HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 351 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA....
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MARINE
AREA TONIGHT. SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO EXCEED 20 KNOTS THIS
EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD ABOVE 7 FEET BY LATE
TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.
SOME FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SEVERAL AREA RIVERS ACROSS THE REGION.
PLEASE SEE THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT ON
THURSDAY MORNING WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND ACROSS THE WESTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE THURSDAY EVENING. WHILE THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT WIND
ENERGY IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...THE THREAT WILL
BE MITIGATED BY A LACK OF INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...ISOLATED DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. A SMALL
POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO EXISTS. THE SEVERE THREAT
SHOULD BE LIMITED TO PRIMARILY THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA AND THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS SHOULD END BY MID TO LATE EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT SWEEPS
EAST OF THE REGION.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY TO OCCUR...BUT THE THREAT FOR
FLASH FLOODING APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME.
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE MARINE
AREA THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND
IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME A MODERATE TO STRONG WEST
WIND IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THURSDAY EVENING...EASING UP
CHRISTMAS MORNING. WAVE HEIGHTS ON THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
BETWEEN 7 TO 11 FEET.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL
NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY.
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