Paulding County is included in a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 11:00pm tonight. Paulding is on the very edge of the watch, and it appears that the system will pass to the east of the county. We’ll be monitoring it and update the post if it looks like it may impact the area.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 334 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-281945- 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- 334 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE REMAINED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TODAY...COMBINED WITH A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY STRETCHING FROM CENTRAL ALABAMA...ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA AND INTO THE CAROLINAS. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN DRAPED ACROSS THE STATE TODAY...PROVIDING A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS CAPES INCREASE TO AROUND 2000 TO 3000. WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE APPROACHING THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER MUCH OF NORTH AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE MONDAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA...AND FRIDAY ACROSS ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION THIS AFTERNOON FOR POSSIBLE ACTIVATION ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. $$