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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1059 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
GAZ004>007-090330-
GILMER GA-WHITFIELD GA-MURRAY GA-FANNIN GA-
1059 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN GILMER,
NORTHEASTERN MURRAY, NORTHEASTERN WHITFIELD AND NORTHWESTERN FANNIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM EDT...
AT 1059 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BEAVERDALE, OR 9 MILES
NORTH OF CHATSWORTH, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...40 TO 50 MPH WIND, UP TO PENNY SIZED HAIL AND FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT, UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHATSWORTH, ETON, CRANDALL, CONASAUGA LAKE, TENNGA, BEAVERDALE,
SUMAC, CISCO, GREGORY, COHUTTA WILDERNESS, AND MOUNTAINTOWN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PEOPLE OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR
THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN GEORGIA.
LAT...LON 3486 8456 3472 8456 3483 8486 3490 8491
3499 8488 3499 8457
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 295DEG 28KT 3492 8481
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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