Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
302 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...SOUTHEAST
ARKANSAS...AND NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. THE
PRIMARY TIMING FOR A RISK OF SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED
TO BE BETWEEN 9 PM AND 9 AM AS A BAND OF STORMS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA
FROM WEST TO EAST. HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
TO 75 MPH...AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.
AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL EXIST OVER THE DELTA NORTHWEST
OF A LINE FROM DELHI TO GRENADA. IN THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR A FEW
STRONG TORNADOES COULD OCCUR...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY DISCRETE SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THE BAND OF STORMS.

IN ADDITION TO THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS WHERE STORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY ACROSS THE
SAME AREA. THIS COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. THE PRIMARY
RISK FOR THIS WOULD BE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TALLULAH TO MACON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
ANOTHER EPISODE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LIKELY TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE ATMOSPHERE
LOOKS TO BECOME PARTICULARLY CONDUCIVE TO THE PRODUCTION OF
SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...AND THE MOST
INTENSE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG TORNADOES.

THERE ALSO EXISTS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY 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 AT ANY TIME THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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