Lenox, AL Hazardous Weather Outlook

Lenox, Alabama

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 545 AM CDT FRI AUG 29 2008
Expiration: 700 AM CDT SAT AUG 30 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS THE GULF COASTAL WATERS OF ALABAMA
AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD POP UP OVER THE AREA.  NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE FORECAST.

TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO MOVE AWAY FROM JAMAICA TODAY
AND BECOME A HURRICANE OVER THE WARM WATERS OF THE NORTHWEST
CARIBBEAN. GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO MOVE OVER THE CAYMAN ISLANDS
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE OFFICIAL FORECAST BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CALLS FOR
GUSTAV TO MOVE NORTHWEST INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO THIS WEEKEND.
GUSTAV COULD BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE AS IT MOVES NORTHWEST ACROSS
THE CENTRAL GULF SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.  ALL INTERESTS ALONG THE
CENTRAL GULF COAST REGION SHOULD PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE
LATESTS DEVELOPMENTS AND FORECASTS REGARDING GUSTAV OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS.

BASED PRIMARILY ON THE LATEST OFFICIAL FORECAST TRACK OF GUSTAV
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...BANDS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD MOVE
NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF...AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL GULF
COAST REGION LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.  LARGE SWELLS GENERATED BY
GUSTAV WILL PROPAGATE NORTHWARD TO THE GULF COAST BRINGING A
SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO THE GULF
BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA SUNDAY THROUGH LABOR DAY.

SHOULD THE FORECAST TRACK OF GUSTAV BE ADJUSTED FARTHER TO THE
EAST...THE SPECIFIC IMPACTS BEING FORECASTED FOR SOUTHEAST
MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED. THUS...IT IS RECOMMENDED TO REVIEW
AND DEVELOP A PLAN OF ACTION SHOULD THIS HAPPEN.

REMAIN ALERT FOR THE LATEST UPDATES AND FORECASTS REGARDING THE
DEVELOPMENTS OF TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REQUIRED THROUGH
TONIGHT.  ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS WEEKEND DEPENDING ON
THE EVENTUAL TRACK OF GUSTAV.