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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-101000- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL- FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE- GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON- MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY- MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH- PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON- SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS- TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN- WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES- WILKINSON- 525 AM EDT THU JUN 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THAT HAS BEEN DOMINATE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY TODAY. A WEAK TROUGH WAS STRETCHED FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC INTO NORTH GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. IN ADDITION...PENNY-SIZED HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO MACON TO AUGUSTA FROM 4 PM TO MIDNIGHT. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS GEORGIA WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY TODAY AND THUS WILL NOT HELP TO SUPPRESS AS MUCH CONVECTION AS IT HAS THE PAST FEW DAYS. IN ADDITION...A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WAS STRETCHED FROM ATLANTA TO MACON...WITH HIGHER DEW POINTS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. THIS FEATURE...ALONG WITH CAPES OF 1500 J/KG...WILL HELP TO ENHANCE THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...IN PARTICULAR ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. STEERING FLOW IS WEAK AND THUS STORMS MAY BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY. THIS MAY CAUSE SOME AREAS TO RECEIVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA. |
