FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 433 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI.
* FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SWEEP
ACROSS CENTRAL...EASTERN...AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TODAY. RAINFALL
RATES NEAR TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS
TIME...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. RAPIDLY RISING WATER WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND
IN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 520 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
PM CST THIS EVENING.
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE GUSTY EARLY THIS MORNING AND
INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO THE WEST AS A SQUALL LINE
PASSES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE WEST WINDS SHOULD DECREASE
EARLY THIS EVENING TO AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN
LARGE LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE. EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING THESE STRONG WINDS.
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