Severe Thunderstorm Warning
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LUMPKIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA
TOWNS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
WESTERN WHITE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
* AT 1122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF
HELEN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
UNICOI STATE PARK...HIAWASSEE AND YOUNG HARRIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...HAIL OR FLOODING...WAIT UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8
6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET YOUR REPORT USING HASHTAG GAWX.
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LAT...LON 3492 8361 3489 8363 3488 8365 3484 8365
3451 8381 3457 8401 3499 8389
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 197DEG 20KT 3463 8388
Hazardous Weather Outlook
505 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...
BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.SYNOPSIS...
AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE...AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT...
WILL APPROACH THE STATE OVERNIGHT.
.PRIMARY HAZARDS...
THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
.DISCUSSION...
CAPE VALUES OF 1000-1500 THIS AFTERNOON WILL DECREASE SOME
OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN IN THE 500-1000 RANGE...AND COMBINED
WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEAK SHEAR VALUES AND ONLY MODEST INSTABILITIES
SHOULD HELP TO HOLD MOST STORM DEVELOPMENT BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW STORMS MAY
BE SEVERE ON FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. A
WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
Special Weather Statement
1116 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PENNY SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WHITE...UNION...TOWNS AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT...
AT 1112 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF ANNA RUBY FALLS TO UNICOI
STATE PARK AND GARLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PENNY SIZED HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS THEY
MOVE ACROSS WHITE...UNION...TOWNS AND LUMPKIN COUNTIES THROUGH
MIDNIGHT EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
QUALATCHEE LAKE...THE SMITHGALL WOODS CONSERVATION AREA...UNICOI
STATE PARK...ROBERTSTOWN...HELEN...SAUTEE...CAMP MERRILL...GARLAND...
AURARIA...DAHLONEGA...NIMBLEWILL...ANNA RUBY FALLS...THE HAWK
MOUNTAIN SHELTER...PORTER SPRINGS AND THE GOOCH MOUNTAIN SHELTER.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS.
THESE WIND GUSTS MAY PRODUCE MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOW
LIGHT...UNSECURED OBJECTS AROUND.
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LAT...LON 3495 8355 3488 8365 3480 8367 3475 8362
3465 8366 3454 8362 3450 8367 3450 8384
3447 8393 3442 8397 3447 8411 3454 8419
3460 8419 3473 8410 3480 8410 3481 8414
3489 8411 3495 8418 3499 8413 3500 8355
TIME...MOT...LOC 0314Z 205DEG 21KT 3482 8358 3474 8374
3454 8389
There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Hiawassee, Georgia.