Special Weather Statement
NWS Peachtree City GA ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Portions Of Northeastern Catoosa, Northwestern Murray And Whitfield Counties Through 615 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 541 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was near Apison, or near Ringgold, moving southeast at 20 mph.
Hazard
40 to 50 mph wind, up to penny 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, Ringgold, Varnell, Tunnel Hill, Cohutta, Crandall, Mill Creek, Beaverdale, Dawnville, Sumac, and Rocky Face.
Instructions
People outdoors should seek shelter immediately. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Affected areas
- Catoosa County, GA
- Whitfield County, GA
- Murray County, GA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Peachtree City GA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M383FT4C0GBBN1B0BGGN35R3
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.913e9bbc61d83a53ffa6b35216bed34233e6831d.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.5843
- 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 232141 |
| NWSheadline | A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Catoosa, northwestern Murray and Whitfield Counties through 615 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-23T21:41:00-00:00...storm...319DEG...17KT...34.97,-85.03 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.75 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Catoosa County, GA
- Whitfield County, GA
- Murray County, GA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 013047 |
| SAME | 013313 |
| SAME | 013213 |
| UGC | GAZ003 |
| UGC | GAZ004 |
| UGC | GAZ005 |
- Polygons
- 34.99,-84.89 34.86,-84.73 34.67,-85.02 34.94,-85.15 34.99,-85.13 34.99,-84.89