FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 431 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND WEST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM GRENADA TO NATCHEZ
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA
THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE
ENTIRE ARKLAMISS AREA. HOWEVER...THE FOCUS FOR HEAVIER RAINFALL
WILL OCCUR OVER SITES WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 DUE TO THEIR PROXIMITY
TO THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT PIVOTS THROUGH THE
REGION.
RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH
AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVIER RAIN AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR IN STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL DEVELOP. 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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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 440 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY...
SOUTH WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA. WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 20 MPH
WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AT LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE
55 CORRIDOR WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS FROM 25 TO 30 MPH. SUSTAINED WIND
SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH GUSTS FROM 25
TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
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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