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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
717 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

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717 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA...NORTHEAST GEORGIA...NORTHWEST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARD
EARLY TODAY WILL BE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WHERE STORMS
REPEATEDLY TRACK. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.
A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AND THERE IS SOME
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS
FOR THE AFTERNOON WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

A SECOND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS
POTENTIALLY BECOMING SEVERE. ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE
HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT
ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.



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TOOMBS-TREUTLEN-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WILCOX-
717 AM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA...SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE
MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST STATES. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARD
EARLY TODAY WILL BE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WHERE STORMS
REPEATEDLY TRACK. A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON...ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.
A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG AND THERE IS SOME
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARDS
FOR THE AFTERNOON WILL BE GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

A SECOND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
LIKELY...WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS POTENTIALLY BECOMING SEVERE. ANY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT....BUT
ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY.



$$