HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 355 PM CST SUN NOV 29 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST MON NOV 30 2009
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...TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
A MODERATE TO STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING SEAS IS EXPECTED
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A FRONTAL
PASSAGE. SMALL CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION.
A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF ON TUESDAY AND
DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE COAST AND OFFSHORE LATE TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AND SEVERAL INCHES OF
RAIN IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST. THIS HEAVY RAIN
COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. OVER THE
MARINE AREA...CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO WORSEN WITH WINDS
INCREASING CLOSE TO GALE FORCE BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE DURATION OF A
STRONG EASTERLY AND THEN SOUTHERLY FETCH RESULTS IN SEAS BUILDING TO
AROUND 8 FEET NEAR SHORE...UPWARDS TO AROUND 13 FEET WELL OFFSHORE.
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.
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES ARE FORECAST AS WINDS INCREASE AND TAKE ON A
SOUTHERLY COMPONENT TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LATE TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE WEST END
OF DAUPHIN ISLAND...AROUND THE WESTERN SHORES OF MOBILE BAY...AND
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST FROM FORT MORGAN TO FORT PICKENS.
STAY TUNED FOR ADDITIONAL FORECASTS AND UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ON THIS DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.
IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS LOOK TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH A MODERATE OFFSHORE
FLOW AND MODERATE SEAS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH MONDAY.
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