ALERTES AUX USA
National Warnings and Weather Alerts
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Weather Forecast Office
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| NORTH FULTON National Weather Service - Peachtree City, GA |
North Fulton |
| Issued - February 22 2012 4:43 am EST Update - February 22, 2012 3:11pm EST Expires - February 23 6:00am EST |
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 443 AM EST WED FEB 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. • DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SYNOPSIS... A SERIES OF STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRAVERSE THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN IS GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO COVINGTON TO WASHINGTON... AND MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. .DISCUSSION... A SERIES OF UPPER DISTURBANCES WILL INTERACT WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THESES STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AS 55 TO 60 DEWPOINTS NOSE UP INTO NORTH GEORGIA DURING DAYTIME HEATING TO PRODUCE 500 TO 800 MOST UNSTABLE CAPE AND -2 LI`S. A STRONG 50-90KT WESTERLY WIND FLOW IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS SUGGEST FAST MOVING STORMS WITH A POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS. VEERING LOW LEVEL WIND PROFILES PRODUCING 200+ HELICITY ALSO SUGGEST A POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND MAYBE A FEW TORNADOES. THE SEVERE STORM THREAT SEEMS TO BE GREATEST BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM TODAY... AND GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LA GRANGE TO MONTICELLO TO WASHINGTON LINE. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT AS THE UPPER SHORT WAVE ENERGY PUSHES EAST. • DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. OTHERWISE... NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. • SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA. |
