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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 615 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST SUN NOV 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA
TONIGHT...
.SYNOPSIS...
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF THE TEXAS
COAST AND IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARD NEAR THE GULF COAST.
MEANWHILE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN THE MID ATLANTIC COAST
INTO GEORGIA.
.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE
LIGHTNING. THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH
OF COLUMBUS TO MACON MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
.DISCUSSION...
THE SURFACE LOW SHOULD TRACK EASTWARD NEAR THE GULF COAST THROUGH
TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WEDGING DOWN THE APPALACHIANS WILL KEEP
MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA COOL AND STABLE. HOWEVER...WIND SHEAR
ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
WARMER AIR OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA ON SUNDAY.
OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 419 AM EST SAT NOV 21 2009
Expiration: 430 PM EST SAT NOV 21 2009
...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA...
AN UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS
MORNING...WITH AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS
COAST. THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE EAST-
NORTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY...PUSHING THE SURFACE LOW EASTWARD ALONG
THE GULF COAST. RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AND
SPREAD NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. RAINFALL WITH
THIS SYSTEM ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA IS EXPECTED TO BE
1 TO 2 INCHES. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.
WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
FROM REPEATED HEAVY RAINFALL IN RECENT WEEKS...EVEN THE PROJECTED
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN MINOR RIVER FLOODING. IF RAINFALL
IS GREATER THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED...FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD
BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN AND A FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED.
RESIDENTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF
WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND
BY MONITORING NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND
TELEVISION.
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