STORMS OCCURRING NOW IN CENTRAL AND EAST POLK CO MOVEMENT DUE EAST
THRU 3PM STORMS WILL INCLUDE SMALL HAIL, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, GUSTY WINDS, AND HEAVY RAIN.
BELOW ARE STATEMENTS FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE:
Stephen M. Dooley, CEM
Hazardous Weather Specialist
GEMA Certified Emergency Manager
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 376 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1220 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 376 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS GAC011-013-015-045-047-055-057-059-067-083-085-089-097-105-111- 115-117-119-121-123-129-135-137-139-143-147-157-187-195-213-219- 221-223-227-233-241-257-281-291-295-311-313-317-120000- /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0376.090611T1620Z-090612T0000Z/ GA . GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BANKS BARROW BARTOW CARROLL CATOOSA CHATTOOGA CHEROKEE CLARKE COBB DADE DAWSON DEKALB DOUGLAS ELBERT FANNIN FLOYD FORSYTH FRANKLIN FULTON GILMER GORDON GWINNETT HABERSHAM HALL HARALSON HART JACKSON LUMPKIN MADISON MURRAY OCONEE OGLETHORPE PAULDING PICKENS POLK RABUN STEPHENS TOWNS UNION WALKER WHITE WHITFIELD WILKES $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1215 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-121015- 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- 1215 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON...DURING PEAK DAYTIME HEATING. A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM THE CAROLINAS INTO EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL COMBINE WITH THE DISTURBANCE TO AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. FREQUENT LIGHTNING CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER NORTH OF A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO MILLEDGEVILLE...MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AND 10 PM. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. INSTABILITY WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA WITH DAYTIME HEATING. CAPES OF 2000 TO 2500 AND LIFTED INDICES OF -2 TO -4 ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA...WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.