956 FLUS42 KFFC 102144 HWOFFC HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 540 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-110930- 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- 540 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. OTHERWISE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT OVER TENNESSEE WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. THE FRONT SHOULD BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA BY EARLY SATURDAY. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN 600 AND 1000 PM EDT. .DISCUSSION... MODERATELY HIGH INSTABILITY WITH CAPE VALUES FROM 1500 TO 2000 J/KG WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. VERTICAL WIND SHEAR WILL ALSO BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER THAN RECENT DAYS BUT STILL WEAK ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS. ONLY A FEW STORMS WILL MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS EVENING. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE IN THE 1.6 TO 1.8 INCH RANGE. IN ADDITION TO POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS AND LIGHTNING...MINOR FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY MOVE SOUTH SATURDAY...STORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO MIDDLE GEORGIA BEFORE MOVING OUT AND ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT. SUNDAY SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR BUT ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED...HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA OR BY TWEETING THE REPORT USING HASTAG GAWX. $$ 16