000 FLUS42 KFFC 091443 HWOFFC HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1042 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-101030- 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- 1042 AM EDT SAT MAY 9 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER TENNESSEE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION THROUGH TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE MAIN THREAT FROM ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST TIME FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE 2 PM AND 8 PM ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...AND 6 PM AND 10 PM ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH ALABAMA WILL SLOWLY INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES INTO NORTH GEORGIA AS CAPES INCREASE TO NEAR 2000 ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS WITH PENNY TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 50 TO 60 MPH. THIS AREA WILL SHIFT SOUTH DURING THE EVENING HOURS INTO CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL STABILIZE AFTER SUNSET AND THIS WILL DIMINISH THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA. $$