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Heat Advisory 5, NWS Atlanta, GA

August 2, 201188 counties in Georgia

NWS Atlanta, GA issued this heat advisory at Aug 2, 2011, 4:11 AM EDT for 88 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Aug 2, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 2011, 4:11 AM EDT (08:11 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 2, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Aug 4, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
56 hr
Issued by
NWS Atlanta, GA
All 88 counties

Baldwin County, GA, Banks County, GA, Barrow County, GA, Bartow County, GA, Bibb County, GA, Bleckley County, GA, Butts County, GA, Carroll County, GA, Catoosa County, GA, Chattahoochee County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Clarke County, GA, Clayton County, GA, Cobb County, GA, Coweta County, GA, Crawford County, GA, Crisp County, GA, Dade County, GA, DeKalb County, GA, Dodge County, GA, Dooly County, GA, Douglas County, GA, Emanuel County, GA, Fayette County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Forsyth County, GA, Fulton County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Greene County, GA, Gwinnett County, GA, Hall County, GA, Hancock County, GA, Haralson County, GA, Harris County, GA, Heard County, GA, Henry County, GA, Houston County, GA, Jackson County, GA, Jasper County, GA, Jefferson County, GA, Johnson County, GA, Jones County, GA, Lamar County, GA, Laurens County, GA, Macon County, GA, Madison County, GA, Marion County, GA, Meriwether County, GA, Monroe County, GA, Montgomery County, GA, Morgan County, GA, Murray County, GA, Muscogee County, GA, Newton County, GA, Oconee County, GA, Oglethorpe County, GA, Paulding County, GA, Peach County, GA, Pike County, GA, Polk County, GA, Pulaski County, GA, Putnam County, GA, Rockdale County, GA, Schley County, GA, Spalding County, GA, Stewart County, GA, Sumter County, GA, Talbot County, GA, Taliaferro County, GA, Taylor County, GA, Telfair County, GA, Toombs County, GA, Treutlen County, GA, Troup County, GA, Twiggs County, GA, Upson County, GA, Walker County, GA, Walton County, GA, Warren County, GA, Washington County, GA, Webster County, GA, Wheeler County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Wilcox County, GA, Wilkes County, GA, Wilkinson County, GA

The radar

The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 53 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1766 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 00:00Z on 2011-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

640 
WWUS72 KFFC 020811
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
411 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 107 EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA
TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AS A RESULT...HIGH TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX
VALUES OF 105 TO 107 DEGREES TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY ACROSS
CENTRAL GEORGIA.

GAZ074-076-078>086-089>098-102>113-030000-
/O.NEW.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.110802T1600Z-110804T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
411 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. 

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 107 BY THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT MOST OF THE
  DAY TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...HIGH TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTRIBUTE
  TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS AND/OR THOSE
  WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST
105 DEGREES AND VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES.
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND
STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...THE
ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST
AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES...
AND NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT
EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING
CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.  
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT
REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE
OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED
LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$
10 follow-up statements
382 
WWUS72 KFFC 021330
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
930 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108 EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AS A RESULT...WARM TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES
OF 105 TO 108 DEGREES TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY... MAINLY
ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.

GAZ074-076-078>086-089>098-102>113-030300-
/O.CON.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.110802T1600Z-110804T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
930 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR
PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 108 THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT MOST OF 
  THE DAY TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
  CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS
  AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...
THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE
MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES... AND
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$
514 
WWUS72 KFFC 022010
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
410 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108 EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AS A RESULT...WARM TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES
OF 105 TO 108 DEGREES TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY... MAINLY
ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.

GAZ074-076-078>086-089>098-102>113-030415-
/O.CON.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110804T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
410 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 108 THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN 
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT MOST OF 
  THE DAY TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL 
  CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS 
  AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...
THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE
MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES... AND
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$
778 
WWUS72 KFFC 030225
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1025 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108 EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL GEORGIA ON WEDNESDAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AS A RESULT...WARM OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TONIGHT WHICH WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF
TO CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOT TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY COMBINED WITH HIGH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108
DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.

GAZ074-076-078>086-089>098-102>113-031030-
/O.CON.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110804T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
1025 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 105.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT TONIGHT AND
  WEDNESDAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL 
  CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS 
  AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...
THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE
MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES... AND
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$
603 
WWUS72 KFFC 030231 CCA
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1029 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND HEAT INDEX VALUES
OF 105 TO 108 ON WEDNESDAY EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AS A RESULT...WARM OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR TONIGHT WHICH WILL NOT BRING MUCH RELIEF
TO CENTRAL GEORGIA. HOT TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY COMBINED WITH HIGH
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108
DEGREES ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA.

GAZ074-076-078>086-089>098-102>113-031045-
/O.COR.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110804T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
1029 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 105 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER
  OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP ONLY INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S
  WITH SOME AREAS SEEING LOWER 80S FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT TONIGHT AND
  WEDNESDAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE
  AFTERNOON HOURS ON WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...WARM TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL 
  CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS 
  AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...
THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE
MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES... AND
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$
647 
WWUS72 KFFC 030832
NPWFFC

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
432 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND THURSDAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AS A RESULT...HOT TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AND IN COMBINATION WITH  HIGH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108 DEGREES.
NOT MUCH RELIEF OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO
UPPER 70S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH RAIN CHANCES WILL
INCREASE ON THURSDAY...HEAT INDICES MAY STILL REACH AS HIGH A 110
DEGREES...CONTINUING THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.

GAZ001>005-011-012-019>021-030>039-041>062-066>073-075-040015-
/O.EXB.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-
BARTOW-CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-GLASCOCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...
DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...
NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE
432 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY. 

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 106 TODAY AND 108 ON THURSDAY.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT MOST OF 
  THE DAY TODAY AND THURSDAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF 
  THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST
105 DEGREES AND VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES.
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND
STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...THE
ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST
AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES...
AND NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK. NEVER
LEAVE ANY PERSONS...ESPECIALLY INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN...OR
ANIMALS IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT
EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING
CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.  
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT
REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE
OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED
LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$

GAZ074-076-078>086-089>098-102>113-040015-
/O.EXT.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
432 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 110.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT MOST OF 
  THE DAY TODAY AND THURSDAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF 
  THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST
105 DEGREES AND VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES.
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND
STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...THE
ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST
AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES...
AND NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK. NEVER
LEAVE ANY PERSONS...ESPECIALLY INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN...OR
ANIMALS IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT
EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING
CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.  
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT
REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE
OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED
LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
322 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY AND THURSDAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AS A RESULT...HOT TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AND IN COMBINATION WITH  HIGH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108 DEGREES.
NOT MUCH RELIEF OVERNIGHT AS TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY FALL INTO
THE MID AND UPPER 70S OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH RAIN CHANCES
WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY...HEAT INDICES MAY STILL REACH AS HIGH A
110 DEGREES...CONTINUING THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.

GAZ022>025-027-040330-
/O.EXA.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAINESVILLE
322 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY. 

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 105.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT MOST OF 
  THE DAY TODAY AND THURSDAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF 
  THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST
105 DEGREES AND VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES.
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND
STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...THE
ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE MOST
AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES...
AND NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT
EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING
CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.  
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT
REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE
OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED
LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

IN A HEAT WAVE...KEEPING YOUR COOL WILL KEEP YOU HEALTHY. PEOPLE
AND ANIMALS SHOULD STAY INDOORS. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE
AIR CONDITIONING...GO TO THE MALL OR THE LIBRARY OR A COMMUNITY
RELIEF SHELTER. REEMMBER TO DRINK MORE FLUIDS...BUT
AVOID ALCOHOL OR HIGH SUGAR DRINKS. WHEN GOING OUT...WEAR LIGHT
CLOTHING AND NEVER LEAVE ANY PERSONS...ESPECIALLY
INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN...OR ANIMALS IN A CLOSED...PARKED
VEHICLE.

WHEN YOU MUST BE OUTDOORS IN HOT WEATHER...TAKE STEPS TO STAY
COOL AND HEALTHY. CUT DOWN ON EXERCISE AND OTHER HARD
TASKS. DRINK TWO TO FOUR GLASSES OF COOL...NON-ALCOHOLIC FLUIDS
EVERY HOUR. REST OFTEN IN SHADY AREAS. WEAR LIGHT
CLOTHING AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE SUN WITHA WIDE BRIMMED
HAT...SUNGLASSES AND SUNSCREEN SPF 15 OR HIGHER.

&&

$$

GAZ001>005-011-012-019>021-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-040330-
/O.CON.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-
BARTOW-CHEROKEE-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-
CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-
SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-
TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-
JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-
MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-
TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-
TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-
TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...CARROLLTON...
DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...COVINGTON...
NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...
SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...
AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
322 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 110.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT MOST OF 
  THE DAY TODAY AND THURSDAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF 
  THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...
THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE
MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES... AND
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK. NEVER LEAVE
ANY PERSONS...ESPECIALLY INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN...OR ANIMALS
IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1013 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

...VERY WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS TONIGHT WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105
TO 110 ON THURSDAY EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AS A RESULT...VERY WARM OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...AND HOT TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
AGAIN ON THURSDAY. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HIGH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 105 TO 111 DEGREES
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.

GAZ001>005-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-041015-
/O.CON.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-
BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-
COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...
MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...
LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
1013 PM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...105 TO 111 THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER OVERNIGHT
  LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP ONLY INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S WITH SOME
  AREAS SEEING LOWER 80S FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT TONIGHT AND
  THURSDAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING HOURS ON THURSDAY.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF 
  THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...
THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE
MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES... AND
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK. NEVER LEAVE
ANY PERSONS...ESPECIALLY INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN...OR ANIMALS
IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
336 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108 EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AS A RESULT...HOT TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AND IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 108 DEGREES.
THESE AREAS MAY BE MORE ISOLATED TODAY AS THE HEAT WILL BE
INTERRUPTED AT TIMES BY PASSING THUNDERSTORMS.
NONETHELESS...ENOUGH AREAS WILL SEE HIGH HEAT INDICE VALUES TO
WARRANT KEEPING THE ADVISORY.

GAZ001>005-011-012-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-050000-
/O.CON.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-
BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-POLK-PAULDING-
COBB-NORTH FULTON-GWINNETT-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-ROCKDALE-WALTON-
NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-HEARD-COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-
SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-TROUP-
MERIWETHER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-
GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-
WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-
MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-
SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...ATHENS...
CARROLLTON...DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...CONYERS...
COVINGTON...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY...GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...
MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...
LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
336 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 108.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT THE ENTIRE
  DAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING HOURS.

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF 
  THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...
THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE
MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES... AND
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK. NEVER LEAVE
ANY PERSONS...ESPECIALLY INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN...OR ANIMALS
IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1127 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TODAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AS A RESULT...HOT TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY AND IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES.
THESE AREAS MAY BE MORE ISOLATED TODAY AS THE HEAT WILL BE
INTERRUPTED AT TIMES BY PASSING THUNDERSTORMS. NONETHELESS...
ENOUGH AREAS WILL SEE HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES TO WARRANT KEEPING
THE ADVISORY.

GAZ001>005-011-012-019>023-030>034-041>045-052>055-066-067-041630-
/O.CAN.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
DADE-WALKER-CATOOSA-WHITFIELD-MURRAY-CHATTOOGA-GORDON-FLOYD-
BARTOW-CHEROKEE-FORSYTH-HALL-POLK-PAULDING-COBB-NORTH FULTON-
GWINNETT-HARALSON-CARROLL-DOUGLAS-SOUTH FULTON-DEKALB-HEARD-
COWETA-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-TROUP-MERIWETHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALHOUN...ROME...CARTERSVILLE...
GAINESVILLE...MARIETTA...ATLANTA...LAWRENCEVILLE...CARROLLTON...
DOUGLASVILLE...EAST POINT...DECATUR...NEWNAN...PEACHTREE CITY
1127 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS CANCELLED THE
HEAT ADVISORY FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA INCLUDING THE ATLANTA METRO
AREA.

PREVIOUS SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING IN NORTHWEST
GEORGIA...AS WELL AS EXTENDED CLOUD COVER ARE CAUSING THE
TEMPERATURES TO WARM MORE SLOWLY TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE
90 TO 95 RANGE ARE EXPECTED SO HEAT INDICES WILL BE AROUND 100.
THIS VALUE IS LOWER THAN THE THRESHOLD FOR A HEAT ADVISORY...BUT
VERY HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE.

$$

GAZ024-025-027-035>039-046>051-056>062-068>076-078>086-089>098-
102>113-042330-
/O.CON.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-WILKES-
ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-MORGAN-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-SPALDING-HENRY-
BUTTS-JASPER-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-MONROE-JONES-
BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-HARRIS-TALBOT-TAYLOR-
CRAWFORD-BIBB-TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-
TREUTLEN-STEWART-WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-
TELFAIR-WHEELER-MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CONYERS...COVINGTON...
GRIFFIN...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...COLUMBUS...
WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...CORDELE...VIDALIA
1127 AM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...105 TO 110.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT THE 
  ENTIRE DAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE 
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF 
  THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...
THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE
MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES... AND
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK. NEVER LEAVE
ANY PERSONS...ESPECIALLY INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN...OR ANIMALS
IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
416 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

...HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY...

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN
FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. AS A RESULT...HOT TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY. IN COMBINATION
WITH HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF
105 TO 110 DEGREES. THESE AREAS MAY BE MORE ISOLATED FRIDAY AS
THE HEAT WILL BE INTERRUPTED AT TIMES BY PASSING THUNDERSTORMS.
NONETHELESS... ENOUGH AREAS WILL SEE HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES TO
WARRANT KEEPING THE ADVISORY.

GAZ038-039-050-051-060>062-071>076-080>086-089>098-102>113-050430-
/O.NEW.KFFC.HT.Y.0006.110805T1500Z-110806T0000Z/
/O.CON.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
OGLETHORPE-WILKES-GREENE-TALIAFERRO-PUTNAM-HANCOCK-WARREN-MONROE-
JONES-BALDWIN-WASHINGTON-GLASCOCK-JEFFERSON-TAYLOR-CRAWFORD-BIBB-
TWIGGS-WILKINSON-JOHNSON-EMANUEL-MUSCOGEE-CHATTAHOOCHEE-MARION-
SCHLEY-MACON-PEACH-HOUSTON-BLECKLEY-LAURENS-TREUTLEN-STEWART-
WEBSTER-SUMTER-DOOLY-CRISP-PULASKI-WILCOX-DODGE-TELFAIR-WHEELER-
MONTGOMERY-TOOMBS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEDGEVILLE...MACON...SWAINSBORO...
COLUMBUS...WARNER ROBINS...DUBLIN...LUMPKIN...AMERICUS...
CORDELE...VIDALIA
416 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM EDT FRIDAY. 

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 107.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT THE 
  ENTIRE DAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE 
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF 
  THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...
THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE
MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES... AND
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK. NEVER LEAVE
ANY PERSONS...ESPECIALLY INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN...OR ANIMALS
IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$

GAZ024-025-027-035>037-046>049-056>059-068>070-078-079-050000-
/O.CON.KFFC.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
BANKS-JACKSON-MADISON-BARROW-CLARKE-OCONEE-ROCKDALE-WALTON-NEWTON-
MORGAN-SPALDING-HENRY-BUTTS-JASPER-PIKE-UPSON-LAMAR-HARRIS-TALBOT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATHENS...CONYERS...COVINGTON...GRIFFIN
416 PM EDT THU AUG 4 2011

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 108.

* TIMING...ALTHOUGH OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT THE 
  ENTIRE DAY...THE MOST EXTREME HEAT WILL OCCUR DURING THE 
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* IMPACTS...PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THIS HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS IF 
  THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF DANGEROUS HEAT IS
EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY
WILL CREATE HEAT INDEX READINGS OF AT LEAST 105 DEGREES AND VERY
WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM AND STAY OUT OF DIRECT SUNSHINE. REMEMBER...
THE ELDERLY...VERY YOUNG...AND PEOPLE WITH HEART CONDITIONS ARE
MOST AT RISK IN EXTREME HEAT. FRIENDS...RELATIVES... AND
NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK. NEVER LEAVE
ANY PERSONS...ESPECIALLY INFANTS OR YOUNG CHILDREN...OR ANIMALS
IN A CLOSED...PARKED VEHICLE.

WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. KNOW  THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR
WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY - CALL 911.

&&

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Aug 2, 3:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
304 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...

...HEAT INDICES AROUND 105 TO THE SOUTH TODAY...

EVER PERSISTENT SURFACE TROUGH NOW EXTENDS FROM SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
THROUGH COLUMBUS AND INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA. ISOLATED ACTIVITY ON
MONDAY WAS LARGELY INDEPENDENT OF THE INFLUENCES OF THIS TROUGH
WITH STORMS CONFINED TO NORTH GEORGIA PRIMARILY. A MORE IMPORTANT
ASPECT OF THE REGIONAL SURFACE ANALYSIS IS THE CURRENT DEWPOINT
PLOT WHICH SHOWS VALUES MUCH HIGHER THAN MODELS HAD PROJECTED FOR
THIS TIME OF NIGHT. THIS TREND COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS
ON BOTH THE POP AND HEAT INDICE FORECASTS FOR TODAY.

MODELS HAVE BEEN INSISTENT ON A PRIMARILY DRY FORECAST FOR
TODAY...ESPECIALLY THE GFS AND ECMWF. LOOKING AT THE GFS BUFR
SOUNDINGS...CAPE ONLY GETS TO 500 J/KG WHILE PRECIPITABLE WATER
REMAINS VERY MARGINAL TO SUPPORT CONVECTION. CLOSER ANALYSIS
HOWEVER SHOWS IT IS USING A DEWPOINT IN THE LOWER 60S FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND I AM STILL NOT CONVINCED WE WILL MIX THAT LOW.
MODIFIED SOUNDING SHOWS CAPE MORE IN THE 1000 J/KG CATEGORY WHICH
COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED STORMS. FOR NOW...WILL GO WITH SILENT 10
POPS FOR CONSISTENCY SAKE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE BUT COULD SEE
THE NEED FOR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SHOULD LOWER DEWPOINTS NOT
MATERIALIZE.

OTHER ISSUE FOR TODAY ARE THE EXPECTED HEAT INDICES. GRANTED IT IS
A BORDERLINE SITUATION BASED ON MODEL DEWPOINT PROJECTIONS BUT AS
MENTIONED...NOT SURE I COMPLETELY BUY OFF ON THEM. WITH DEWPOINTS
IN THE UPPER 60S...COULD STILL SEE PROBLEMS OVER THE SOUTHERN TIER
AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT WED LOOKS TO BE EVEN WARMER...HAVE CHOSEN
TO ISSUE ADVISORY FOR THE PERIOD OF THE NEXT TWO DAYS.

NO POPS ANTICIPATED WED...BUT THERE WILL BE A FRONT APPROACHING
LATE IN THE PERIOD WITH A DYING MCS LIKELY IMPACTING NORTHERN
SECTIONS AFTER 00Z THU. INDICATIONS FROM BOTH THE GFS AND NAM12
ARE THAT FRONT AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE WILL SAG INTO NORTH AND
CENTRAL GA ON THU WITH A POTENT DISTURBANCE DESCENDING THE EASTERN
SIDE OF MI LEVEL RIDGE. ALTHOUGH NOT ESPECIALLY COLD BY ANY
MEANS...500 TEMPS DO DECREASE TO -6.5C WHICH SHOULD SUPPORT DEEPER
CONVECTION. WILL INCREASE POPS FOR THIS TIME PERIOD TO HIGH CHANCE
CATEGORY.

.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...

FRONT LOOKS TO STALL OVER THE AREA AND WITH HEIGHTS FALLING
ALOFT...RAIN CHANCES WILL BE INCREASED OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. COULD SEE SOME MARGINAL DRYING FROM THE NORTH EARLY NEXT
WEEK AS HIGH BRIDGES NORTH OF THE AREA AND MOISTURE IS SHUNTED SOUTHWARD.

&&

AVIATION...
06Z UPDATE...
A SOMEWHAT SIMPLER FORECAST TODAY THAN YESTERDAY...BUT SOME CONCERN
FOR ISOLD AFTERNOON CONVECTION. MAIN ISSUE...NOT EXPECTING LOW
CLOUDS THIS MORNING...AS SFC FLOW IS CALM OR LIGHT SW...WITH DENSE
CI DESK FROM UPSTREAM CONVECTION. OTHERWISE...VFR CIGS AND ONLY
BRIEF MVFR BR AT THE USUAL SPOTS 10Z-13Z. GFS/NAM HINT AT POSSIBLE
AFTERNOON CONVECTION ALONG-S OF I-20. HRR/ECMWF GENERALLY DRY. FOR
NOW...HAVE LEFT CB OUT OF TAF EXCEPT FOR CSG...WHERE BETTER
CONFIDENCE FOR ISOLD AFTERNOON CONVECTION. WILL RE-EVALUATE CB
POTENTIAL FOR THE 12Z TAF. FOR WIND...VERY WEAK HIGH PRESSURE PARKED
OVER THE AREA...WILL DRIFT S-SE DURING THE DAY. WINDS
CALM/VRB03KT...TRENDING TOWARD W-SW 4-7KTS 15Z-00Z...THEN CALM AGAIN.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE ON VFR CIG AND VSBY.
HIGH CONFIDENCE IN W-SW WIND 5-7KTS AFT 14Z.
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE IN NO TSRA POTENTIAL TODAY.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS         100  70 102  74 /  10   5   0   5
ATLANTA         95  77  98  76 /  10   5   0   5
BLAIRSVILLE     91  66  90  70 /  10   0   0  10
CARTERSVILLE    97  67  98  71 /  10   0   0  10
COLUMBUS        99  76 100  78 /  10  10   0   5
GAINESVILLE     97  73  96  77 /  10   5   0   5
MACON           98  74 100  76 /  10  10   5   5
ROME            98  68  97  72 /  10   0   0  10
PEACHTREE CITY  96  71  97  73 /  10   5   0   0
VIDALIA         97  75  98  78 /  10  10  10   5

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
HEAT ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BIBB...BLECKLEY...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CRAWFORD...
CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...HARRIS...HOUSTON...JEFFERSON...
JOHNSON...LAURENS...MACON...MARION...MONTGOMERY...MUSCOGEE...
PEACH...PULASKI...SCHLEY...STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT...TAYLOR...
TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TWIGGS...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...
WHEELER...WILCOX...WILKINSON.

&&

DEESE
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 12:42 AM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1230 AM EDT MON AUG 1 2011

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-021000-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
1230 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT...MONDAY NIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE WEEK. WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WAS
BUILDING SOUTHWARD FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO GEORGIA. THE AIR
MASS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS HIGH WAS DRIER AND MORE STABLE THAN THAT
WHICH HAS BEEN OVER THE AREA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME FOR TUESDAY OR
WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA
THURSDAY AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.