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Special Weather Statements:

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.