HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 450 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 445 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
431 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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431 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ON
THURSDAY AND BRING HEAVY RAIN...THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS
THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY BETWEEN NOON AND LATE
AFTERNOON TOMORROW. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG
AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM ON
THURSDAY...AND FOR AREAS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI EAST OF INTERSTATE
55 FROM DAYBREAK THROUGH 6 PM.
EXPECT RAINFALL AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTH INTO THE
AREA. THE PRIMARY RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL COME LATER IN THE DAY
AS A SQUALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH JUST AHEAD OF AN
ADVANCING COLD FRONT. ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SQUALL LINE AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE
RULED OUT SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 82.
IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH WINDS WITH THE SQUALL
LINE...WINDS WILL ALSO BE QUITE GUSTY TONIGHT AND THROUGH MUCH OF
THURSDAY AWAY FROM STORMS DUE TO A VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER
THE REGION. THESE GUSTS COULD PEAK UP TO 35 MPH DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS PERIOD.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...WILL BE LIKELY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY...BUT IS OTHERWISE
NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY.
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LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 303 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 200 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...SOUTH WINDS RAMPING UP AHEAD OF A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM SWEEPING
TOWARD THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...
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YAZOO-MADISON MS-HINDS-RANKIN-COPIAH-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...
GRENADA...VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...WINONA...
BELZONI...ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...
GOODMAN...YAZOO CITY...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...JACKSON...
PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...HAZLEHURST...
WESSON...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN
303 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THURSDAY...
THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM CST THURSDAY.
SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BECOME MORE GUSTY THROUGH
TONIGHT AND INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL
ABRUPTLY SHIFT TO THE WEST AS A SQUALL LINE PASSES ABOUT MIDDAY
THURSDAY. THE WEST WINDS SHOULD DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON TO
AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON
AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.
WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES PER HOUR OCCASIONALLY BRING DOWN
LARGE LIMBS AND ROTTED TREES CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY AND PROPERTY
DAMAGE. EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN OUTDOORS DURING THESE STRONG WINDS.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 431 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND WEST MISSISSIPPI FOR THURSDAY...
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SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-
ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-WARREN-CLAIBORNE-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSSETT...NORTH CROSSETT...HAMBURG...
WEST CROSSETT...DERMOTT...LAKE VILLAGE...EUDORA...BASTROP...
OAK GROVE...EPPS...LAKE PROVIDENCE...RAYVILLE...DELHI...
TALLULAH...WINNSBORO...JONESVILLE...HARRISONBURG...NEWELLTON...
ST. JOSEPH...WATERPROOF...VIDALIA...FERRIDAY...WEST FERRIDAY...
CLEVELAND...INDIANOLA...RULEVILLE...GREENWOOD...GRENADA...
VAIDEN...NORTH CARROLLTON...CARROLLTON...GREENVILLE...BELZONI...
ISOLA...DURANT...TCHULA...LEXINGTON...PICKENS...GOODMAN...
MAYERSVILLE...ROLLING FORK...ANGUILLA...YAZOO CITY...VICKSBURG...
PORT GIBSON...FAYETTE...NATCHEZ
431 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND WEST MISSISSIPPI...GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A
LINE FROM GRENADA TO NATCHEZ
* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA
THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE
ENTIRE ARKLAMISS AREA. HOWEVER...THE FOCUS FOR HEAVIER RAINFALL
WILL OCCUR OVER SITES WEST OF INTERSTATE 55 DUE TO THEIR PROXIMITY
TO THE CENTER OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT PIVOTS THROUGH THE
REGION.
RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH
AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. HEAVIER RAIN AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR IN STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL DEVELOP. RAPIDLY RISING WATER WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND IN
AREAS WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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