HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 429 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 430 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY. A SQUALL
LINE IS LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...AND STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WHICH COULD BE WIDESPREAD AS WELL AS ISOLATED
TORNADOES POSSIBLE. THE TIME OF GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE FROM
EARLY MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON.
RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN VERY SATURATED SOIL ACROSS
THE AREA. THIS MAY LEAD TO A HIGHER THAN NORMAL POTENTIAL FOR
SHALLOWLY ROOTED TREES TO BE UPROOTED BY STRONG WINDS.
ADDITIONALLY...HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 12.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS
AND TIDAL LAKES THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS...WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS. SEAS NEAR SHORE OF 5 TO 9 FEET AND 9 TO 11 FEET
OFFSHORE.
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE REFER
TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FORECASTS FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SEVERAL AREA RIVERS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER FORECASTS FOR
SPECIFIC DETAILS.
OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUEST TODAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AS
WELL AS SOUTHERN AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. PLEASE RELAY ANY REPORTS
OF SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHERS SERVICE OFFICE IN
SLIDELL OR TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
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