Special Weather Statement
NWS Peachtree City GA ยท US
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Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Southeastern Gilmer, Northwestern Dawson, Northeastern Pickens And South Central Fannin Counties Through 615 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 545 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Pisgah, or 9 miles east of Ellijay, moving south at 15 mph.
Hazard
Up to 40 mph wind, pea sized hail and frequent cloud to ground lightning.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Expect minor damage to tree limbs and blowing around of light, unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Sequoyah Lake, Cartecay, Pisgah, Roy, and Fausett Lake.
Instructions
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Affected areas
- Fannin County, GA
- Gilmer County, GA
- Pickens County, GA
- Dawson County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XT405SEX47TV2ZTCRQX2KN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b8c8386a71932a8c21c7684b1cd2424c106933fc.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.6733
- 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 192145 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Gilmer, northwestern Dawson, northeastern Pickens and south central Fannin Counties through 615 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T21:45:00-00:00...storm...013DEG...15KT...34.7,-84.31 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Fannin County, GA
- Gilmer County, GA
- Pickens County, GA
- Dawson County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013111 |
| SAME | 013123 |
| SAME | 013227 |
| SAME | 013085 |
| UGC | GAZ006 |
| UGC | GAZ007 |
| UGC | GAZ013 |
| UGC | GAZ014 |
- Polygons
- 34.77,-84.36 34.75,-84.22 34.51,-84.27 34.55,-84.48 34.77,-84.36