HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 1116 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 ASHLEY-CHICOT-BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS-HOLMES- ATTALA-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO-MADISON MS-LEAKE-NESHOBA-KEMPER- SCOTT-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-JASPER-CLARKE- 1116 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CONTINUES TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWEST OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA TODAY...EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOME CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE ARKLAMISS REGION. A WIND ADVISORY IN IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE LOCATIONS...AND OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH AT LEAST LATE TODAY. A FEW DEAD OR WEAK TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN THROUGH THE COURSE OF TODAY...WITH SOME FALLING ONTO POWER LINES RESULTING IN POWER OUTAGES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THESE AREAS AS HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ISAAC WILL PIVOT ACROSS THE REGION BRINGING RAINFALL RATES OCCASIONALLY IN EXCESS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL. IN ADDITION...THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES WILL ALSO EXIST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL BE GREATEST OVER AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A GREENVILLE TO BROOKHAVEN LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE REMNANTS OF ISAAC WILL BE PULLING AWAY FROM OUR REGION INTO NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND SOUTHERN MISSOURI TOMORROW NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME GUSTY WINDS MAY PERSIST IN AT LEAST THE ARKLAMISS DELTA THURSDAY EVENING...BUT SHOULD BE DIMINISHING A GREAT DEAL BY FRIDAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. $$ MSZ025>033-038-039-311630- LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW- OKTIBBEHA-WINSTON-NOXUBEE- 1116 AM CDT THU AUG 30 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CONTINUES SLOWLY MOVING NORTHWEST OVER NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO CONTINUE OVER OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH ISAAC WILL PIVOT ACROSS THE REGION MORE FREQUENTLY TODAY. THIS HEAVY RAIN MAY EVENTUALLY RESULT IN THE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AS WELL AS IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH TODAY. IN ADDITION...THE POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES WILL ALSO EXIST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL BE GREATEST OVER AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF A GREENVILLE TO BROOKHAVEN LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY OF 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...WILL BE NEEDED TODAY.
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