HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 549 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
LOUISIANA...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND EAST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...
MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LUFKIN TEXAS TO RUSTON LOUISIANA LINE.
THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE ISOLATED TORNADOES...
ALTHOUGH SEVERE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MILES AN HOUR.
A WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHWARD THIS MORNING...AND
EXTEND FROM DEEP EAST TEXAS INTO NORTH LOUISIANA BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING
IN THE WARM AND MOIST AIRMASS SOUTH OF THE FRONT. AS A VIGOROUS STORM
SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE REGION...THE COMBINATION OF POWERFUL JET
STREAM DYNAMICS AND STRONG WIND SHEAR COULD ALLOW SOME OF THE
STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE.
THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO END FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT...
WHEN THE COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM TODAY.
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