HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1057 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST WED DEC 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA
AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ADVANCES FROM THE NORTHWEST GULF
TO COASTAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH TUESDAY...BRINGING PERIODS OF RAIN TO
THE AREA ALONG WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS TO COASTAL AREAS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER EXTREME
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA. HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE WITH STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS
OVER THE MARINE AREA INCREASING ON TUESDAY AND BECOMING EASTERLY.
GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE MARINE AREA BY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES NORTHEASTWARD INTO ALABAMA
TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN FURTHER INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD RAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT...OCCASIONALLY
HEAVY...GRADUALLY SHIFTS EAST OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL ALABAMA...EXTREME SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...AND THE NORTHWEST
FLORIDA PANHANDLE WHICH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN
POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE STORMS OFFSHORE AND ALONG
THE IMMEDIATE COAST COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
BREEZY EASTERLY WINDS OVER THE COASTAL AREAS TUESDAY EVENING BECOME
SOUTHERLY OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PERSISTENT
STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL LIKELY RESULT IN COASTAL FLOODING ALONG
COASTAL ALABAMA AND THE NORTHWEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY.
OVER THE MARINE AREA...GALE CONDITIONS IN STRONG EASTERLY WINDS
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWESTERLY. THE
STRONG FLOW GRADUALLY SUBSIDES WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY BUT
A MODERATE TO STRONG FLOW PERSISTS THROUGH SUNDAY AND WILL CONTINUE
TO CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH THE PERIOD.
FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON WINDS...SEAS AND COASTAL
FLOODING...REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER AND COASTAL HAZARD
MESSAGES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE.
A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS INTO THE REGION LATER IN THE
WEEK AND BRINGS THE RISK OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES BOTH FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY MORNINGS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED TONIGHT BUT MAY BE REQUIRED
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER AND
COASTAL FLOODING.
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