HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 543 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 545 AM CST WED DEC 23 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
AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ALONG THE PEARL
RIVER AND SURROUNDING AREAS AS WELL AS COASTAL MISSISSIPPI.
VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. PATCHY FOG
WILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI. FOG WILL DISSIPATE WITHIN A COUPLE HOURS AFTER
SUNRISE.
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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY.
A SQUALL LINE WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT...AND STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
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.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.
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