HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 431 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 445 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ON
THURSDAY AND BRING HEAVY RAIN...THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE
AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE...MAINLY BETWEEN NOON AND LATE AFTERNOON TOMORROW. ISOLATED
INCIDENTS OF FLASH FLOODING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.
EXPECT RAINFALL AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTH INTO THE
AREA. THE PRIMARY RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME LATER IN THE DAY
AS A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH JUST AHEAD OF AN
ADVANCING COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS SQUALL LINE...AS WELL AS ISOLATED TORNADOES.
IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS WITH THE SQUALL
LINE...WINDS WILL ALSO BE QUITE GUSTY TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF
THURSDAY AWAY FROM STORMS DUE TO A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER
THE REGION. THESE GUSTS COULD PEAK UP TO 35 MPH DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS PERIOD.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY...BUT IS OTHERWISE NOT
ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY.
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