Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
970 FLUS42 KFFC 170829 HWOFFC Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 429 AM EDT Mon Aug 17 2026 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-180830- 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- 429 AM EDT Mon Aug 17 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight... A Heat Advisory is in effect for much of north and central Georgia today. Temperatures will be in the upper 90s and near 100 in many areas, bringing feels like temperatures well into the triple digits. Please exercise caution if outdoors and check on vulnerable neighbors. Isolated to scattered storms may push into north Georgia later this afternoon and evening. A few storms may become strong to severe, capable of producing damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning, and locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday... Hot and humid conditions will persist for much of the week, with heat indices rising into the triple digits each day in many locations. Heat Advisories may be needed for parts of north and central Georgia each day. Isolated thunderstorms confined to central Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon will become scattered across north and central Georgia during the later part of the week. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. $$