Batchelor, LA Special Weather Statement

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

Issued:

633 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009

Expires:

645 AM CST SUN NOV 22 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY. A FEW OF THESE COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE MAINLY POSING A STRONG TO DAMAGING WIND RISK. THE MAJORITY OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL LIKELY REMAIN OFF THE COAST BUT THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT A STRONG TO SEVERE STORM OR TWO COULD THREATEN LAND AREAS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT WHILE AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A WARM FRONT DRAPED NEAR THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE COASTAL WATERS. SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT A WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT IS IN PLACE WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME OF THESE STORMS APPROACHING STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITS. THE MAJORITY OF THESE STORMS WILL REMAIN OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...BUT IF THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE NORTH...SOME OF THESE STRONGER STORMS MAY PASS OVER OR NEAR THE COASTAL PARISHES AND COUNTIES. THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE STRONG WINDS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG THE COAST...AND WATERSPOUTS. GENERALLY ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN OCCURRING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORGAN CITY TO PEARL RIVER WHERE ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES MAY OCCUR. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SEAS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6PM FOR THE COASTAL WATERS WEST OF THE SOUTHWEST PASS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AS THE SURFACE LOW TRACKS EAST NORTHEAST ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF EAST WINDS WILL PICK UP TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WINDS WILL QUICKLY VEER AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST REMAINING GUSTY BEFORE FINALLY RELAXING THIS EVENING. RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY AND ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AT MORGAN CITY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORMS SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. AFTERWARDS ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY...NOVEMBER 28TH.