HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1108 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1115 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER
TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FORECASTS FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.
SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON AREA LAKES
THROUGH TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR
THE GULF WATERS BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND FOR THE LAKES BY THURSDAY
MORNING.
AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
NEAR THE GULF COAST. THIS AREA WILL MOVE NORTHWARD WITH A WARM
FRONT OVERNIGHT BECOMING STRONGER AS THEY MOVE FARTHER INLAND. AN
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS AREA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY. A SQUALL
LINE IS LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT...AND STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THE TIME
OF GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE FROM EARLY MORNING TO MID
AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY.
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN VERY SATURATED SOIL ACROSS
THE AREA. THIS MAY LEAD TO A HIGHER THAN NORMAL POTENTIAL FOR
SHALLOWLY ROOTED TREES TO BE UPROOTED BY STRONG WINDS.
ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 12.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS
AND THE TIDAL LAKES THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT
WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS...SEAS AS HIGH AS 4 TO 6 FEET ON THE INNER
WATERS... AND 7 TO 10 FEET ON THE OUTER WATERS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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