Special Weather Statement
NWS Peachtree City GA ยท US
Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Northwestern Gilmer, Murray, Eastern Whitfield And North Central Gordon Counties Through 645 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 615 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Crandall, or near Chatsworth, moving south at 15 mph.
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... Dalton, Calhoun, Chatsworth, Ellijay, Varnell, Eton, East Ellijay, Resaca, Crandall, Tails Creek, Sumac, Ramhurst, Tilton, Conasauga Lake, Beaverdale, Dawnville, Cisco, Mountaintown, Fort Mountain State Park, and Nickelsville.
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
- Whitfield County, GA
- Murray County, GA
- Gilmer County, GA
- Gordon County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M30E6ZB9GN5EV742R9E6M8NT
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bf1dd2a6f6f9892450aab6451c6e175d3cd6afc9.001.1
- 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.7262
- 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 202215 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Gilmer, Murray, eastern Whitfield and north central Gordon Counties through 645 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T22:15:00-00:00...storm...351DEG...12KT...34.86,-84.74 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Whitfield County, GA
- Murray County, GA
- Gilmer County, GA
- Gordon County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013313 |
| SAME | 013213 |
| SAME | 013123 |
| SAME | 013129 |
| UGC | GAZ004 |
| UGC | GAZ005 |
| UGC | GAZ007 |
| UGC | GAZ012 |
- Polygons
- 34.96,-84.62 34.85,-84.62 34.85,-84.57 34.66,-84.48 34.54,-84.99 34.89,-85.01 34.99,-84.63 34.96,-84.62