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Hazardous Weather Outlook

Issued 454 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
Expires 500 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010

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454 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS NORTH AND
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE. 

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...MAINLY BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF 9 AM AND 6 PM TODAY.

.OTHER HAZARDS...
STRONG GRADIENT WINDS IN THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS COULD PRODUCE
DOWNED TREE LIMBS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HIGH WINDS...SEE
THE LATEST WIND ADVISORY STATEMENT.

ALSO...HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GEORGIA TODAY COULD PRODUCE
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND SOME RIVERS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
THE FLOODING POTENTIAL...SEE THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT.

.DISCUSSION...
AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE STATE...CAPES WILL INCREASE TO
400 TO 600 OVER WESTERN GEORGIA THIS MORNING...AND SPREAD ACROSS
THE STATE INTO EASTERN GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME
TIME WIND SHEAR WILL BE INCREASING. THIS WILL BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION...BEGINNING OVER
WESTERN GEORGIA THIS MORNING...AND SPREADING INTO EASTERN GEORGIA
THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY 6 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 9 AM
AND 6 PM.


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