HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 516 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 530 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA...PIEDMONT
NORTH CAROLINA...WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
RAIN WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM. RAIN AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION ENDS
WEDNESDAY. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED OVER EXTREME
NORTHEAST GEORGIA...UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA WEST OF ANDERSON AND
CLEMSON...AND THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA. WIDESPREAD
FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED...THOUGH ISOLATED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
AS STREAM AND LAKE LEVELS ARE ALREADY RUNNING HIGH.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN
CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
WILL FORM NORTH OF A WARM FRONT AND WILL HAVE LITTLE CHANCE OF
PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER...LATE TONIGHT THAT FRONT MAY
MOVE INTO THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF THE UPSTATE. IF THAT WERE TO
OCCUR...AREAS FROM ELBERTON TO LAURENS AND CHESTER COULD SEE
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS AND PIEDMONT
OF THE WESTERN CAROLINAS AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY. WIND
GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. AS THE GROUND
WILL BE WET FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHTS RAIN...QUITE A FEW TREES
COULD BE BLOWN DOWN BY THE GUSTY WINDS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD ANY REPORTS OF LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...TORNADOES OR FLASH FLOODING TO OUR OFFICE.
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