HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1128 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 1130 AM CST SAT DEC 19 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
MARINE HAZARDS...
A STRONG SURFACE LOW MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GULF COAST REGION
TOWARDS THE SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST REGION WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO
STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS WAVES AND SEAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT ACROSS THE TIDAL LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS. A SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.
RIVER FLOODING...
A LARGE NUMBER OF RIVERS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ARE NEAR OR ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR
DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
RIVER FLOODING...
MANY AREA RIVERS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. SOME
LOCATIONS ARE FORECAST TO RISE TO MODERATE OR MAJOR FLOOD LEVELS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER
FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS.
THUNDERSTORMS...
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS 6 DAYS OUT...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AND ANOTHER BOUT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN
AROUND WEDNESDAY. A STRONG SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER AND MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL BE ON THE RISE
AND DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH AND TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WE COULD
SEE SEVERE WEATHER AND MORE HEAVY RAIN. PLEASE MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS AS THIS COULD AFFECT YOUR CHRISTMAS TRAVEL PLANS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY WEDNESDAY...DECEMBER
23RD.
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