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FLUS74 KJAN 091443
AWUJAN

AREA WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
840 AM CST THU MAR 9 2006

AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CHARGE INTO THE AREA TODAY. 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE ARKLAMISS AND MANY 
STORMS WILL BE SEVERE. A LINE OF STORMS WILL APPROACH THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AROUND NOON. THE LINE OF STRONGEST STORMS ALONG 
THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 PM BEFORE 
THEY MOVE NEAR THE EAST MISSISSIPPI BORDER AROUND SUNSET. THE 
PRIMARY RISK WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...WHICH 
WILL BE ENHANCED BY INTENSE WIND FLOW CURRENTLY IN PLACE. LARGE HAIL 
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN THE 
AREA WITH STRONGER STORMS TODAY. THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR LONGER 
TRACK TORNADOES WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP 
AHEAD OF THE LINE OF STORMS THAT TRACK ACROSS THE REGION.       

AS OF 840 AM THIS MORNING THE INTENSE LINE OF STORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...NORTHWEST LOUISIANA TO EAST TEXAS. THE LINE IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA BY NOON.

WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY. THE TIGHT GRADIENT OF 
PRESSURE VALUES PRODUCED BY THE APPROACH OF SUCH AN INTENSE LOW 
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE BOARD. 
SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING 
WITH WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE LATER IN THE 
MORNING AND SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED 
WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM AGAIN TODAY 
AND WILL CLIMB INTO THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S IN THE AFTERNOON. 

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