HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
4:45 PM EDT
SATURDAY APRIL 14, 2007

EFFECTING THE FOLLOWING AREAS......
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-

4:45 PM EDT
SATURDAY APRIL 14, 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER NORTH GEORGIA.

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR FROM THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD OVER GEORGIA AHEAD OF THIS LOW.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND A FEW TORNADOES. THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA BETWEEN 6PM AND MIDNIGHT...ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A
LA GRANGE TO SPARTA LINE.

.DISCUSSION...
A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS AT AROUND 3000 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS
SYSTEM...BRINGING MOIST UNSTABLE AIR NORTHWARD ACROSS GEORGIA. SURFACE-BASED LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF -2 TO -6 AND MIXED LAYER CAPE VALUES OF 600 TO 1200 ARE EXPECTED MAINLY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG INSTABILITY AND STRONG VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND... LARGE HAIL AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES.

THE MOST FAVORED REGION FOR NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LA GRANGE TO SPARTA BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT. OVER NORTH GEORGIA...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH
DAMAGING WIND AND ISOLATED AND BRIEF TORNADOES POSSIBLE....MAINLY OCCURRING BETWEEN 6 PM AND 3 AM. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS AND COULD RESULT IN SOME LOCAL STREET FLOODING AND RISES IN SMALLER CREEKS AND STREAMS. WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS NETWORKS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD ALREADY BE ACTIVATED
AND CAN EXPECT TO REMAIN SO UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT. SPOTTERS IN NORTH
GEORGIA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION THROUGH MIDNIGHT.