Special Weather Statement
NWS Peachtree City GA ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Central Floyd And Chattooga Counties Through 515 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 437 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was over Berryton, or over Summerville, moving southeast at 20 mph.
Hazard
40 to 50 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... Rome, Summerville, Trion, Lyerly, Menlo, Tidings, Armuchee, Coosa, Cloudland, Berryton, Chattoogaville, James H. Floyd State Park, and Holland.
Instructions
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Affected areas
- Chattooga County, GA
- Floyd County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~51s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37ZTAZ17WHECA2QAM30W09N
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2f1da4698aa317fc5c03b5b4afd6912fe02c3cd7.001.1
- 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.4081
- 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 232037 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of central Floyd and Chattooga Counties through 515 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-23T20:37:00-00:00...storm...319DEG...17KT...34.47,-85.38 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.25 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Chattooga County, GA
- Floyd County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013055 |
| SAME | 013115 |
| UGC | GAZ011 |
| UGC | GAZ019 |
- Polygons
- 34.58,-85.47 34.57,-85.28 34.37,-85.07 34.17,-85.38 34.3,-85.47 34.32,-85.47 34.52,-85.51 34.58,-85.47