Watches, Warnings & Advisories for Sunflower Co.

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Special Weather Statement for Christmas Day

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
127 PM CST SUN DEC 23 2012

...SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE CHRISTMAS DAY...

AN INTENSIFYING AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND MUCH
OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CHRISTMAS DAY. UNSEASONABLY WARM...MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR WILL SURGE NORTH FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE LOWER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT
DURING THE DAY AND EVENING ON CHRISTMAS.

THE LATEST FORECAST DATA CONTINUES TO SUGGEST THAT THE SURFACE LOW
WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF OUR AREA LOWERING THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORM DEVELOP OVER OUR DELTA REGION...BUT
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...HAIL AND TORNADOES...SOME OF THEM STRONG...WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20. IN ADDITION...
WIDESPREAD RAIN OF ONE TO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS REGION SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER
UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON CONCERNING THIS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

PEOPLE IN YAZOO...BOLIVAR...CARROLL...CHOCTAW...CLAIBORNE...CLARKE...
CLAY...COPIAH...COVINGTON...FORREST...FRANKLIN...GRENADA...HINDS...
HOLMES...HUMPHREYS...ISSAQUENA...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JEFFERSON
DAVIS...JONES...KEMPER...LAMAR...LAUDERDALE...LAWRENCE...LEAKE...
LEFLORE...LINCOLN...LOWNDES...MADISON...MARION...MONTGOMERY...
NESHOBA...NEWTON...NOXUBEE...OKTIBBEHA...RANKIN...SCOTT...SHARKEY...
SIMPSON...SMITH...SUNFLOWER...WARREN...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...
WINSTON...ADAMS...ATTALA...CHICOT AND ASHLEY COUNTIES...AND WEST
CARROLL...MADISON...CATAHOULA...CONCORDIA...EAST CARROLL...
FRANKLIN...MOREHOUSE...RICHLAND AND TENSAS PARISHES SHOULD MONITOR
THIS STORM CLOSELY.

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