Severe Thunderstorm Warning 330, NWS Atlanta, GA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
330 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003

CONVECTION AGAIN FORMING ON OLD BOUNDARIES AND CHANCE POPS LOOK OKAY
FOR TONIGHT. UPPER PATTERN UNCHANGED THROUGH MONDAY...WITH WEAK
SHORT WAVES MOVING THROUGH UPPER TROUGH. UPPER HIGH BUILDS EASTWARD
ON TUESDAY AS EASTERN TROUGH PULLS OUT. HAVE SHOWN SOMEWHAT LOWER
POPS FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. UPPER RIDGE HOLDING OVER THE
CWA THROUGH THE EXTENDED...BUT SHOULD BE ENOUGH HEATING AND
INSTABILITY FOR LOW CHANCE OF AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE PERSISTENCE.

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

KATL 69 86 69 88 / 40 40 30 30
KAHN 68 87 68 89 / 40 40 30 30
KGVL 67 85 68 88 / 40 40 30 30
KRMG 68 88 68 90 / 40 40 20 30
KCSG 72 90 70 91 / 40 40 30 30
KMCN 70 89 69 91 / 40 40 30 30

.ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 AM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY.

.SYNOPSIS...
A STATIONARY FRONT OVER TENNESSEE AND THE SOUTH APPALACHIANS WILL
DRIFT INTO NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL WEAKEN TODAY.

.PRIMARY HAZARD...
THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED. THE BEST TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

.DISCUSSION...
A MOIST AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA. CAPES OF 500 TO 1500
CAN BE EXPECTED...ALONG WITH LIFTED INDICES OF MINUS 2 TO MINUS 6.
ALSO...WEAK UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND DEEPEN
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. THIS WILL AID THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT.

.FOR SPOTTERS...
SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE ACTIVATION IS NEEDED.

.OTHER HAZARDS...
HEAVY RAIN AND SOME FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR.

.DAY TWO THROUGH DAY SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.

FOR THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK AND OTHER WEATHER
INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV...AND CLICK ON
GEORGIA.

BDL

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
506 PM EDT SUN JUL 13 2003

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR INTENSE LIGHTNING IN CHATTAHOOCHEE
COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT BENNING...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ENDING OVER THE AREA BY 540 PM EDT.

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERTS ARE ISSUED WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 40 TO 50 MPH...HAIL IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN THE SIZE OF
DIMES...OR SIGNIFICANT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED.