HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 603 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN LOUISIANA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...A FEW
TORNADOES...AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH
A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM
AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.
ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT...VERY STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ONE OR MORE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THIS TIME. THESE LINES WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...ALONG
WITH A FEW TORNADOES. ADDITIONALLY...SUPER CELL THUNDERSTORMS COULD
DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. THESE STORMS WILL
BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES...AND LARGE HAIL.
A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PARTICULARLY DAMAGING WINDS OF UP TO 80 MPH AND
PERHAPS A STRONG TORNADO WILL EXIST ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI LATE
THIS MORNING AND INTO THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY...WHICH COULD
RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
REGION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
IN ADDITION...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE
EXPECTED...WITH WINDS BECOMING BECOME SOUTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH OVER
AREAS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH THE DAY. WIND GUSTS BETWEEN TO
35 AND 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS REGION. AS A RESULT...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY...WITH A WIND
ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. GUSTY
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BUT BECOME MORE WESTERLY BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT. THIS WILL AGAIN RESULT IN A ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY...
THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL BE NEEDED TODAY.
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