Special Weather Statement
NWS Peachtree City GA ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Southwestern Murray, Whitfield, Southeastern Walker And Northwestern Gordon Counties Through 1100 AM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1012 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Mill Creek, or near Dalton, moving southeast 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... Dalton, Calhoun, Chatsworth, Tunnel Hill, Resaca, Mill Creek, Dawnville, Villanow, Sugar Valley, Rocky Face, Tilton, and North Georgia Speedway.
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
- Murray County, GA
- Gordon County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~49s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M324ZWQCXQ2DT5KNPH30345G
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c69a368e721a932c70640c82bcf53963b528f718.001.1
- 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.3015
- 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 211412 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southwestern Murray, Whitfield, southeastern Walker and northwestern Gordon Counties through 1100 AM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T14:12:00-00:00...storm...293DEG...13KT...34.75,-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
- Murray County, GA
- Gordon County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013295 |
| SAME | 013313 |
| SAME | 013213 |
| SAME | 013129 |
| UGC | GAZ002 |
| UGC | GAZ004 |
| UGC | GAZ005 |
| UGC | GAZ012 |
- Polygons
- 34.78,-84.75 34.48,-84.99 34.72,-85.17 34.82,-85.09 34.82,-85.06 34.86,-85.06 34.87,-85.05 34.87,-85.04 34.78,-84.75