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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Date Issued: 1026 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 Expiration: 1100 PM EDT SUN JUL 06 2008 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS IN NORTHEAST COBB...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM EDT... AT 1022 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WOODSTOCK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL OR SMALLER ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS NORTHEAST COBB...SOUTHERN CHEROKEE AND NORTH FULTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE WOODSTOCK...ROSWELL AND SANDY SPRINGS. HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Date Issued: 940 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2008 Expiration: 600 AM EDT MON JUL 07 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. .SYNOPSIS... A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT REMAINS OVER GEORGIA. A STATIONARY FRONT NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER IS DISSIPATING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD WILL BE LIGHTNING STRIKES. .DISCUSSION... RAIN-COOLED AIR COVERS MUCH OF GEORGIA TONIGHT...BUT A FEW POCKETS OF INSTABILITY REMAIN. THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER GEORGIA WILL PROVIDE A SOURCE OF LIFT OVERNIGHT...AS WILL A FEW OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. THESE COULD TAP THOSE POCKETS OF INSTABILITY WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. AREAS MOST LIKELY TO SEE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NORTH OF A CEDARTOWN TO MARIETTA TO GAINESVILLE LINE...AND SOUTH OF A COLUMBUS TO MACON TO WRENS LINE. MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR WOULD BE BETWEEN NOW AND AROUND 1 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA. |