000 FLUS44 KLIX 270111 HWOLIX HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 711 PM CST THU NOV 26 2009 GMZ530-550-555-570-575-LAZ034>040-046>050-056>070-MSZ068>071-077- 080>082-271230- PASCAGOULA TO SW PASS MISSISSIPPI RIVER OUT 20 NM- PASCAGOULA TO SW PASS MISSISSIPPI RIVER 20-60 NM OUT- SW PASS MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 20 NM- SW PASS MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER 20-60 NM OUT-AMITE- ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-EAST BATON ROUGE-EAST FELICIANA-HANCOCK- HARRISON-IBERVILLE-JACKSON-LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS- LIVINGSTON-LOWER JEFFERSON-LOWER LAFOURCHE-LOWER PLAQUEMINES- LOWER ST BERNARD-LOWER TERREBONNE-ORLEANS-PEARL RIVER-PIKE- POINTE COUPEE-ST CHARLES-ST HELENA-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST- ST TAMMANY-TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE- UPPER PLAQUEMINES-UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE-WALTHALL- WASHINGTON-WEST BATON ROUGE-WEST FELICIANA-WILKINSON- 711 PM CST THU NOV 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AS COLD AIR CONTINUES TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT... TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS NEAR DAYBREAK FRIDAY. A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA THAT ARE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ST. FRANCISVILLE TO HAMMOND TO SLIDELL TO PASCAGOULA. PLEASE REFER TO THE FREEZE WARNING PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER NEAR MORGAN CITY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR DETAILS. MARINE...BREEZY CONDITIONS WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION HEADLINE IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AS WELL AS THE TIDAL LAKES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED OVER THE GULF WATERS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE MONDAY...ACCOMPANIED BY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AS THE FRONT STALLS...A STRONG SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF. THIS LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA ON WEDNESDAY...BRINGING STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE GULF COASTAL WATERS. THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAND IS CURRENTLY LOW...BUT WILL DEPEND GREATLY ON THE TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW. MARINE...HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS A STRONG SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE COASTAL WATERS BEHIND A COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. $$ 32