HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 455 AM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
WILL MIX WITH RAIN FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING NORTH
OF A LINE FROM CROSSETT TO YAZOO CITY TO MERIDIAN. NO SLEET OR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT...AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO AND MOISTURE IS TRANSPORTED INTO THE REGION. WITH
TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA
TONIGHT...SOME LIGHT SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX IN WITH
THE RAIN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE RAIN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA INTO SATURDAY...WITH
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF
1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST
OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY. THIS COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER
IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ADDITIONALLY...A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 20 CORRIDOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
SATURDAY NIGHT.
ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN WITH THIS ACTIVITY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK. INCREASING MOISTURE
AHEAD OF THESE FEATURES WILL SUPPORT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY.
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