Special Weather Statement
NWS Peachtree City GA ยท US
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Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Southern Whitfield And Southeastern Walker Counties Through 945 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 917 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Mill Creek, or near Dalton. This storm was nearly stationary.
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... Dalton, Rocky Face, Mill Creek, Tilton, and Villanow.
Instructions
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Affected areas
- Walker County, GA
- Whitfield County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~37s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M321TT123KC584GAWMDW8ZHA
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.861fb0e15b52195e0d788c495a3c1b4a20b32e71.001.1
- 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.1812
- 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 211317 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Whitfield and southeastern Walker Counties through 945 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T13:17:00-00:00...storm...344DEG...4KT...34.74,-85.03 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Walker County, GA
- Whitfield County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013295 |
| SAME | 013313 |
| UGC | GAZ002 |
| UGC | GAZ004 |
- Polygons
- 34.71,-84.89 34.72,-84.92 34.71,-84.94 34.68,-84.9 34.68,-84.94 34.66,-84.93 34.63,-84.99 34.63,-85.13 34.77,-85.15 34.77,-85.14 34.8,-85.14 34.83,-84.97 34.71,-84.89