HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1043 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1045 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ONE OR TWO TORNADOES
ARE LIKELY ON THURSDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE
THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. A POWERFUL STORM
SYSTEM AND AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION ON
THURSDAY. 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 THE DAY. THESE
LINES WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...ALONG WITH ONE OR TWO TORNADOES. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH
THURSDAY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION ON THURSDAY.
OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE REGION. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH
THURSDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS COULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...RESULTING IN A ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES.
.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 ON THURSDAY.
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