Tornado Watch for South Mississippi

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Tornado Watch
MISSISSIPPI AREAL OUTLINE FOR TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 922
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
0253 PM CST WED DEC 22 2004

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 922 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 0900 PM CST AND
INCLUDES 24 COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI...

IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

MSC005-031-035-039-041-045-047-059-065-067-073-077-085-091-109-111-
113-131-147-153-230300-

...SOUTHERN...
AMITE COVINGTON FORREST GEORGE
GREENE HANCOCK HARRISON JACKSON
JEFFERSON DAVIS JONES LAMAR LAWRENCE
LINCOLN MARION PEARL RIVER PERRY
PIKE STONE WALTHALL WAYNE


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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1055 AM CST WED DEC 22 2004

LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077-080>082-231200-
AMITE-ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK-
HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-
LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES-LOWER ST. BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-
ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE-POINTE COUPEE-ST. CHARLES-ST. HELENA-
ST. JAMES-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST. TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-
UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST. BERNARD-
UPPER TERREBONNE-WALTHALL-WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-
WILKINSON-
1055 AM CST WED DEC 22 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND COASTAL
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

...THUNDERSTORMS...
WITH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE AND A UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVING ACROSS LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING. A SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTH TEXAS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
ACROSS SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THIS AFTERNOON TO NORTH ALABAMA THIS
EVENING. THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL ALSO MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL LIKELY COVER MOST
OF THE AREA. STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN HAZARDOUS WEATHER
THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND
POSSIBLY HAIL. HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE HEAVY PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...BUT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
APPEARS UNLIKELY.

...MARINE HAZARDS...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TIDAL LAKES AND THE
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT.
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25
THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE THIS EVENING...WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 20 TO 25 KNOTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES...
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS...FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND VERY
COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY NIGHT...AND
AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES THURSDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED
TO DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10...LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN...AND THE MISSISSIPPI COAST...WITH A LIGHT FREEZE NEAR
32 DEGREES POSSIBLE SOUTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...INLAND FROM THE
COAST. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI AND EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND TEENS FOR SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA THURSDAY...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. A HARD FREEZE IS
LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT OVER MOST AREAS EXCEPT NEAR THE SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA COAST AND THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. LOWS IN
THE LOWER TO MID 20S WILL BE COMMON.

COMPUTER MODELS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A LOW PRESSURE AREA TO
FORM IN THE WEST CENTRAL OR SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH MOVEMENT TO THE EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL OR SOUTH
CENTRAL GULF FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. COLD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH
INCREASED MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA COULD BRING A LIGHT WINTRY MIXTURE
OF SNOW...SLEET AND RAIN ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...MAINLY FROM THE
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA COAST...FROM WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN...TO JUST NORTH OF LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN...TO THE
MISSISSIPPI COAST. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT
WITH VERY LITTLE ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OR SLEET. RELATIVELY WARM
GROUND AND AIR TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD PREVENT ROADS FROM ICING OVER. HOWEVER...BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES COULD BE ICY AND TREACHEROUS FRIDAY NIGHT.

...MARINE HAZARDS...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT MAINLY FOR THE GULF
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 TO
30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...MAY
BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.