HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 610 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 01 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND THE ADJACENT GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA
AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A COLD FRONT MAY BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE
AREA TODAY. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT.
A MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW AND BUILDING SEAS IS EXPECTED OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. SMALL
CRAFT ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A SURFACE LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF ON TUESDAY AND
STRENGTHEN AS IT TRACKS TOWARD THE NORTHERN GULF COAST TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND
SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE COAST.
HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE
AND URBAN AREAS.
OVER THE MARINE AREA...CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO WORSEN WITH WINDS
INCREASING. GALE FORCE GUSTS ARE LIKELY BEGINNING LATER IN THE DAY
TUESDAY. THE DURATION AND STRENGTH OF THE SOUTHERLY FETCH RESULTS IN
SEAS BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 FEET NEAR SHORE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. WELL OFFSHORE...SEAS LOOK TO BE EVEN MORE WELL
DEVELOPED...RANGING FROM 13 TO 18 FEET. EAST OF WHERE THE LOW MOVES
ONSHORE...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE STORMS OFFSHORE
AND ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH ISOLATED
TORNADOES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THERE IS AN INCREASED RISK OF COASTAL FLOODING ALONG COASTAL
SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY.
FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON FORECAST WINDS...SEAS AND COASTAL
FLOODING...REFER TO THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER AND COASTAL HAZARD
MESSAGES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE.
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LOOK TO CONTINUE WITH A
MODERATE OFFSHORE FLOW AND MODERATE SEAS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGS THE RISK OF FREEZING
TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SEVERE WEATHER AND COASTAL
FLOODING.
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