Severe Weather

The following Severe Weather conditions
have been issued for Atlanta and North Georgia Area

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City, Georgia has issued a SEVERE WEATHER outlook effective 4 a.m. July 27, 2010.

TODAY AND TONIGHT
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING…A FEW MAY BE SEVERE. ALSO…DANGEROUSLY HIGH HEAT INDEX
VALUES ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON.

A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN PARKED ACROSS CENTRAL
GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT.

PRIMARY HAZARDS…
THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING… LARGE HAIL… DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY
RAINFALL.

OTHER HAZARDS…
HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 110 ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE HIGH HEAT INDEX
VALUES…SEE THE LATEST HEAT ADVISORY STATEMENT.

CAPES WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 3000 THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIFTED INDEX
VALUES OF -3 TO -6 EXPECTED. THIS COMBINED WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE
WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED… INCREASED INSTABILITIES WILL RESULT A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS… MAINLY DURING MAX HEATING. THE GREATER
STORM COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST GEORGIA
WHERE A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL HELP PROVIDE A FOCUS. IN
ADDITION TO THE THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TODAY… THE SLOW
MOVEMENT COULD ALSO RESULT IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL… RESULTING
IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING… FLOOD PRONE AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORM
THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.