HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 251 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 200 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
248 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
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COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY-
GREENE-STONE-GEORGE-
248 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ALABAMA...SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI AND THE COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST
FLORIDA....
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG SEVERAL AREA RIVERS IN ALABAMA AND
NORTHWEST FLORIDA. MAJOR FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE ALABAMA RIVER
NEAR CLAIBORNE DAM.  PLEASE SEE THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT ON
THURSDAY MORNING WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST
ALABAMA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.   LOW-LEVEL SHEAR SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT FOR TORNADOES...BUT THE GREATEST SEVERE THREAT MAY BE
WIND DAMAGE...MORE LIKELY IF A PERSISTENT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN
BE MAINTAINED AS IT MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. A STRONG LOW
LEVEL JET WILL MOVE NORTHEAST LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND THE STORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE EAST OF INTERSTATE 65...BUT AN
ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CAN NOT BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT OVER THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 THURSDAY NIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES OR SLIGHTLY MORE ARE EXPECTED OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST ALABAMA WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING. THIS IS BELOW FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE BUT SOME
PONDING OF WATER IN LOW PLACES AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY TO
OCCUR.
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MARINE
AREA BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK. A STRONG SOUTHEAST WIND WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF A COLD
FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE MARINE AREA CHRISTMAS EVE.  A
MODERATE TO STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND IS EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
DENSE FOG WILL LIKELY DEVELOP OVER THE NEAR SHORE WATERS INCLUDING
INLAND BAYS AND SOUNDS AND SOME COASTAL AREAS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
ACTIVATION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS AND STORM SPOTTERS WILL
NOT BE REQUIRED THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY.
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