HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 456 AM CST FRI DEC 18 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST SAT DEC 19 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
WIND...
DEEP SURFACE LOW MOVING ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL GULF WILL
CONTINUE TO LEAD TO WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND COASTAL MISSISSIPPI. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM NEW ORLEANS TO
BUSH TO WADE...MISSISSIPPI. THE BIGGEST CONCERN WILL BE ALONG
ELEVATED HIGHWAYS DURING RUSH HOUR THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL BEGIN
TO SLACK OFF BE LATE THIS MORNING.
MARINE HAZARDS...
THE SAME SURFACE LOW WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO STRONG WINDS OVER
ALL OF THE MARINE ZONES. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS HAVE BEEN
OCCURRING AND WITH THAT A GALE WARNING IS NOW OUT FOR ALL OF THE
COASTAL WATERS WHICH INCLUDES THE TIDAL LAKES THROUGH 9AM. BY THAT
TIME THE TIDAL LAKES AND COASTAL WATERS WEST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI WILL DROP TO A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WHILE THE COASTAL
WATERS EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI WILL FOLLOW SUIT AFTER
NOON. WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND
COULD PERSIST OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH MUCH OF TOMORROW.
RIVER FLOODING...
MANY RIVERS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ARE NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
RIVER FLOODING...
MANY AREA RIVERS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. SOME
LOCATIONS ARE FORECAST TO RISE TO MODERATE OR MAJOR FLOOD LEVELS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS AND RIVER
FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS.
CONVECTIVE...
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS 5 TO 6 DAYS OUR THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS AND ANOTHER BOUT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK NEXT WEEK. A STRONG SYSTEM WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER AND MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY WILL BE ON THE RISE AND DEPENDING ON STRENGTH AND
TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WE COULD SEE SEVERE WEATHER AND MORE HEAVY
RAIN. PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AS THIS COULD AFFECT YOUR
CHRISTMAS TRAVEL PLANS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY WEDNESDAY AND/OR
THURSDAY...DECEMBER 23RD AND 24TH.
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