HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 354 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 200 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH MAY OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AS A
WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH THROUGH THE REGION. IN ADDITION...SOUTHEAST
WINDS WILL BE INCREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH BY MIDDAY WITH GUSTS UP TO
30 MPH POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF
INTERSTATE 55 WHERE LAKE WIND ADVISORIES WILL GO INTO EFFECT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY AS A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
THE AREA. AT THIS TIME...THE PRIMARY RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20
CORRIDOR. ADDITIONALLY...WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
WILL LIKELY BE CAPABLE OF GENERATING FLASH FLOODING. STORM TOTAL
PRECIPITATION COULD APPROACH 4 INCHES BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON IN THE
DELTA REGION.
GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF
THE COLD FRONT WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY.
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