North and Central Georgia Hazardous Weather Outlook: Thunderstorms, Damaging Winds Possible
A Hazardous Weather Outlook has been issued for north and central Georgia for Saturday, April 4, where isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and evening may produce gusty winds, small hail, lightning, and brief heavy rainfall before a stronger overnight line of storms brings a risk of damaging wind gusts, especially in far northwest Georgia.
The weather outlook for north and central Georgia includes storm chances today, tonight, and into Sunday, with the greatest severe weather concern focused on damaging winds in northwest Georgia as showers and thunderstorms move across the region.
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What is in the statement?
The statement gives the following details:
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.
.DAY ONE…Today and Tonight…
Isolated thunderstorms will be around this afternoon and early
evening. Gusty winds, small hail, lightning, and brief heavy
rainfall would be possible with any storms.
A line of showers and storms will move into far northwest GA late
this evening, and continue across the rest of the area overnight.
A few storms along this line may be strong to severe, primarily
across far northwest areas, with the main threat being damaging
wind gusts.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…Sunday through Friday…
Isolated storms are possible Sunday afternoon across east-central
GA. Widespread severe weather is not expected.
Georgia Storm Threat Summary
Across north and central Georgia, isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and early evening could bring gusty winds, small hail, frequent lightning, and brief heavy rainfall. Later tonight, a line of showers and storms is expected to move from northwest Georgia across the rest of the area, with a few storms potentially becoming strong to severe and capable of producing damaging wind gusts.
On Sunday, isolated thunderstorms may redevelop across east-central Georgia, though widespread severe weather is not expected at this time.
The following counties are included in the hazardous weather outlook:
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
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