HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 429 PM CST WED DEC 16 2009
Expiration: 430 PM CST THU DEC 17 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS
OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
RIVER FLOODING...
MANY RIVERS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ARE NEAR OR ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.
MARINE HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF LAST NIGHTS COLD FRONT WILL
CONTINUE TO LEAD TO STRONG WINDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER THE GULF WATERS WITH
STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS UP TO 9 FEET EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY
NIGHT ACROSS AREAS GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NAPOLEONVILLE
TO SLIDELL TO ESCATAWPA. A SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST-
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WHILE A DISTURBANCE WORKS EAST
ACROSS THE SAME AREA. THIS WILL BRING RAIN...POSSIBLY MODERATE TO
HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE REGION. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE
TO TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4
INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY AND
HISTORIC RAINFALL AND SATURATED GROUND...IT WILL NOT TAKE AS MUCH
RAIN AS NORMAL TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS.
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.
MARINE...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS WAVES AND SEAS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL MAY BE NECESSARY THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND THURSDAY NIGHT TO SUPPORT FLASH FLOOD OPERATIONS.
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