HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 531 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 545 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM. COMPUTER MODELS DIFFER ON HOW
MUCH RAIN WILL FALL...BUT AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO
2 INCHES BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER UPSLOPE AREAS. AS RIVERS AND STREAMS
ARE RUNNING HIGH...THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL
FLOODING PROBLEMS.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING. WHILE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE FAIRLY STABLE
ACROSS THE REGION...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT AREAS SOUTH OF A
WARM FRONT COULD SEE SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND
POSSIBLY A FEW...BRIEF TORNADOES. BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THE
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT AS FAR NORTH AS A HARTWELL TO LAURENS
TO ROCK HILL LINE.
STRONG WIND GUSTS ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAY RESULT
IN TOPPLED TREES AND POWER LINES TUESDAY NIGHT. WINDY CONDITIONS
WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT ON
WEDNESDAY...POSSIBLY TOPPLING MORE TREES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
NONE.
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