Hazardous Weather Outlook

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
437 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

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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-
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TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
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437 AM EST TUE JAN 29 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

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

DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THROUGH
10 AM THIS MORNING AS SOUTHERLY FLOW PULLS AMPLE GULF MOISTURE
INTO THE STATE. VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS CAN BE
EXPECTED GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS...TO MACON...TO
WARRENTON. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON ROADWAYS AS THE LOW
VISIBILITIES WILL MAKE DRIVING HAZARDOUS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

DISCUSSION...
AN UPPER-LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT ARE EXPECTED
TO PUSH ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY. AS THE FRONT APPROACHES...
STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTH
GEORGIA...EVEN OUTSIDE THE THUNDERSTORMS. WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO
BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...A HIGH WIND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE STATE...INSTABILITY AND WIND
SHEAR VALUES WILL BE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL
SUPPORT...SOME STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS.

WEAKER DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY EARLY
FRIDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF MOISTURE AND COLD
TEMPERATURES FOR BOTH THESE EVENTS WILL SUPPORT SNOW FLURRIES
ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
 
I'm not liking this storm. Those of you who've been around awhile know that I love storms, but my uncle's wife just passed away last night. (Yes, he lost his sister two weeks ago. His wife had a stroke while he was here for my aunt's funeral. About an hour after they arrived back at Mom's house from the funeral, he received the call.)

Now my Mom is driving to Texas to be with him. (We had never met his current wife. They've only been married a few years.) I'm so worried about her and my step-Dad!
 
unionmom said:
It is ugly out that way today ... hope they get through it ok.

I know. I think if they could wait it out here, it may weaken, but the further west they encounter it, the worse it will be. :(
 
It was very foggy here this morning in White County. It's lifting now, but an hour ago you couldn't see very far at all.
 
Praying for traveling mercies for your mom & stepdad, IF.

We have an auction scheduled for tomorrow. :(
 
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