THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT... .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF THE TEXAS COAST AND IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EASTWARD NEAR THE GULF COAST. MEANWHILE...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN THE MID ATLANTIC COAST INTO GEORGIA. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE LIGHTNING. THE MOST FAVORED AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SOUTH OF COLUMBUS TO MACON MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DISCUSSION... THE SURFACE LOW SHOULD TRACK EASTWARD NEAR THE GULF COAST THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WEDGING DOWN THE APPALACHIANS WILL KEEP MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA COOL AND STABLE. HOWEVER...WIND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW MAY SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WARMER AIR OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA ON SUNDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN SUNDAY ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA... AN UPPER LOW CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS THIS MORNING...WITH AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST. THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN AND MOVE EAST- NORTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY...PUSHING THE SURFACE LOW EASTWARD ALONG THE GULF COAST. RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT AND SPREAD NORTH AND EAST THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. RAINFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA IS EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 2 INCHES. HOWEVER...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA FROM REPEATED HEAVY RAINFALL IN RECENT WEEKS...EVEN THE PROJECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD RESULT IN MINOR RIVER FLOODING. IF RAINFALL IS GREATER THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED...FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN AND A FLOOD WATCH MAY NEED TO BE ISSUED. RESIDENTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS AND THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGH THE WEEKEND BY MONITORING NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION.
