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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
449 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008

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449 PM EDT FRI AUG 29 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST
GEORGIA AND ALSO PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS CENTRAL
TENNESSEE AND INTO NORTHERN ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA.
ALSO...A SEA BREEZE WAS WORKING ITS WAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
AND PUSHING INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.

.DISCUSSION...
THE UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE WAS
PRODUCING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TENNESSEE
AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY DRIFT INTO EXTREME
NORTHWEST GEORGIA...HOWEVER THE ATMOSPHERE IS DRIER IN GEORGIA AND
THEREFORE ANY STORMS THAT DO CROSS INTO GEORGIA WILL NOT LAST
LONG. AFTER SUNSET ANY STORMS THAT REMAIN WILL DISSIPATE RAPIDLY.

ALSO...THE SEA BREEZE THAT MOVED INLAND OFF THE GEORGIA COAST THIS
AFTERNOON WAS MOVING INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS WILL AID
IN PRODUCING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA. HOWEVER...AFTER SUNSET ANY STORMS REMAINING WILL
DISSIPATE. INSTABILITY IS MINIMAL AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THERE WILL BE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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