Special Weather Statement
NWS Peachtree City GA ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Southwestern Lumpkin, Southeastern Gilmer, Northwestern Dawson And Eastern Pickens Counties Through 315 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 248 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Amicalola Falls State Park, or 10 miles northwest of Dawsonville. This storm was nearly stationary.
Hazard
Up to 40 mph wind, frequent cloud to ground lightning and heavy rain.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of light, unsecured objects. Heavy rain may cause temporary street flooding especially in poor drainage areas. Locations impacted include... Amicalola Falls State Park, Sequoyah Lake, Len Foote Hike Inn, Cartecay, Black Gap Shelter, Lake Tamarack, Marblehill, Nimblewill, Juno, and Fausett Lake.
Instructions
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Motorists should slow down and be prepared for possible loss of control due to hydroplaning.
Affected areas
- Gilmer County, GA
- Pickens County, GA
- Dawson County, GA
- Lumpkin County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~26s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XG0Z57RNNEEJ70N23C0NF6
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aa5b6e53462f7293d7da1eb4f9d83797c785eb2b.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPFFC
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.1512
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSFFC |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS82 KFFC 191849 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Lumpkin, southeastern Gilmer, northwestern Dawson and eastern Pickens Counties through 315 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T18:48:00-00:00...storm...071DEG...4KT...34.54,-84.24 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Gilmer County, GA
- Pickens County, GA
- Dawson County, GA
- Lumpkin County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013123 |
| SAME | 013227 |
| SAME | 013085 |
| SAME | 013187 |
| UGC | GAZ007 |
| UGC | GAZ013 |
| UGC | GAZ014 |
| UGC | GAZ015 |
- Polygons
- 34.64,-84.2 34.62,-84.2 34.6,-84.19 34.61,-84.19 34.63,-84.17 34.63,-84.16 34.57,-84.11 34.48,-84.12 34.38,-84.31 34.38,-84.33 34.62,-84.44 34.65,-84.21 34.64,-84.2