Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 15, 2001

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
330 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2001

STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS N FL WILL DRIFT N INTO STATE AS A COLD FRONT
OVER THE MID U.S. APPROACHES THE TN VALLEY LATER TODAY AND MOVES
THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT. AIRMASS WILL QUICKLY DESTABILIZE GIVING
GREATER POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE.
TODAY POPS RATHER HIGH DUE TO POSSIBILITY OF A PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FIRST PART OF DAY THEN PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME
SCATTERED FOR THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. ANY PRECIPITATION ENDS
QUICKLY TONIGHT AS FRONT SPEEDS UP. SECOND COLD FRONT ENTERS N GA
LATE MONDAY WITH MUCH COOLER AIRMASS BEHIND.

ATL   72  55  72  48 /  80  30   0   0
AHN   72  54  74  47 /  70  30   0   0
GVL   70  53  70  44 /  80  10   0  10
RMG   72  52  70  44 /  80  30   0  10
CSG   80  59  78  50 /  60  40   0   0
MCN   80  57  78  48 /  50  50   0   0

.ATL...
GA...NONE.

BDL

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
600 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2001

...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...

.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WILL MOVE
NORTHWARD TO NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE DAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE
NORTH OF THE STATE WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF GEORGIA BY SUNDAY EVENING.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTH AND CENTRAL
GEORGIA TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. HOWEVER SOME
HAIL TO THE SIZE OF DIMES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL REACH THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE BY LATE MORNING AND
THEN MOVE THROUGH MOST OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE
THREAT SHOULD RAPIDLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

.DISCUSSION...INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OVER THE STATE WILL
DESTABILIZE THE AIRMASS OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS MORNING.
CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1000 TO 1500. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORT
WAVE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX
WILL MOVE EASTWARD AT NEARLY 50 MPH. THIS SHOULD BRING THE THREAT OF
SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER BY AROUND 11 AM AND THEN
CONTINUE SOUTHEASTWARD INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY MID AFTERNOON. DRIER
AIR BEHIND THIS COMPLEX SHOULD DIMINISH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
AFTER 6 PM.

.FOR SPOTTERS...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE BY LATE MORNING THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD
MONITOR THE SITUATION.

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