Hazardous Weather Outlook 4/25/2011

This is the current Hazardous Weather Outlook for 4/25/2011 at 10:00am.  We've got a regularly scheduled conference call with the National Weather Service at 2:00pm today.  I'll post a summary of the notes from that call later this afternoon.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
555 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-20 IN
MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS WILL EXIST TODAY AS SOUTHERLY WINDS
INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR FOR ALL
AREA...BUT THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE DELTA REGION.
HERE...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 20-30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. A
WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT.

SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...MAINLY
FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A RAYVILLE TO KOSCIUSKO TO STARKVILLE
LINE. UNCERTAINTY EXISTS ON THE STORM MODE...THERE COULD EXIST A FEW
SUPERCELL STORMS ALONG WITH A EVOLVING SQUALL LINE. ANY SUPERCELL
STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG
TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF A SQUALL LINE
DEVELOPS...THEN THE RISK WILL BE MORE WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH
A FEW TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

ANOTHER EPISODE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY...AREAS NORTH OF
I-20 WILL HAVE THE RISK INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THE RISK WILL SHIFT A BIT
ON WEDNESDAY TO AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-55 WITH AN ENHANCED
RISK FOR AREAS EAST OF I-55 AND NORTH OF I-20. ONLY A FEW STORMS ARE
ANTICIPATED TO DEVELOP AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...ANY STORM THAT DEVELOPS
WILL EXIST IN A ENVIRONMENT WITH A RARE COMBINATION OF INSTABILITY
AND WIND SHEAR. SUCH CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR SUPERCELLS WITH THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. THERE ALSO EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
TUESDAY NIGHT IF STORMS BEGIN TO MOVE OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. THIS
RISK IS MAINLY FOR AREAS WITHIN THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. 

***DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE AS YOUR SOLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY WATCHES AND WARNINGS. THIS WEBSITE DELIVERS FOCUSED INFORMATION FOR A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE TIMELY WEATHER WARNING INFORMATION***