HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 257 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND STRONG COLD FRONT. ONCE STORMS FORM THEY WILL MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE ARKLAMISS AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WIND GUSTS AND A FEW TORNADOES. THE GREATEST RISK FOR THESE STORMS WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR WILL BE BETWEEN 1 AM AND 5 AM...AND 4 AM UNTIL 10 AM FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 55. FOLLOWING THE COLD FRONT...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 45 MPH. SPORADIC 50 MPH WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE DELTA REGION ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION BETWEEN EARLY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE REGION FROM 3 AM THURSDAY MORNING TO 6 PM THURSDAY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK (INCLUDING CHRISTMAS DAY)...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM COULD IMPACT THE REGION BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES. .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 TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING AND POSSIBLY AGAIN NEXT WEEK.
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