HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 858 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 900 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
VERY DENSE FOG...WITH VISIBILITIES ONE-EIGHTH MILE OR LESS...WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 10 AM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHSHORE OF
LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN TO THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST...INCLUDING THE
INTERSTATE 12...10...AND 59 CORRIDORS BETWEEN
MANDEVILLE...GULFPORT...AND POPLARVILLE. ELSEWHERE...PATCHY DENSE
FOG WILL OCCUR IN MORE LOCALIZED AREAS. ONCE THE FOG BURNS
OFF...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.
PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE AGAIN OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING.
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER
TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FORECASTS FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A SQUALL LINE WILL
LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT...AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE TORNADOES AND DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. ADDITIONALLY...RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL
RESULTING IN VERY SATURATED SOIL ACROSS THE AREA MAY LEAD TO A
HIGHER THAN NORMAL POTENTIAL FOR SHALLOW ROOTED TREES TO BE UP
ROOTED BY STRONG WINDS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.
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