEAS UP
TO 6 OR 7 FEET WILL CREATE ROUGH CONDITIONS FOR MARINERS. WINDS
AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ON SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
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