HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 403 AM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST SUN DEC 13 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR LIGHT SLEET WILL
MIX WITH RAIN AT THE ONSET EARLY THIS MORNING NORTH OF A LINE FROM
GRENADA TO STARKVILLE TO BIGBEE VALLEY. NO ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED. RAINS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION AS SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO AND MOISTURE
IS TRANSPORTED INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES MAY BRIEFLY BE COLD
ENOUGH DURING THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF RAIN IN THESE AREAS TO ALLOW FOR
A TEMPORARY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION.
OTHERWISE...WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE
MIDDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING IN MOST AREAS. MODERATE TO
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. TOTAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1
TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER
IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO AND THROUGH THE REGION. FLOODING WILL BE A
CONCERN WITH THIS ACTIVITY...SINCE GROUNDS WILL BE SATURATED FROM
EARLIER RAINS AND MANY LOCAL CREEKS...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE AT
HIGH LEVELS.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY.
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