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GAZ001>003-TNZ081-098-099-070500-
Dade-Walker-Catoosa-Sequatchie-Marion-Hamilton-
Including the cities of Cloudland Canyon State Park, Cole City, Hooker,
Morganville, New England, Rising Fawn, Stephensville, Cedar Grove,
Center Post, Chattanooga  Valley, Chickamauga, Cooper Heights,
Fairview, Lafayette, Beaumont, Blue Spring, Boynton, Fort Oglethorpe,
Graysville, Indian Springs, Lakeview, Cagle, Dunlap, Cartwright,
Lone Oak, South Pittsburg, Haletown (Guild), Jasper, Martin Springs,
Whitwell, Powells Crossroads, Monteagle, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain,
and Signal Mountain
1202 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2026 /1102 AM CST Fri Mar 6 2026/

...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has issued a
Code Orange Health Advisory for the Chattanooga area...IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.

A Code Orange Air Quality Alert for particulate matter means ground
level particulate matter concentrations within the region may approach
or exceed unhealthy  levels for some people. The general public is not
likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with a
respiratory disease such as Asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor
exertion. For additional information...visit the Tennessee Department
of Environment and Conservation site at https://www.tn.gov/environment.

$$


Hazardous Weather Outlook


Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
458 AM EST Fri Mar 6 2026

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-071000-
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-
458 AM EST Fri Mar 6 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

Some patchy dense fog will be possible across central Georgia this
morning with visibilities falling below a half mile at times.

Thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon. While
widespread severe weather is not expected, a few strong could be
strong with gusty winds and frequent lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday...

Scattered thunderstorms are expected across north and central
Georgia Saturday through Wednesday. Widespread severe weather is
not anticipated, though the risk for a few strong to isolated
severe thunderstorms will exist on Saturday. The main threats
would be strong wind gusts, frequent lightning, and locally heavy
rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

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