Storms likely Tuesday/Wednesday

Confidence is building for a round of strong to severe weather for the area late Tuesday into Wednesday morning.  As always, we'll keep the most up-to-date information posted as it becomes available.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
223 PM CST SUN JAN 27 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

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

A POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT IS DEVELOPING TUESDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL BE POSSIBLE
AS A POTENT STORM SYSTEM BRINGS TOGETHER A COMBINATION OF INTENSE
WIND SHEAR AND INSTABILITY. A SQUALL LINE OF STORMS LOOKS TO IMPACT
THE AREA AND BRING THE RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS...SOME AS HIGH AS 80
MPH...AND TORNADOES...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
MAY ALSO OCCUR AS RICH MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE. PLEASE STAY TUNED
FOR UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER
EVENT.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

***DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE AS YOUR SOLE SOURCE OF WEATHER INFORMATION, ESPECIALLY WATCHES AND WARNINGS. THIS WEBSITE DELIVERS FOCUSED INFORMATION FOR A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE TIMELY WEATHER WARNING INFORMATION***