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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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 310 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 ALONG HIGHWAY 82...
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINONA...EUPORA...MABEN...MATHISTON...
WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...ACKERMAN...WEIR...STARKVILLE...
KOSCIUSKO...LOUISVILLE...MACON...BROOKSVILLE
310 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI AND
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.
* 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 OVERNIGHT AND TODAY HAS ALREADY TOTALED BETWEEN ONE HALF
AND ONE INCH OVER MUCH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR...EXCEPT FOR
LIGHTER AMOUNTS IN EAST MISSISSIPPI.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS FROM 2 TO 4 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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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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LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER-SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SIMPSON-SMITH-JASPER-
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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