HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1044 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1045 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1043 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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1043 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI...AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN LOUISIANA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS...A FEW TORNADOES...AND LARGE
HAIL ARE LIKELY ON THURSDAY. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE
THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL BE FROM MID-MORNING THROUGH LATE-AFTERNOON...THOUGH A FEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WEST
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM AND AN ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY. ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THE FRONT...VERY STRONG WINDS THROUGHOUT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
COMBINE WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. ONE OR MORE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY. THESE LINES WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...ALONG WITH A FEW
TORNADOES. ADDITIONALLY...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS...TORNADOES...AND LARGE HAIL. A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PARTICULARLY
DAMAGING WINDS OF UP TO 80 MPH AND PERHAPS A STRONG TORNADO WILL
EXIST ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI FOR LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THE
AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THURSDAY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN
FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REGION ON
THURSDAY.
OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SUSTAINED SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS
OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED...WITH WINDS BECOMING BECOME SOUTH AT
25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CHANNEL INTO THURSDAY.
WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...EXCEPT TO
40 MPH ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER CHANNEL. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH A WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER CHANNEL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS COULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY BEHIND THE COLD
FRONT...RESULTING IN A ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES.
.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 NEEDED ON THURSDAY.
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 927 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM SHAPING UP FOR CHRISTMAS EVE WITH FLASH
FLOODING POSSIBLE STARTING LATE TONIGHT FOR THE DELTA AND
SPREADING EASTWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY TOMORROW 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.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RIDGELAND...MADISON...CANTON...
CARTHAGE...PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB...SCOOBA...
JACKSON...PEARL...BRANDON...RICHLAND...FOREST...MORTON...NEWTON...
UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN...CRYSTAL SPRINGS...
HAZLEHURST...WESSON...MAGEE...MENDENHALL...TAYLORSVILLE...
RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...QUITMAN...STONEWALL...
SHUBUTA...BUDE...ROXIE...MEADVILLE...BROOKHAVEN...MONTICELLO...
NEW HEBRON...PRENTISS...BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...
LAUREL...COLUMBIA...WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...
HATTIESBURG
927 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI.
* THURSDAY AFTERNOON
* AN INTENSE SQUALL LINE CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL SWEEP
ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MISSISSIPPI TOMORROW AFTERNOON. RAINFALL
RATES NEAR TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE AND THIS MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. 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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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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CLARKE-LAWRENCE-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-
FORREST-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON...
WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR...STARKVILLE...
KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON...BROOKSVILLE...CARTHAGE...
PHILADELPHIA...PEARL RIVER...DE KALB...SCOOBA...FOREST...MORTON...
NEWTON...UNION...DECATUR...CONEHATTA...MERIDIAN...MAGEE...
MENDENHALL...TAYLORSVILLE...RALEIGH...BAY SPRINGS...HEIDELBERG...
QUITMAN...STONEWALL...SHUBUTA...MONTICELLO...NEW HEBRON...
PRENTISS...BASSFIELD...COLLINS...MOUNT OLIVE...LAUREL...
COLUMBIA...WEST HATTIESBURG...LUMBERTON...PURVIS...HATTIESBURG
303 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 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 ON THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL ABRUPTLY SHIFT
TO THE WEST AS A SQUALL LINE PASSES THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE WEST
WINDS SHOULD DECREASE THURSDAY EVENING 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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