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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
213 PM EDT Tue Oct 9 2018

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213 PM EDT Tue Oct 9 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of North and Central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight...

Isolated thunderstorms will be possible over much of north
and central Georgia this afternoon and tonight.
The main hazards will be occasional lightning.


.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday...

...A Tropical Storm Warning and Hurricane Watch is in effect for
portions of Central Georgia 
...A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for portions of Central 
Georgia...

Hurricane Michael is expected to make landfall along the Florida 
panhandle early on Wednesday, and then accelerate northeast 
later Wednesday into Thursday. The main impacts from Michael
are expected to be felt Wednesday afternoon into early Thursday
morning. The main hazards will be tropical storm force winds with
guts possible to hurricane force along with  heavy rainfall.

The strongest wind gusts associated with the storm are expected to
impact areas along and south of Warrenton to Macon to Columbus 
line. Downed trees and extended power outages will be possible in 
these areas as a result. Please be aware that both the heaviest 
rainfall axis and wind gust forecast could change if the track of 
Michael is adjusted even slightly with respect to speed and 
location. 

For additional information, please see the latest Hurricane Local
Statement or Flash Flood Watch for additional information.

Please continue to stay updated with the latest forecasts over the 
next few days.


.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not requested but spotters are encouraged 
to submit reports of severe weather through the web by going to 
weather.gov/atlanta.

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