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...HURRICANE KATRINA WILL AFFECT NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
HURRICANE KATRINA REMAINS A POWERFUL HURRICANE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK BRINGS KATRINA INLAND OVER NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA MONDAY MORNING...THEN ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI AND INTO CENTRAL TENNESSEE BY TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE CENTER OF KATRINA WILL BE WELL TO THE WEST OF GEORGIA...NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL SEE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS...BEGINNING MONDAY AND ENDING LATE TUESDAY.
SPIRAL BANDS FROM KATRINA WILL DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA MONDAY MORNING AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THESE SPIRAL BANDS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM THE WEST LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS.
SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 MPH ACROSS WEST GEORGIA DURING THE DAY MONDAY. BY MONDAY NIGHT...SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR OVER MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTH GEORGIA...EXCEPT 25 TO 40 MPH IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE MOUNTAINS. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...AND DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT....
