Special Weather Statement
NWS Peachtree City GA ยท US
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Details
A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of North Central Murray And Northeastern Whitfield Counties Through NOON EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 1117 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Beaverdale, or 10 miles northwest of Chatsworth, moving southeast at 5 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... Chatsworth, Varnell, Cohutta, Beaverdale, Dawnville, Sumac, and Gregory.
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
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m2s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M328QAAPWWJJ6A9RPE2J67KB
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.84f639e0100ec76b294097db58b07994bab047f9.001.1
- 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.4650
- 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 211517 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central Murray and northeastern Whitfield Counties through NOON EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-21T15:17:00-00:00...storm...294DEG...5KT...34.9,-84.89 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Whitfield County, GA
- Murray County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013313 |
| SAME | 013213 |
| UGC | GAZ004 |
| UGC | GAZ005 |
- Polygons
- 34.86,-85.01 34.97,-84.97 34.96,-84.77 34.76,-84.82 34.86,-85.01