TORNADO WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1035 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
TORNADO WATCH 808 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
MSC007-023-029-031-035-039-041-045-047-049-051-053-059-061-065-
067-069-073-075-077-079-085-089-091-099-101-103-109-111-113-121-
123-125-127-129-131-147-151-153-159-163-250000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0808.091224T1640Z-091225T0000Z/
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ATTALA CLARKE COPIAH
COVINGTON FORREST GEORGE
GREENE HANCOCK HARRISON
HINDS HOLMES HUMPHREYS
JACKSON JASPER JEFFERSON DAVIS
JONES KEMPER LAMAR
LAUDERDALE LAWRENCE LEAKE
LINCOLN MADISON MARION
NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE
PEARL RIVER PERRY PIKE
RANKIN SCOTT SHARKEY
SIMPSON SMITH STONE
WALTHALL WASHINGTON WAYNE
WINSTON YAZOO
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 433 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST TODAY
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST
MISSISSIPPI.
* FROM NOON CST TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
* AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SWEEP
ACROSS CENTRAL...EASTERN...AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI TODAY. RAINFALL
RATES NEAR TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS
TIME...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. RAPIDLY RISING WATER WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND
IN AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1004 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE
LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
TODAY ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE
REGION. THESE WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO THE WEST AS A SQUALL LINE
PASSES THROUGH THE AREA FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
THE WEST WINDS SHOULD DECREASE THIS EVENING TO AROUND 15 TO 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN
LARGE LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE. EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING THESE STRONG WINDS.
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