HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 539 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009
Expiration: 545 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
TODAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE.
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN ALABAMA THIS MORNING WILL
TREK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TODAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL PULL A WARM FRONT NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTH AND PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL GEORGIA BY THIS AFTERNOON.
.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES COULD RESULT IN FLOODING. DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM COLUMBUS...TO MACON...TO MILLEDGEVILLE. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS
MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME DAMAGE.
.DISCUSSION...
AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS
AFTERNOON...INSTABILITIES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA. STRONG LOW
LEVEL WIND SHEAR ALONG WITH CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 500 J/KG
BEHIND THE FRONT...SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS AND A
POSSIBLE WEAK TORNADO OR TWO. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS...TO MACON...TO
MILLEDGEVILLE.
HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM COLUMBUS TO ATHENS AND
SOUTHWARD AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THIS
AREA...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES.
CREEKS...RIVERS...AND STREAMS WILL RISE IN RESPONSE TO THIS
RAINFALL AND FLOODING COULD RESULT. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON
FLOODING POTENTIAL...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT.
A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND
HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL PRODUCE GUSTY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS TO 25 MPH
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF GEORGIA...WITH 35 MPH GUSTS
POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA...AS THE LOW
TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS ALABAMA. THESE GRADIENT WINDS MAY CAUSE
SOME DAMAGE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION TODAY FOR
POSSIBLE ACTIVATION MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.
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