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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