HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 933 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 945 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING MAINLY
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI THROUGH 2 AM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END WITH A
COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE LATER THIS EVENING.
RIVER FLOODING...
SEVERAL RIVERS THAT DRAIN INTO THE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN SYSTEM ALONG
WITH RIVERS ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI COAST WILL RISE TO FLOOD LEVELS
TONIGHT. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.
MARINE HAZARDS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS AND TIDAL LAKES. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
20 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS WILL BUILD AS HIGH AS 7 TO 8 FEET TODAY
AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
MODERATE TO POSSIBLY STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL PREVAIL BEHIND THE
COLD FRONT ON WEDNESDAY...AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE
REQUIRED FOR A PORTION OF THE COASTAL WATERS WEDNESDAY MORNING.
STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SEAS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
...THUNDERSTORMS...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME...HOWEVER...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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