HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 304 PM CST FRI DEC 11 2009
Expiration: 315 PM CST SAT DEC 12 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SLEET WILL
MIX WITH RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING NORTH OF A
LINE FROM CLEVELAND...TO KOSCIUSKO...TO MACON. NO SLEET OR ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED. RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT...AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS OVER THE WESTERN
GULF OF MEXICO AND MOISTURE IS TRANSPORTED INTO THE REGION.
TEMPERATURES MAY BRIEFLY GET COLD ENOUGH DURING THE FIRST FEW HOURS
OF RAIN IN THESE AREAS TO ALLOW FOR A TEMPORARY WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION.
OTHERWISE...WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION BY EARLY
SATURDAY AND PERSIST INTO AT LEAST EARLY SATURDAY EVENING IN MOST
AREAS. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AND EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS. TOTAL
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS COULD
RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
ALSO...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA AS A
STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO AND THROUGH THE REGION. FLOODING WILL BE A
CONCERN WITH THIS ACTIVITY...SINCE GROUNDS WILL BE SATURATED FROM
EARLIER RAINS AND MANY LOCAL CREEKS...RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE AT
HIGH LEVELS.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY.
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