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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MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-
NOXUBEE-
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.
$$

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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WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
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.
$$

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 253 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 800 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...INTENSE STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE REGION CHRISTMAS EVE...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WINDY CONDITIONS...AND LOCALIZED FLOODING
WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE CHRISTMAS EVE AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM AFFECTS
THE AREA.
AN UNUSUALLY INTENSE LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE PASSING FROM
NORTHERN LOUISIANA ACROSS ARKANSAS INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI THURSDAY.
THE LOW WILL PUSH A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS THE REGION FROM WEST TO
EAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...A LINE OF STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SWEEP ACROSS THE AREA FROM
LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ADDITIONALLY...A FEW STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS COULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE...WITH THE RISK OF
THIS ACTIVITY STARTING WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE TONIGHT.
THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS TO BE SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 20. THE THREAT FOR NUMEROUS DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...WILL EXIST IN THIS
AREA ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES. FARTHER TO THE NORTH...
THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK WILL BE SOMEWHAT LESS...BUT DAMAGING WINDS OF
60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF A TORNADO.
EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
PRODUCE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...WILL BE
COMMON...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION.
THESE TYPES OF WINDS CAN CAUSE LARGE LIMBS AND A FEW TREES TO BE
DOWNED.
FINALLY...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL OCCUR WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS
LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES WILL BE COMMON. FLASH FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR
NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS...AND MAY NEED TO BE
EXPANDED THURSDAY.
WITH MANY PEOPLE TRAVELING TO HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES THURSDAY...IT IS
EXTRA IMPORTANT TO KEEP AWARE OF THE WEATHER SITUATION. PEOPLE SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS...AND LISTEN FOR
POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
$$
AG

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 704 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 615 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

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HWOJAN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
614 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-
MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-WASHINGTON-
HUMPHREYS-HOLMES-ATTALA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE-
614 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
GUSTY SOUTH WIND WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. GUSTY WIND WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS FROM 30 TO 35 MPH. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE REGION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY
RISKS WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BUT
ONE OR TWO TORNADOES CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.
AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG WIND FIELDS THAT WILL
RESULT IN POTENT WIND SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION. ANY STORMS THAT
DEVELOP THURSDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ROTATION AND THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR IN STORMS THURSDAY. PONDING
WATER CAN BE EXPECTED AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION FOR
THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IS LIKELY THURSDAY.
$$