Hazardous Weather Outlook 4/15-16/12

We'll see a round of strong to severe weather overnight tonight, continuing into Monday and Tuesday for some portions of Mississippi.  Here's the Hazardous Weather Outlook from this afternoon, and graphics outlining the anticipated timeline for storm movement.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
301 PM CDT SUN APR 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MISSISSIPPI...NORTHEAST
LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET WITH SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
25 MPH AND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH.

LATER TONIGHT...A LINE OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OUT OF
NORTHERN LOUISIANA. THIS WILL BRING THE RISK FOR SOME STRONG STORMS
ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE SEVERE STORMS. THIS RISK WILL
MAINLY BE FOR LOCATIONS WEST OF A EUPORA TO JACKSON TO BUDE LINE.
WIND GUSTS OF 40-60 MPH WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT BETWEEN 10 PM AND
7 AM. 

BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY DEVELOP FOR AREAS EAST
OF THE NATCHEZ TRACE. THIS WILL BE WHERE INSTABILITY CAN DEVELOP
AHEAD OF A STALLING SURFACE FRONT. 

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.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 LATER TONIGHT.

 

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