Special Weather Statement
NWS Peachtree City GA ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Eastern Cherokee, Northwestern Forsyth, Southwestern Dawson And Southeastern Pickens 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 637 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Hollis Lathem Reservoir, or 7 miles west of Dawsonville, moving southwest 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... Canton, Ball Ground, Nelson, Waleska, Free Home, Buffington, Hickory Flat, Union Hill, Marblehill, Hightower, Hollis Lathem Reservoir, Holbrook, Lathemtown, and Reavis Mountain.
Instructions
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Affected areas
- Pickens County, GA
- Dawson County, GA
- Cherokee County, GA
- Forsyth County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M30FFR682Y67EDSRQ00CYCNC
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9a16f6839d46ad169480198df85ab7b0b12d98d8.001.1
- 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.7686
- 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 202237 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of eastern Cherokee, northwestern Forsyth, southwestern Dawson and southeastern Pickens Counties through 730 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-20T22:37:00-00:00...storm...044DEG...12KT...34.41,-84.24 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pickens County, GA
- Dawson County, GA
- Cherokee County, GA
- Forsyth County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013227 |
| SAME | 013085 |
| SAME | 013057 |
| SAME | 013117 |
| UGC | GAZ013 |
| UGC | GAZ014 |
| UGC | GAZ021 |
| UGC | GAZ022 |
- Polygons
- 34.39,-84.11 34.19,-84.28 34.19,-84.33 34.18,-84.34 34.18,-84.35 34.16,-84.36 34.14,-84.36 34.18,-84.48 34.32,-84.56 34.48,-84.24 34.39,-84.11