HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 431 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 445 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA. THE MOST LIKELY TIME TO EXPERIENCE HAZARDOUS WEATHER FROM THIS
SYSTEM APPEARS TO BE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY IN
LOCATIONS WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 AND THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
AT THIS TIME...THE MAIN RISK IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE REGION APPEARS TO BE DAMAGING WINDS...
BUT TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR. ADDITIONALLY...WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL LIKELY BE CAPABLE OF
GENERATING SOME FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 55.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS FOR MORE INFORMATION
CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.
SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED MAY BE NEEDED WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY
THURSDAY.
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