Special Weather Statement
NWS Peachtree City GA ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of West Central DeKalb And Central Fulton Counties Through 730 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 659 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over La Vista, or near Decatur, moving southwest at 10 mph.
Hazard
40 to 50 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... Atlanta, Decatur, Chamblee, Clarkston, Avondale Estates, North Decatur, North Atlanta, North Druid Hills, Druid Hills, Midtown, Belvedere Park, Candler-Mcafee, Tucker, Virginia Highland, Sweet Auburn, Piedmont Park, Scottdale, Kirkwood, Brookhaven, and East 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
- North Fulton
- DeKalb County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XYBX8XAMV74RC89S47NFWQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e08656df2c643887992bb52222c9f27575795660.001.1
- 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.8857
- 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 192259 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central DeKalb and central Fulton Counties through 730 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T22:59:00-00:00...storm...057DEG...8KT...33.81,-84.35 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- North Fulton
- DeKalb County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013121 |
| SAME | 013089 |
| UGC | GAZ033 |
| UGC | GAZ045 |
- Polygons
- 33.88,-84.31 33.81,-84.22 33.72,-84.32 33.77,-84.42 33.85,-84.44 33.88,-84.31